The relationships of social participation and community ratings to health and health behaviors in areas with high and low population density

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2303-2312

  Greiner, K Allen ^a,b   Li, Chaoyang ^b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^c   Hunt, D Charles ^b,d   Ahluwalia, Jasjit S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Health behaviors; Population density; Social capital; Social participation; USA

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SELF ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; KANSAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 4644299279     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.03.023     Document Type: Article

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