Capitals and capabilities: Linking structure and agency to reduce health inequalities

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 236-244

  Abel, Thomas ^a   Frohlich, Katherine L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capabilities approach; Capital interaction; Germany; Health promotion; Lifestyles; Social inequality; Social structure; Structure and agency

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; LIFESTYLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIAL THEORY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; LIFESTYLE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS;

COMMUNICATION; ECONOMICS; GERMANY; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

GERMANY;

EID: 84855930855     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.10.028     Document Type: Article

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