A different look at the epidemiological paradox: Self-rated health, perceived social cohesion, and neighborhood immigrant context

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue , 2014, Pages 118-125

  Bjornstrom, Eileen E S ^a   Kuhl, Danielle C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesion; Ethnicity; Immigrants; Los angeles county; Neighborhoods; Race; Self rated health; USA

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH STATUS; IMMIGRANT; NEIGHBORHOOD; RACE; SELF ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTHPLACE; CAUCASIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PARADOX; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEIGHBORHOOD IMMIGRANT CONCENTRATION; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HEALTH STATUS; MIGRANT; POPULATION DENSITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84907518317     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.09.015     Document Type: Article

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