Social Networks and Health: Models, Methods, and Applications
Social Networks and Health: Models, Methods, and Applications
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社交网络与健康：模型、方法和应用
DOI：
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195301014.001.0001
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发表时间：
2010
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
T. Valente
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作者：
T. Valente
关系和关系模式对个人和群体行动都有巨大而多样的影响。社会网络分析研究的根本区别在于，关系在解释行为方面至关重要。正因为如此，社会网络分析为各种医疗和公共卫生情况的研究和实践提供了许多令人兴奋的工具和技术，包括组织改进，理解风险行为，协调联盟和提供医疗保健服务。本书介绍了社会网络分析研究和应用的主要理论、方法、模型和发现。在三个部分中，它提出了一个全面的概述的主题，首先在其历史和理论基础的调查，然后在目前使用的各种方法的实际描述，最后在公共卫生背景下的行为改变的具体应用的讨论。在整个过程中，文本一直保持清晰、简洁和易懂，并为一些关键指标或概念提供了简短的数学公式。研究人员和学生都会发现这是一个非常宝贵的资源，可以在自己的实践中理解和实施社交网络分析。
Relationships and the pattern of relationships have a large and varied influence on both individual and group action. The fundamental distinction of social network analysis research is that relationships are of paramount importance in explaining behavior. Because of this, social network analysis offers many exciting tools and techniques for research and practice in a wide variety of medical and public health situations including organizational improvements, understanding risk behaviors, coordinating coalitions, and the delivery of health care services. This book provides an introduction to the major theories, methods, models, and findings of social network analysis research and application. In three sections, it presents a comprehensive overview of the topic; first in a survey of its historical and theoretical foundations, then in practical descriptions of the variety of methods currently in use, and finally in a discussion of its specific applications for behavior change in a public health context. Throughout, the text has been kept clear, concise, and comprehensible, with short mathematical formulas for some key indicators or concepts. Researchers and students alike will find it an invaluable resource for understanding and implementing social network analysis in their own practice.