AuthorValente, Thomas W
TitleSocial networks and health [electronic resource] : models, methods, and applications / Thomas W. Valente
Imprint New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010
Connect tohttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195301014.001.0001
Descript 1 online resource (xiv, 277 p.)

SUMMARY

Providing a comprehensive introduction to how social networks influence health behaviours, this book enables researchers to understand how network data are collected and processed; and how to calculate appropriate metrics and models used to understand network influences on health behaviour


SUBJECT

  1. Social networks -- Health aspects
  2. Health behavior