Desiderata: Social networks and health inequalities: Which questions remain open?

Reis O, Adebahr P, Brandt S, Ellwardt L, Gamper M, Hoffmann L, Keim-Klärner S, Klärner A, Knabe A, Krug G, Kupfer A, Lois D, Mlinarić M, Moor I, Müller B, Niehaus M, Reims N, Richter M, Seidel J, von der Lippe H, Vonneilich N, Zapfel S (2022)

Publication Type: Authored book

Publication year: 2022

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

ISBN: 9783030977221

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-97722-1_17

Abstract

"Tell me how much your friends earn, and I'll tell you if you smoke, what diseases you have and how long your life will be!" With this somewhat pointed statement, we wanted to shed light on the empirically well-confirmed connection between social and health inequalities from the perspective of network research at the beginning of this book (see chapter "Social networks and health inequalities: a new perspective for research"). Social networks are understood here as mediating entities at an intermediate or meso-level, whose structure and function mediate between vertical (income, education, occupational status, etc.) as well as horizontal (e.g., age, gender, ethnic origin) inequalities and health inequalities (e.g., life expectancy, morbidity rates). Besides this mediating influence a moderating relationship wherein social networks amplify or diminish vertical and horizontal inequalities seems to be reasonable.

Involved external institutions

Universitätsmedizin Rostock Germany (DE) Landesfrauenrat M-V e.V. Germany (DE) Technische Universität Chemnitz Germany (DE) Universität zu Köln Germany (DE) Universitätsklinikum Halle (Saale) Germany (DE) Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Ländliche Räume, Wald und Fischerei Germany (DE) Rostocker Institut für Sozialforschung und gesellschaftliche Praxis e.V. / Rostock Institute for Social Research and Social Practice (ROSIS) Germany (DE) Technische Universität Dresden Germany (DE) Universität der Bundeswehr München Germany (DE) Robert Koch-Institut (RKI) Germany (DE) Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) Germany (DE) MSB Medical School Berlin – Hochschule für Gesundheit und Medizin Germany (DE) Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) Germany (DE) Technische Universität München (TUM) Germany (DE)

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APA:

Reis, O., Adebahr, P., Brandt, S., Ellwardt, L., Gamper, M., Hoffmann, L.,... Zapfel, S. (2022). Desiderata: Social networks and health inequalities: Which questions remain open? Springer International Publishing.

MLA:

Reis, Olaf, et al. Desiderata: Social networks and health inequalities: Which questions remain open? Springer International Publishing, 2022.

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