The measurement of bridging social capital in population health research

Villalonga-Olives, Ester; Kawachi, Ichiro

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.09.002

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“…1 2 Scholars have assumed that high stocks of social capital exert their effect on health outcomes in a multilevel fashion as it provides both individuals and communities with the resources to deal with adversities, which in turn is salutary for individual health outcomes. [3][4][5] Therefore, scholars and policy makers need to consider social capital as a starting point to improve individual health outcomes. Although a multilevel social capital intervention can be problematic to design, costly and difficult to implement, it may involve greater success affecting the environment of a whole group.…”

Section: Social Capital Interventions In Public Health: Moving Towardmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social capital interventions in public health: moving towards why social capital matters for health

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Villalonga-Olives

2019

J Epidemiol Community Health

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Section: Social Capital Interventions In Public Health: Moving Towardmentioning

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Social capital interventions in public health: moving towards why social capital matters for health

Wind

Villalonga-Olives

2019

J Epidemiol Community Health

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“…In other words, social capital was defined as the resources available to individuals and groups through social connections and social relations with others [14]. Generally, social capital was divided into cognitive social capital and structural social capital, and horizontal social capital and vertical social capital [15]. Social integration was a broad term that refers to the degree to which an individual is connected to others and embedded in the community [16].…”

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Assessment of health inequality between urban-to-urban and rural-to-urban migrant older adults in China: a cross-sectional study

Zhou

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BMC Public Health

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Background: Many studies focused on health inequality between migrant older adults and local older adults, while few study concerned the health inequalities between urban-to-urban and rural-to-urban migrant older adults. This study aimed to compare physical health and mental health between these two groups in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, and to explore the relationship between cognitive social capital, social integration and health among migrant older adults. Methods: A two-stage stratified sampling method was employed to recruit participants from May to August 2013 in Hangzhou. Measurement data were compared with student's t-tests and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). Multiple linear regression was adopted in this study. Results: A total of 1000 of participants who met the inclusion criteria were analyzed, consisting of 527 (52.7%) urban-to-urban and 473 (47.3%) rural-to-urban migrant older adults. There were no statistically significant difference in physical health and mental health between urban-to-urban and rural-to-urban groups on the whole. However, urban-to-urban migrant older adults had a higher reciprocity and social integration than did in rural-to-urban group (13.36 vs. 12.50, p < 0.01; 40.07 vs. 38.50, p < 0.01). And both of cognitive social capital and social integration were positively related to physical health (social reciprocity: t = 6.69, p < 0.01; social trust: t = 3.27, p < 0.01; social integration: t = 5.66, p < 0.01) and mental health (social reciprocity: t = 4.49, p < 0.01; social trust: t = 5.15, p < 0.01; social integration: t = 10.02, p < 0.01). Overall, the female, widowed, and the oldest among migrant older adults had a worse health. Conclusions: Social capital and social integration were played important roles in health of migrant older adults. The female rural-to-urban migrant older adults, those aged over 70 years, and older adults who were not in marriage should be especially concerned in health policy making.

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“…The type of social connections of each person gives rise to another distinction: horizontal social capital versus vertical/linking social capital. Horizontal social capital includes both trusting and co-operative relations between members of a network who see themselves as being similar (bonding social capital) and the connections between individuals who are dissimilar with respect to socioeconomic and other characteristics (bridging social capital) [27][28][29]. In linking social capital the interactions occur across explicit,…”

Section: Social Capital and Healthcarementioning

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No unmet needs without needs! Assessing the role of social capital using data from European social survey 2014

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; telephone-351239790500 Highlights  Participation in informal networks decreases probability of unmet healthcare needs in Europe  Trust in health services is relevant and there is margin to improvements  Individuals involved in civic activities are more likely to report unmet needs  Persistent needs for health care end up increasing probability of unmet needs  Error correlation suggests sample selection models are appropriate to

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The measurement of bridging social capital in population health research

Cited by 60 publications

References 51 publications

Social capital interventions in public health: moving towards why social capital matters for health

Social capital interventions in public health: moving towards why social capital matters for health

Assessment of health inequality between urban-to-urban and rural-to-urban migrant older adults in China: a cross-sectional study

No unmet needs without needs! Assessing the role of social capital using data from European social survey 2014

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