Epidemiología Social: sessions

Contenido y bibliografía propuesta para el curso de “Social Epidemiology” de Thomas Glass y Manuel Franco de la Escuela de Verano de Salud Pública

S1. Concepts, theories and history of social epidemiology

Readings:

• Rose, G. 1985. Sick individuals and sick populations. Int J Epidemiol, 14:32-8.
• Kawachi, I. 2002. Social epidemiology. Soc Sci Med, 54:1739-41.

(Optional reading)

• Glass, TA and McAtee, MJ. 2006. Behavioral science at the crossroads in public health: Extending horizons, envisioning the future. Soc Sci Med, 62:1650-1671.

S2. Social class, inequality and health: the role of theory

Readings:

• Marmot, M. 2006. Health in an unequal world. The Lancet, 68:2081-2094
  

(Optional reading)

• Regidor, E, et al. 2006. Association of adult socioeconomic position with hypertension in older people. J Epidemiol Community Health, 60:74-80.

S3. Neighborhoods and health: Cardiovascular Disease

Readings:
(Required readings)

• Augustin, T, et al. 2008. neighborhood psycosocial hazards and cardivoascular diseas: the Baltimore Memory Study. Am J Public Health, 98: 1664-1670

(Optional reading)

• Diez Roux, AV. 2003. Residential environments and cardiovascular risk. J Urban Health, 80:569-89.

S4. Social integration and health: family caregiving and dementia

Readings:
(Required readings)

• Zunzunegui. MV, et al. 2003. Social Networks, social integration, and social engagement determine cognitive decline in community-dwelling Spanish older adults. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 58: S93-S100.

(Optional reading)

• Berkmam, LF et al. 2000. From social integration to health: Durkheim in the new millennium. Soc Sci Med, 51: 843-57.

S5. Natural experiments in Social Epidemiology. The case of bodyweight anda mortality in Cuba during the Special Period.

Readings:
(Required readings)

• Franco, M, et al. 2007. Impact of energy intake, physical activity, and population-wide weight loss on cardiovascular disease and diabetes mortality in Cuba, 1980-2005. Am J Epidemiol, 166:1374-80.
• Franco,M, et al. 2008. Obesity reduction and its possible consequences: Whata can we learn from Cuba´s Special Period? Canadian Medical Association Journal April  8, 2008 178(8) 1032-34

(Optional readings)

Tapia Granados JA. Recessions and Mortality in Spain, 1980-1997 European Journal of Population (2005) 21:393-422