2006
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20148
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Development and testing of the social capital scale for families of children with special health care needs

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to develop and psychometrically test the Social Capital Scale for families of children with special health care needs. Researchers have suggested a link between social capital and health, however, psychometrically tested measures of social capital are not described in the literature. The Social Capital Scale (SCS) demonstrated internal consistency, stability over time, and construct validity (as evaluated through factor analysis, correlation with existing measures, and hypothesis … Show more

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“…Newly developed tools and approaches to care, including the medical home, 71,80 familycentered care, 72 psychosocial and environmental screening, Bright Futures, 81 and social capital scales, 72 can help pediatricians and others understand the concept of social capital and integrate its principles into practice. 82,83 Economic Capital Economic investment of a country or community's wealth in children has a direct effect on the health and wellbeing of children. [84][85][86][87][88][89][90][91] Children who live in poverty have poorer health and outcomes related to virtually every measure of well-being.…”
Section: Social Capitalmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Newly developed tools and approaches to care, including the medical home, 71,80 familycentered care, 72 psychosocial and environmental screening, Bright Futures, 81 and social capital scales, 72 can help pediatricians and others understand the concept of social capital and integrate its principles into practice. 82,83 Economic Capital Economic investment of a country or community's wealth in children has a direct effect on the health and wellbeing of children. [84][85][86][87][88][89][90][91] Children who live in poverty have poorer health and outcomes related to virtually every measure of well-being.…”
Section: Social Capitalmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…70 The role of all pediatricians thus expands from the provision of clinical care to include child advocacy at the clinical and community levels to address root causes of childhood illnesses and morbidities. Multiple tools are available to support clinicians in this regard, 70,75,[80][81][82][106][107][108][109][110][111][112][113][114][115][116][117][118][119][120] although additional training will be required to prepare them to implement this new practice paradigm. Practice standards must evolve to support this equitybased practice paradigm, and reimbursement strategies must be pursued to ensure that the economics of practice support this approach to care.…”
Section: Implications For Practicementioning
confidence: 99%
“…1). The annual survey, collected from study families by mail, consisted of selfreporting the items in the PedsQL 4.0-Core, 16 PedsQL 3.0-Parent Family Impact, 17 Consumer Assessment of Health Plan Satisfaction, 18 DISC (help discrepancy), 19 Functional Status II Ò , 20 and TMPQ (telehealth perception) measures. 21 There were 146 questions in the survey packet; time needed to complete a survey packet was approximately 60 min.…”
Section: Data Collectionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Screening tools were included that assessed parents' level of family dysfunction, 11 social capital, 12 symptoms of alcohol abuse, 13 symptoms of depression, 14 and domestic violence. 13 All study protocols and instruments were approved as expedited by the institutional review board at Dayton Children's Hospital, Dayton, Ohio.…”
Section: Surveymentioning
confidence: 99%