Bloom B L
Multivariate Behav Res. 1968 Oct 1;3(4):423-63. doi: 10.1207/s15327906mbr0304_5.
In order to develop some understanding of community social structure and its association with psychiatric inpatient medical care patterns, first admission rates for psychiatric disorders into both public and private facilities were determined for each of the 33 census tracts of Pueblo, Colorado. At the same time a cluster analysis was made of the structure of these tracts. Four well- defined clusters were identified (socio-economic affluence, young marrieds, social isolation, and social disequilibrium) and strikingly high differential relationships found between the cluster scores and psychiatric inpatient care patterns. Implications of the findings for preventive strategies and for. social etiology hypotheses are presented.
为了对社区社会结构及其与精神病住院医疗模式的关联有所了解，我们确定了科罗拉多州普韦布洛市33个人口普查区中公共和私立机构收治精神疾病的首次入院率。与此同时，对这些普查区的结构进行了聚类分析。识别出了四个明确的类别（社会经济富裕、年轻已婚者、社会隔离和社会失衡），并且发现类别得分与精神病住院护理模式之间存在显著的差异关系。本文还阐述了这些研究结果对预防策略和社会病因假说的意义。
