Social Epidemiology

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7076985
AutoresJay S Kaufman (0000-0003-1606-401X, McGill University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Páginas1-5
Fecha de publicación2022-04-30
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoOTHER
RevistaThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL)
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781405165518.wbeoss147.pub2
OpenAlexW4317827745
ISBN9781405165518
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas13

Epidemiology is the study of illness in populations, and social epidemiology is the branch of this field that focuses on the study of relations between social factors and disease in populations. This study includes surveillance, prediction, and etiologic investigations on distribution of disease according to all manner of social identity, position, status, and class. The most common dimensions employed are race/ethnicity, gender, and various measures of socioeconomic class or position. While these variables are common in all epidemiological research, social epidemiology is distinguished by a focus on these quantities as exposures or by explicit reference to social science theory in the interpretation

Ethnic group · Identity (music · Interpretation (philosophy · Pathology · Political science · Population · Public health · Race (biology · Social class · Social determinants of health · Social epidemiology · Social group · Social identity theory · Social science · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Anthropology · Computer Science · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Gender Studies · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Epidemiology