Defying the odds: A mixed-methods study of health resilience in deprived areas of England

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue , 2013, Pages 229-237

  Cairns Nagi, Joanne Marie ^a   Bambra, Clare ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation; England; Health resilience; Mixed methods; Morbidity; Mortality; North East England

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH RESILIENCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

DEPRIVATION; ENGLAND; HEALTH RESILIENCE; MIXED-METHODS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORTH EAST ENGLAND;

CHRONIC DISEASE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; POVERTY AREAS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84880324939     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.03.014     Document Type: Article

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