Social capital and health-related behaviors

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Abstract

Behaviors such as tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity (or a sedentary lifestyle) and diet are major determinants of health because of their causal effects on cardiovascular diseases, cancers, and many other chronic diseases (The World Health Report, 2002). Some other health-related behaviors such as the abuse of narcotic drugs (which lead to premature death for a variety of reasons) and sexual behaviors (which lead to sexually transmitted diseases/infections) are mainly causally linked to health for other reasons.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSocial Capital and Health
EditorsIchiro Kawachi, S.V. Subramanian, Daniel Kim
PublisherSpringer
Chapter10
Pages215-238
ISBN (Electronic)9780387713113
ISBN (Print)9780387713106
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
  • Substance Abuse

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