Neighbourhood social capital: Measurement issues and associations with health outcomes

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue , 2016, Pages 96-107

  Mackenbach, J D ^a   Lakerveld, J ^a   van Lenthe, F J ^b   Kawachi, I ^c   Mckee, M ^d   Rutter, H ^d   Glonti, K ^d   Compernolle, S ^e   De Bourdeaudhuij, I ^e   Feuillet, T ^f   Oppert, J M ^f,g,h   Nijpels, G ^a   Brug, J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f Université Paris 13 ^*  (France)

^g SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^h ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Ecometrics; Multilevel analysis; Social capital; SPOTLIGHT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; VEGETABLE; AGED; BELGIUM; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUNGARY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BELGIUM; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HUNGARY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84958552790     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12373     Document Type: Article

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