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Healthy Ties

Social Capital, Population Health and Survival

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Markku T. Hyyppä

    1. , Population Studies, National Institute for Health and Welfar, Turku, Finland

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  • Prospective empirical data, based on nationwide population health surveys
  • Cultural, rather than regional, inequalities in social capital and health
  • Exceptionally healthy community that is rich in social capital
  • Carefully examined effects of social capital on public health
  • Significance of cultural traditions for social capital and health

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. What Is Social Capital?

    • Markku T. Hyyppä
    Pages 1-7

  3. Definitions and Forms of Social Capital

    • Markku T. Hyyppä
    Pages 9-19

  4. Measuring Social Capital

    • Markku T. Hyyppä
    Pages 21-37

  5. Social Participation

    • Markku T. Hyyppä
    Pages 39-42

  6. How Does Cultural Participation Contribute to Social Capital and Well-Being?

    • Markku T. Hyyppä
    Pages 43-53

  7. Social Trust, Mistrust and Reciprocity

    • Markku T. Hyyppä
    Pages 55-62

  8. Cross-Sectional Studies of Social Capital and Health

    • Markku T. Hyyppä
    Pages 63-74

  9. Prospective Longitudinal Surveys

    • Markku T. Hyyppä
    Pages 75-83

  10. Healthy Communities

    • Markku T. Hyyppä
    Pages 85-94

  11. Social Capital and Health from Cradle to Grave

    • Markku T. Hyyppä
    Pages 95-103

  12. Gendering Social Capital and Population Health

    • Markku T. Hyyppä
    Pages 105-111

  13. Health-Related Behaviors

    • Markku T. Hyyppä
    Pages 113-123

  14. Proposed Biological Mediating Mechanisms

    • Markku T. Hyyppä
    Pages 125-129

  15. Emergent Social Capital

    • Markku T. Hyyppä
    Pages 131-134

  16. Implications and Implementations

    • Markku T. Hyyppä
    Pages 135-142

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 143-163
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About this book

Social capital is a widely acknowledged candidate for implementing beneficial democratic processes and promoting public health. Healthy ties. Social capital, population health and survival traces the path from the conceptualization to the implementation of social capital. To provide empirical proof of the effects of social capital on public health is a serious challenge and the main focus of the book. In the Nordic countries, personal identification codes linking data from various sources, nation-wide population registers, nationally representative and re-tested health surveys, and the long tradition of epidemiology submit to serve well the research into social capital and public health. Up-to-date longitudinal data on social capital and health outcomes are carefully described and reviewed in this book. In Finland, the Swedish-speaking minority is very long-lived and has better health as compared with the Finnish-speaking majority.

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  • , Population Studies, National Institute for Health and Welfar, Turku, Finland

    Markku T. Hyyppä

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