Social Networks and Health (Advances in Medical Sociology, Volume 8)

"This volume is directed toward researchers and health professionals with an interest in the interstices of social networks and health. It consists of original papers that address critical themes in health-related social network research and disease prevention. The sections discuss the dynamics of social networks and their role in providing social support under varying conditions and contexts; how social network theory and research contribute to disease prevention and control; methodological issues that affect recall and agreement when conducting social network studies; how social networks structure and facilitate or discourage health risk; and the role of network ties in disease prevention. The volume concludes by examining the influence of social support in health promotion, symptom identification, and disease management."--Jacket Pt. I. Social Networks And Health: An Overview -- The Role Of Social Networks In Health, Illness, Disease And Healing: The Accepting Present, The Forgotten Past, And The Dangerous Potential For A Complacent Future / Bernice A. Pescosolido And Judith A. Levy -- Pt. Ii. Linking Social Network Theory To Disease Prevention -- Social Support And Social Networks: Synthesis And Review / Ashley D. Faber And Stanley Wasserman -- Infectious Disease Control: Combining Molecular Biological And Network Methods / Alden S. Klovdahl, Edward A. Graviss And James M. Musser -- Cases, Contexts, And Care: The Need For Grounded Network Analysis / Kimberly Jinnett, Ian Coulter And Paul Koegel -- Pt. Iii. Methodological Issues In Network Recall And Agreement -- Sorry, I Forgot: The Role Of Recall Error In Longitudinal Personal Network Studies / Eric R. Wright And Bernice A. Pescosolido --^ Patterns In The Recall Of Sexual And Drug Injection Partners / Devon D. Brewer, Sharon B. Garrett And Giovanni Rinaldi -- Concordance Between Drug Users' And Their Network Members' Reported Drug Use And Hiv Status: Implications To Hiv Prevention / Carl A. Latkin, Valerie Forman And Amy Knowlton -- Pt. Iv. Risk Exposure And Social Ties -- Ethnicity, Social Networks And Hiv Risk In Older Drug Users / Jean J. Schensul, Kim Radda, Margaret Weeks And Scott Clair -- Pt. V. Network Ties And Disease Prevention -- Informal Social Networks And Epidemic Prevention In A Third World Context: Cholera And Hiv/aids Compared / Victor Agadjanian -- The Differential Importance Of Friend, Relative And Partner Relationships For The Mental Health Of Young Adults / Julie Mclaughlin, Allan V. Horwitz And Helene Raskin White -- Gender, Social Support, And Experiential Similarity During Chronic Stress: The Case Of Family Caregivers / J. Jill Suitor And Karl Pillemer -- Pt. Vi. Social Support And Health --^ Exploring The Structural Contexts Of The Support Process: Social Networks, Social Statuses, Social Support, And Psychological Distress / Valerie A. Haines, John J. Beggs And Jeanne S. Hurlbert -- Factors Related To Multiplexity In Support Networks Of Persons With Severe Mental Illness / Jane Holschuh And Steven P. Segal -- Drug Users' Lay Consultation Processes: Symptom Identification And Management / Marnie Regen, Sheigla Murphy And Terrence Murphy -- Gender Differences In Depressive Symptoms: Insights From A Life Span Perspective On Life Stages And Social Networks / Hiroko Akiyama And Toni Antonucci. Edited By Judith A. Levy, Bernice A. Pescosolido. Includes Bibliographical References. Cover ......Page 1 Table of Contents ......Page 5 1. The role of social networks in health, illness, disease and healing ......Page 8 2. Social support and social networks......Page 31 3. Infectious disease control ......Page 75 4. Cases, Contexts and Care ......Page 102 5. "Sorry, I Forgot": The role of recall error in longitudinal personal network studies ......Page 112 6. Patterns in recall of sexual and drug injection partners ......Page 129 7. Concordance between drug users' and their network member's reported drug use and HIV status ......Page 148 8. Ethnicity, social networks and HIV risk in older drug users ......Page 162 9. Informal social networks and epidemic prevention in a third world context ......Page 193 10. The differential importance of friend, relative and partner relationships for the mental health of young adults ......Page 214 11. Gender, social support, and experiential similarity during chronic stress ......Page 238 12. Exploring the structural contexts of the support process ......Page 258 13. Factors related to multiplexity in support networks of persons with severe mental illness ......Page 282 14- Drug users' lay consultation processes ......Page 311 15. Gender differences in depressive symptoms ......Page 330 16. About the authors ......Page 346