Social Support and Cardiovascular Disease

I. Key Concepts.- 1. An Introduction to Cardiovascular Disease.- 2. Conceptualization and Methods in Social Support Theory and Research as Related to Cardiovascular Disease.- 3. Assessment of Social Support.- 4. Measures of Health Outcome in Social Support Research.- II. Establishing a Relationship Between Social Support and Cardiovascular Disease.- 5. International Epidemiological Evidence for a Relationship between Social Support and Cardiovascular Disease.- 6. A Critical Evaluation of U.S. Epidemiological Evidence and Ethnic Variation.- III. Individual, Environmental, and Cultural Factors in Social Support and Cardiovascular Disease.- 7. Social Support in the Work Environment and Cardiovascular Disease.- 8. Cross-Cultural Differences and Social Influences in Social Support and Cardiovascular Disease.- IV. The Development of Cardiovascular Disease.- 9. Social Support and Coronary Heart Disease: Underlying Psychological and Biological Mechanisms.- 10. Social Influences on the Development of Cardiovascular Risk during Childhood and Adolescence.- 11. The Role of Social Support in the Modification of Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease.- V. The Crisis and Rehabilitation Phases of Cardiovascular Disease.- 12. Social Support and the Progression and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease.- 13. Social Support and Adjustment to Myocardial Infarction, Angioplasty, and Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery.- 14. Cardiac Rehabilitation: The Role of Social Support in Recovery and Compliance.