Research on neighborhood influences on health illustrate which level of the social environment?
I n the mid-1990s, the independent national Task Force on Community Preventive Services (the Task Force) was created under the auspices of the Department of Health and Human Services to summarize what is known about the effectiveness of community-based interventions to improve population health outcomes. The Task Force wanted to examine broad social determinants of health from an ecologic perspective—one that recognized the connection between health and sustainable human, cultural, economic, and social activities. Communities interact with resources in the social and physical environments over broad periods of time. Understanding patterns of health or disease requires a focus not only on personal behaviors and biologic traits but also on characteristics of the social and physical environments that shape human experience and offer or limit opportunities for health. To read this article in full you will need to make a payment References
Article InfoFootnotes☆The names and affiliation of the Task Force members are listed at the front of this supplement and at http://www.thecommunityguide.org. ☆☆Address reprint requests to: Community Guide Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, MS K-73, Atlanta GA 30341. Website: [email protected] IdentificationDOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0749-3797(02)00652-9 Copyright© 2003 American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ScienceDirectAccess this article on ScienceDirectRelated Articles |