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An economic and soc...
An economic and sociological interpretation of social differnces in health-related behaviour: An encounter as a guide to social epidemoiology
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Lindbladh, Eva (author)
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- Lyttkens, Carl Hampus (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Samhällsmedicin,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Community Medicine,Lund University Research Groups
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Hansson, Hans-Bertil (author)
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Östergren, Per-Olof (author)
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Isacsson, Sven-Olof (author)
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Lindgren, Björn (author)
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- 1996
- 1996
- English.
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In: Social Science and Medicine. - 1873-5347. ; 43:12, s. 1817-1827
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Abstract
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- We argue that the group-centred analyses of social epidemiology should follow from theoretical considerations that take the situation of the individual as their natural starting point. In a tentative dialogue between economics and sociology, we develop a framework for the analysis of health-related behaviour. Such behaviour is modelled as a process of decision-making at the individual level. Within economics, we draw specifically on the demand-for-health literature and the new institutional economics. Within sociology, Bourdieu's habitus theory is presented in combination with a macro-structural approach where the focus is on the process of individualization. The relationship between these different approaches to health-related behaviour and their implications is discussed. We find that the encounter between different sciences provides valuable insights for future work in the socio-epidemiological tradition.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Nationalekonomi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Economics (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Sociologi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Sociology (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- economics
- sociology
- health
- behaviour
- social differences
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- ref (subject category)
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