News tagged with social cohesion


Education levels in Asian American neighborhoods affect residents' health

Higher neighborhood education is associated with better self-rated health among Asian Americans who live in Asian ethnic neighborhoods, but this correlation between individual health and neighborhood education levels does ...

Health created Nov 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Report finds social cohesion stable despite changing landscape

The 2012 'Mapping Social Cohesion Report' - Australia's largest survey of social cohesion, immigration and population issues, authored by Monash University's Professor Andrew Markus and produced by the Scanlon ...

Health created Oct 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Does wisdom really come with age? It depends on the culture

(Medical Xpress)—"Wisdom comes with winters," Oscar Wilde once said. And it's certainly comforting to think that aging benefits the mind, if not the body. But do we really get wiser as time passes?

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Neighbourhood links to health and wellbeing

(Medical Xpress) -- People who live in safer, cleaner and friendly neighbourhoods experience higher levels of health and wellbeing as they age, a new Flinders University study shows.

Health created Aug 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1