Urban Health and Society: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Research and Practice - Part 28. This book provides the most current frameworks, research, and approaches for understanding how unique features of the urban physical and social environments that shape the health of over half of the world's population that is already residing in large cities. Its interdisciplinary research and practice focus is a welcome innovation. | Social and Environmental Considerations 251 between the objective and subjective indicators of isolation and loneliness isolation being an objective marker and loneliness a more subjective feeling both have an impact on elderly physical and emotional This concurs with current strong evidence that links social interactions with positive health Studies of Koreans in the United States have led to a better understanding of the relationship between social integration and mental health outcomes as well as of immigrants coping strategies against chronic disease. Kim s research on predictors of loneliness among elderly Korean immigrants found that women reported higher levels of feeling lonely than previously found in the literature. Of note women s dissatisfaction with their perceived social support was the greatest predictor of loneliness despite their marital In a study aimed at determining the relationship of Korean immigrants alienation to place of residence Moon concluded that foreign-born residents may minimize their adjustment problems either by living in ethnic enclaves or by socializing with members of their own ethnic Studies of postmigration effects on mental health outcomes show that mental health issues did not appear until after migration to the United In a study of immigrants living arrangements and depression Wilmoth and Chen found that depressive symptoms were more prevalent among those living alone a finding that calls attention to the relationship between social integration measured on the basis of counting on social networks and perception of social support and mental health A study of social integration and health status among Asian Indian immigrants fifty years and older found an association between poor health status and older age being female and longer residence in the United Diwan and colleagues also found that satisfaction with friendships was a predictor of .
