Journal article
Next steps in understanding the multilevel determinants of health
Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979), v 62(11), pp 957-959
Nov 2008
PMID: 18854498
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Abstract
This commentary briefly summarises past work that has used multilevel analysis to investigate the multilevel determinants of health and outlines possible new directions in this area. Topics discussed include the need to (1) examine contexts other than neighbourhoods; (2) improve measurement of group-level constructs; (3) apply techniques more appropriate for causal inference from observational data; (4) analyse data from "natural experiments" involving exogenous variations in contextual characteristics; (5) examine dependencies between groups (such as spatial dependencies) more broadly and allow for reciprocal relations between individuals and contexts; and (6) contrast multilevel statistical models (or regression models generally) and complex systems models in the study of multilevel effects.
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- Title
- Next steps in understanding the multilevel determinants of health
- Creators
- A V Diez Roux - University of Michigan
- Publication Details
- Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979), v 62(11), pp 957-959
- Publisher
- British Medical Journal (BMJ)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative; Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000260017100006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-54349094333
- Other Identifier
- 991020112260704721
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