Documenting the development of social capital in a community Safety Promotion Network: It's not what you know but who you know

Abstract

SNA proved a powerful tool for describing and analysing relationships within the MWSC and its SN. It provided diagrammatic representation of the social structure and quantified important aspects of its structure and function. It highlighted the asymmetric distribution of relationships, resources and power that had a profound impact on how the network functioned.

The measurement of bridging social capital in population health research

“…No questions related to specific relationships with non equals Hanson et al (2008) To consolidate and better coordinate a network of community groups already working in community safety promotion.…”

Measuring the sustainability of a community safety promotion network: working from the inside out

“…In a previous study, Hanson et al (2008) used SNA to compare social capital within MWSC and its ESN in 2000 with that observed in 2004. The number of relationships increased from 500 to 1002.…”

“…Much of the discourse regarding community capacity building has focused on developing social resources within groups (bonding social capital). The importance of bridging and linking social capital has arguably been overlooked (Hanson et al, 2008;Moore, Shiell, Hawe, & Haines, 2005;Szreter & Woolcock, 2004).…”

“…However, if the theoretical principles underpinning environmental ecology can be generalised to social ecology, sustainability may not be solely determined by the internal attributes of the MWSC, but also by its capacity to collaborate with external partners to mobilise the resources it requires to run productive programmes (Hanson et al, 2005(Hanson et al, , 2008Nilsen et al, 2005).…”

“…Under this capacity building paradigm, Figure 1. Observed structure of MWSC and its ESNs (Hanson et al, 2008). Used with permission Health Promotion Journal of Australia.…”