Social Contagion and Individual Health
Nicholas A. Christakis, professor of medical sociology at Harvard Medical School, studies the spread of health behaviors through social networks. For example, he calls conduct that affects weight gain or loss “contagious,” and traces its influence on a person's friends, family, and peers.
Presenter(s): Nicholas A. Christakis
Date: February 21, 2008
Location: Higgins 300
Sponsor(s): Office of the Provost and Dean of Faculties; The Connell School of Nursing; Carroll School of Management Department of Marketing; Department of Sociology; College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
URL: http://frontrow.bc.edu/program/christakis/
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