An ecological study of the relationship between socioeconomic isolation and mental health in the most deprived areas in Auckland, New Zealand

Health and Place

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 159-166

  Pearson, Amber L ^a   Griffin, Edward ^a,b   Davies, Anna ^b   Kingham, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Isolation; Mental health; New Zealand; Stress

Indexed keywords

MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TRAVEL TIME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DEPRIVED AREA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAORI; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL COMPARISON; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAVEL;

AUCKLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 84871415003     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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