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Social capital and health

This section deals with the relationship between social capital and health. Particular attention is given to the role of social capital in improving the efficiency and accessibility of public health systems. This page is under construction: reports and suggestions are welcome

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Essential Readings

• Berkman, L.F., Syme, S.L. (1979), Social Networks, Host Resistance, and Mortality: A Nine-Year Follow-Up Study of Alameda County Residents, American Journal of Epidemiology, 109, 186-204.

• Boreham, R., Stafford, M., Taylor, R. (2000), Social Capital and Health, The Stationery Office. A Survey carried out on behalf of UK National Statistics, the National Centre for Social Research and the University College of London.

• Crane, E. e Daniere, A. (1996), Measuring access to basic services in global cities: descriptive and behavioral approaches, Journal of the American Planning Association, 62, 203-21.

• Daniere, A., Takahashi, L.M. (1999), "Poverty and access: differences and commonalities across slum communities in Bangkok", Habitat International, 23(2), 271-88.

• Hendryx, M.S., Ahern, M.M., Lovrich, N.P., McCurdy, A.H. (2002), Access to health care and community social capital, Health Services Research, Vol. 37, Issue 1, Feb, 2002.

• Kawachi, I., Kennedy B.P., Lochener K., Prothrow-Stith D. (1997), Social Capital, Income Inequality and Mortality, American Journal of Public Health, 87, 1491-1498.

• Kavachi, I., Kennedy, B., Lochner , K. (1997), Long Live Community: Social Capital as Public Health, The American Prospect, No. 35

• Morgan, E., Swann, C. (2004), Social capital for health: issues of definition, measurement and links to health, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, Wetherby, Yorkshire.

• Muntaner, C., Lynch, J., Davey Smith, G. (2000), Social capital and the third way in public health, Critical Public Health, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2000.

• Pearce, N., Smith, G. (2003), Is Social Capital the Key to Inequalities in Health?, American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 93, No. 1 pp. 122-130.

• Szreter, S., Woolcock, M. (2002), Health by Association? Social Capital, Social Theory and The Political Economy of Public Health, von Hugel Institute Working Paper, WP2002-13.

• Wakefield, S.E., Poland B. (2005), Family, friend or foe? Critical reflections on the relevance and role of social capital in health promotion and community development, Social Science and Medicine, Jun;60(12):2819-32.

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Further Readings

• Achat, H., Kawachi, I., Levine, S., Berkey, C., Coakley, E., Colditz, G. (1998), Social networks, stress and health-related quality of life, Quality of Life Research, 7 (8): 735-750, December 1998.

• Adair, T. (2004), Child Mortality in Indonesia's Mega-Urban Regions: Measurement, Analysis of Differentials, and Policy Implications, Paper presented at the 12th Biennal Conference of the Australian Population Association "Population and Society: Issues, Research, Policy".

• Adams, A., Madhavan S, Simon D. (2002), Women's social networks and child survival in Mali, Social Science and Medicine 54(2):165-321.

• Agarwal, S., Sarasua, I. (2002), Community-based Health Financing: CARE India's Experience in the Maternal and Infant Survival Project, Research in Healthcare Financial Management, Vol. 7, No. 1 pp.85-94.

• Ahmed, S.M., Adams, A.M., Chowdhury, M., Bhuiya, A. (2001), Gender, socioeconomic development and health seeking behaviour in Bangladesh, Social Science and Medicine. 51: 361-371.

• Ayé, M., Champagne, F., Contandriopoulos, A.P. (2002), Economic role of solidarity and social capital in accessing modern health care services in the Ivory Coast, Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 55, No. 11 pp. 1929-1946.

• Baum, F.E., Ziersch, A.M. (2003), Social Capital, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2003, No. 57, 320-323.

• Baum F.E., Palmer C., Modra C., Murray C., Bush R. (2000), Families, Social Capital and Health, in Winter I. (2000) Social Capital and Public Policy in Australia, Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne, 250-275.

• Ben Shlomo, Y., White, I.R., Marmot, M.G. (1996), Does the Variation in Socioeconomic Characteristics of an Area Affect Mortality?, British Medical Journal, 312, 1013-1014.

• Berkman, L.F., Glass, T. (2003), Social Integration, Social Networks, Social Support, and Health, Paper presented at the Conference on Well-Being and Social Capital, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government November 2003.

• Blum, A.S., Marko, T., Puerto, A., Warren, A. (2004), Women, Ethnicity, and Medical Authority: Historical Perspectives on Reproductive Health in Latin America, Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies. CILAS Working Papers, Paper No. 21.

• Campbell, C. (2000), Social Capital and Health: Contextualizing Health Promotion within Local Community Networks, in in Baron, S. (ed), Social Capital: Critical Perspectives, Oxford, Oxford University Press.

• Campbell, C. (2001), Grassroots Participation, Peer Education, and HIV Prevention by Sex Workers in South Africa, American Journal of Public Health, December 2001, Vol 91, No. 12, 1978-1986.

• Campbell, C., MacPhail, C. (2002), Peer education, gender and the development of critical consciousness: participatory HIV prevention by South African youth, Social Science and Medicine, 2002 Jul;55(2):331-45.

• Campbell, C., Cornish, F. and McLean, C. (2004), Social capital, participation and the perpetuation of health inequalities: Obstacles to African-Caribbean participation in 'partnerships' to improve mental health, Ethnicity and Health, N. 9 (3), 305-327.

• Campbell, C., Williams, B., Gilgen, G. (2002), Community participation and sexual health – is there a relationship?, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK / id21 Development Reporting Service.

• Campbell, C., Williams, B., Gilgen, G. (2002), Is social capital a useful conceptual tool for exploring community level influences on HIV infection? An exploratory case study from South Africa, Taylor & Francis Health Sciences, Volume 14, Number 1 / February 1, 2002.

• Cantarero, D., Pascual, M., Sarabia, J.M. (2005), Can income Inequality contribute to understand inequalities in health? An Empirical approach based on the European Community Household Panel, Paper presented at the 44rd ERSA 2004 Congress "Regions and Federalism", Porto, Portugal, 25-29 August 2004.

• Carpenter, D., Esterling, K., Lazer, D. (2003), The Strength of Strong Ties. A Model of Contact-Making in Policy Networks with Evidence from U.S. Health Politics, Rationality and Society, Vol. 15, No. 4, 411-440 (2003).

• Cattell, V. (2001), Poor people, poor places, and poor health: the mediating role of social networks and social capital, Social Science & Medicine, Volume 52, Issue 10, May 2001, 1501-1516.

• Caughy, M.O., O'Campo, P.J., Muntaner, C. (2003), When being alone might be better: neighborhood poverty, social capital, and child mental health, Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 57, Issue, 2, 227-237.

• Cooper, H., Arber, S., Fee, L. and Ginn, J. (1999), The Influence of Social Support and Social Capital on Health: a review and analysis of British data, London, Health Education Authority.

• Cropper, S. (2002), What contributions might ideas of social capital make to policy implementation for reducing health inequalities?, Paper to HDA Seminar Series Tackling Health Inequalities: turning policy into practice, Royal Aeronautical Society, London.

• Cullen, M., Whiteford, H. (2001), The Interrelations of Social Capital with Health and Mental Health, National Health Strategy Discussion Paper, Commonwealth of Australia.

• Curran-Smith, J., Raza Abidi, S.S., Forgeron, P. (2005), Towards a collaborative learning environment for children’s pain management: leveraging an online discussion forum, Health Informatics Journal, Vol. 11, No. 1, 19-31 (2005).

• Deaton, A. (2003), Health, Inequality and Economic Development, Journal of Economic Literature, Vol XLI, March 2003, pp 113-158.

• Edmonson, R. (2003), Social capital: a strategy for enhancing health?, Social Science & Medicine 57 (2003) 1723–1733.

• Ferlander, S. (2004), Social Capital in Russia: The role of various types of social connections for health, forthcoming in Mäkinen, I, Carlson, P. (eds.), Health in Russian Regions. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International.

• Franzini, L. Spears, W. (2003), Contributions of social context to inequalities in years of life lost to heart disease in Texas, USA, Social Science and Medicine, Nov;57(10):1847-61.

• Ginman, M., Ek, S., Eriksson-Backa, K., Mustonen, M., Torkkola, S., Tuominen, K., Wikgren, M. (2003), Health Communication and Knowledge Construction, Health Informatics Journal, Vol. 9, No. 4, 301-313 (2003).

• Kavachi, I., Kennedy, B.P., Glass, R. (1999), Social capital and self-rated health: a contextual analysis, American Journal of Public Health, Vol 89, Issue 8 1187-1193.

• Kavachi, I., Kim, D., Coutts, A., Subramanian, S.V. (2004), Reconciling the three accounts of social capital, International Journal of Epidemiology, 2004, No. 33, 682-690.

• Kidane, M.A. (1995), Differential Health and Social Welfare Outcomes of Economic Development: The Cases of Brazil and South Korea, Journal of Third World Studies; Vol. 12, No. 2.

• Kim, D., Kawachi, I. (2003), Health and Happiness in U.S. Communities: a Multivariate Multilevel Analysis, Paper presented at the Conference on Well-Being and Social Capital, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government November 2003.

• Leyden, K.M. (2003), Social Capital and the Built Environment: The Importance of Walkable Neighborhoods, American Journal of Public Health, September 2003, Vol 93, No. 9.

• Lindström, M. (2004), Psychosocial work conditions, social capital, and daily smoking: a population based study, Tobacco Control 2004;13:289–295.

• Lindström, M., Moghaddassi, M., Merlo, J. (2003), Social capital and leisure time physical activity: a population based multilevel analysis in Malmö, Sweden, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2003;57:23–28.

• Lomas, J. (1998), Social capital and health: implications for public health and epidemiology, Social Science and Medicine, 47(9): 1181-1188.

• Macinko J., Starfield B. (2001), The Utility of Social Capital in Research on Health Determinants, The Milbank Quarterly, September 2001, vol. 79, no. 3, pp. 387-427(41).

• Melchior, M., Niedhammer, I., Berkman, L.F., Goldberg, M. (2003), Do psychosocial work factors and social relations exert independent effects on sickness absence? A six year prospective study of the GAZEL cohort, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2003, No 57, 285-293.

• Mellor, J.M., Milyo, J. (2003), State Social Capital and Individual Health Status, Working Paper Series: 03.10, The Harris School, University of Chicago.

• Miller, D.R., Frech, H.E. (2002), The Productivity of Health Care and Pharmaceuticals: Quality of Life, Cause, Working Paper 12-02, Department of Economics, University of California Santa Barbara.

• Miller, D.R., Scheffler, R., Lam, S., Rosemberg, R., Rhupp, A. Social Capital and Health in Indonesia, Department of Economics, University of California Santa Barbara.

• Milyo, J., Parnerkar, I. (2003), Income Inequality, Social Capital and Mortality: Re-examining the State-Level Data, Working Paper Series: 03.09, The Harris School, University of Chicago.

• Mohan, J., Barnard, S., Jones, K., Twigg, L. (2004), Social capital, place and health: creating, validating and applying small-area indicators in the modelling of health outcomes, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, Wetherby, Yorkshire.

• Mohan, J., Twigg, L., Barnard, S., Jones, K. (2005), Social capital, geography and health: a small-area analysis for England, Social Science Medicine, Mar;60(6):1267-83.

• Moxley, R., Proctor , C. (1995), Community Solidarity, Political Competitiveness, and Social Rigidity: Relationships With Social Health Services, Rural Sociology Vol. 60 No. 2.

• Muntaner, C., Lynch, C. (2002), Social capital, class gender and race conflict, and population health: an essay review of Bowling Alone‘s implications for social epidemiology, International Journal of Epidemiology 2002;31:261-267.

• Muntaner, C., Lynch, C., Davey Smith, G. (2001), Social Capital, Disorganised Communities, and the Third Way: Understanding the Retreat from Structural Inequalities in Epidemiology and Public Health, International Journal of Health Services, Volume 31, Number 2, 213–237.

• O’Malley, J. (2003), Ten years on: the global response to AIDS, International HIV/AIDS Alliance.

• Pelligra, V. (2003), Implicazioni economiche dell'etica pubblica della cura: Vulnerabilità, Reciprocità e Doulia, Department of Economics, University of Cagliari.

• Pevalin, D.J., Rose, D. (2002), Social capital for health. Investigating the links between social capital and health using the British Household Panel Survey, London, Health Development Agency.

• Putnam, R.D. (2004), Commentary: ‘Health by association’: some comments, International Journal of Epidemiology (July 2004), 33:1–4.

• Razzell, P., Spence, C. (2005), Social capital and the history of mortality in Britain, International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 34, Number 2 Pp. 477-478.

• Skrabski, A., Kopp, M., Kawachi, I. (2003), Social capital in a changing society: cross sectional associations with middle aged female and male mortality rates, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2003;57:114-119.

• Skrabski, A., Kopp, M., Kawachi, I. (2004), Social capital and collective efficacy in Hungary: cross sectional associations with middle aged female and male mortality rates, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2004;58:340-345.

• Simon D., Adams A.M., Madhavan S. (2002), Women's social power, child nutrition and poverty in Mali, Journal of Biosocial Science, 2002, 34(2):193-213.

• Snowden, L. (2005), Racial, Cultural and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Mental Health: Toward Theory and Research at Community Levels, American Journal of Community Psychology, March 2005, vol. 35, no. 1-2, pp. 1-8(8).

• Timms, D., Ferlander, S., Timms, L. (2001), Health Care & Social Work: Local Nets and Social Capital, Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Stirling.

• Turner, B., Social Capital, Inequality and Health: the Durkheimian Revival, Social Theory & Health, May 2003, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 4-20(17).

• Usher Mithcell, C., LaGory, M. (2002), Social Capital and Mental Distress in an Impoverished Community, City & Community, Vol. 1, Issue 2, 199.

• Veenstra, G. (2000), Social capital, SES and health: an individual-level analysis, Social Science and Medicine, 50(5), 619-29.

• Veenstra, G., Luginaah, I., Wakefield, S., Birch, S., Eyles, J., Elliott, S. (2005), Who you know, where you live: social capital, neighbourhood and health, Social Science Medicine, 2005 Jun;60(12):2799-818.

• Wellmann, B. (2003), Social Networks, Social Capital and Health Information, Institute for Human Development, Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto.

• Yen, I., Kaplan, G.A. (1999), Neighborhood social environment and risk of death: multilevel evidence from the Alameda County Study, American Journal of Epidemiology, Vol 149, Issue 10 898-907.

• Yen, I.H., Syme, S.L. (1999), The Social Environment and Health: A Discussion of the Epidemiologic Literature, Annual Review of Public Health, Vol. 20: 287-308.

• Ziersch, A.M., Baum, F.E., Macdougall, C., Putland, C. (2005), Neighbourhood life and social capital: the implications for health, Social Science Medicine, Jan;60(1):71-86.

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