PUBHLTH 144 Lecture 2: Chapter 8 and 10 intro Chapter 5 essentials
8 Aug 2016
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Chapter 8 and 10 (intro to health behavior), chapter 5 (essentials of health. The patterns of relationships around a person influences their beliefs and behaviors. Construct: a social network is the network of relationships surrounding a person, or larger networks involving the person. Patterning of the interconnections: how they fit together. Network analyses: focus on characteristics of the patterns of the ties between actors in a social system rather than on the characteristics of the individuals. Define a social network as a set of nodes that are tied by relations. Network/dyadic ties: defined by the flow of resources from one node or network member to another. Resources vary in: intimacy, quality, quantity, duration, multiplexity, symmetry, reciprocity. Network characteristics: summary measures aggregate tie characteristics across the whole network. Content: flow of specific types of resources to and from network members. Composition: characteristics of the members making up the networks. Network structure: concerns the arrangement or pattern of direct and indirect ties.
