{"product_id":"a-state-and-community-perspective-paperback-1","title":"A State and Community Perspective - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlvin R. Tarlov\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second volume in the groundbreaking and controversial two-volume reader on the connections between social structure and public health\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn recent years, a whole new field of inquiry on the connections between social class and health has arisen from the work of leading social scientists and medical researchers around the world. This pioneering two-volume reader collects for the first time the substance of their main finding: that variations of health within a population are primarily related to sociostructural factors, including income inequality, educational differences, lack of opportunities, and racism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing sixteen original essays by preeminent researchers in the field, \u003cem\u003eThe Society and Population Health Reader: A State and Community Perspective, \u003c\/em\u003e includes in-depth studies of the links between health and childhood development, race and ethnicity, social status, stress, and other sociocultural factors. It also features a section on the implications of its findings at the state and municipal level, and suggestions for policy changes that would improve health throughout society. Contributors include Michael Marmot, Ichiro Kawachi, Benjamin C. Amick III, J. Fraser Mustard, Richard G. Wilkinson, David R. Williams, Clyde Hertzman, and Stephen B. Fawcett.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSure to provoke widespread debate and controversy, \u003cem\u003eThe Society and Population Health Reader\u003c\/em\u003e brings to professional, academic, and general readers the most important research findings and dramatic implications for public policy of this fascinating new field.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA companion volume, \u003cem\u003eThe Society and Population Health Reader: Income Inequality and Health, \u003c\/em\u003e edited by Ichiro Kawachi, Bruce P. Kennedy, and Richard G. Wilkinson, is also available from The New Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlvin R. Tarlov is the director of the Texas Program in Society and Health, a research and public policy collaboration among University of Texas-Houston, Rice University, University of Houston, Baylor College of Medicine, and University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, located in Houston. Robert F. St. Peter is the president of the Kansas Health Institute.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 9.26 x 7.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47341001638137,"sku":"9781565845572","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/mvFqOAyeyM9781565845572_8ec8b234-ffbe-4b0d-9258-d00cf8d872ac.webp?v=1769698906","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-state-and-community-perspective-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}