Deprived yet healthy: Neighbourhood-level resilience in New Zealand

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue , 2013, Pages 238-245

  Pearson, Amber L ^a   Pearce, Jamie ^b   Kingham, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Health; Inequality; Neighbourhoods; New Zealand; Resilience

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

MORTALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN SOCIETY;

ADULT; AGED; AIR QUALITY; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; GAMBLING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

DEPRIVATION; HEALTH; INEQUALITY; NEIGHBOURHOODS; NEW ZEALAND; RESILIENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84880331862     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.09.046     Document Type: Article

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