Social networks and health status: Linking theory, research, and practice
Patient Counselling and Health EducationPublished 1 January 1982
Barbara A. Israel
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This literature review attempts to link the theory, research, and practice relevant to social networks and their association with health status and it is necessary that intervention strategies to build upon and collaborate with the individual and collective expertise of social networks.
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Social support and social networks are among the psychosocial influences of physical and mental wellbeing. This literature review attempts to link the theory, research, and practice relevant to social networks and their association with health status. It is necessary that we extend our intervention strategies to build upon and collaborate with the individual and collective expertise of social networks.
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