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An economic and sociological interpretation of social differnces in health-related behaviour: An encounter as a guide to social epidemoiology

Lindbladh, Eva ; Lyttkens, Carl Hampus LU orcid ; Hansson, Hans-Bertil ; Östergren, Per-Olof ; Isacsson, Sven-Olof and Lindgren, Björn (1996) In Social Science and Medicine 43(12). p.1817-1827
Abstract
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... (More)
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. (Less)
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economics, sociology, health, behaviour, social differences
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Social Science and Medicine
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43
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12
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1817 - 1827
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Elsevier
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1873-5347
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10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00087-1
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English
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