In this paper we highlight what we consider to be a lack of adequate conceptualisation,
operationalisation and measurement of “place effects”. We briefly review recent historical …

Interest in social capital and health has emerged at an exciting time. In public health, there is
a renewed interest in mechanisms that link social inequalities and health. In epidemiology …

The Intervention Map** bible, updated with new theory, trends, and cases Planning
Health Promotion Programs is the" bible" of the field, guiding students and practitioners …

Epidemiology, sociology, and geography have been successful in re-establishing interest in
the role of place in sha** health and health inequalities. However, some of the relevant …

The purpose of this study was to measure the sets of adaptive capacities for Economic
Development and Social Capital in the Norris et al.(2008) community resilience model with …

Study objective: This didactical essay is directed to readers disposed to approach multilevel
regression analysis (MLRA) in a more conceptual than mathematical way. However, it …

In the past 10 years, interest in studying the relationship between area of residence and
health has grown. During this period empirical relations between place and health have …

The seminal text on the influence of the environment on health is Airs, Waters, Places,
written in the fifth century BC as part of the Hippocratic medical corpus. It is believed that this …

In the last decade, historical GIS (geographic information systems) has emerged as a
promising new methodology for studying the past. This work offers case studies and essays …

Social capital has been linked to health outcomes, though there are some inconsistencies in
the research and the link is dependent on the measures of social capital and health used. In …