Social capital and health: Civic engagement, community size, and recall of health massages

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1456-1461

  Viswanath, Kasisomayajula ^a,b   Steele, Whitney Randolph ^d   Finnegan Jr , John R ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Dana Farber Cancer Institute ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RECALL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CONSUMER; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MINNESOTA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33746681392     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2003.029793     Document Type: Article

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