From Social Capital to Health – And Back

Rocco, Lorenzo; Fumagalli, Elena; Suhrcke, Marc

doi:10.1002/hec.2934

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“…Other studies have used corruption, population density, regional citizenship rates and religious fractionalization as IVs. Some of these studies corroborated some of the observed associations between social capital and health (Kim et al, 2011; Rocco & Suhrcke, 2012). To our knowledge, no studies have used these methods to assess whether social capital is associated with both objective and subjective health in a low- or middle-income country.…”

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Social capital, mental health and biomarkers in Chile: Assessing the effects of social capital in a middle-income country

Riumallo-Herl

Kawachi

Avendaño

2014

Social Science & Medicine

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In high-income countries, higher social capital is associated with better health. However, there is little evidence of this association in low- and middle-income countries. We examine the association between social capital (social support and trust) and both self-rated and biologically assessed health outcomes in Chile, a middle-income country that experienced a major political transformation and welfare state expansion in the last two decades. Based on data from the Chilean National Health Survey (2009–10), we modeled self-rated health, depression, measured diabetes and hypertension as a function of social capital indicators, controlling for socio-economic status and health behavior. We used an instrumental variable approach to examine whether social capital was causally associated with health. We find that correlations between social capital and health observed in high-income countries are also observed in Chile. All social capital indicators are significantly associated with depression at all ages, and at least one social capital indicator is associated with self-rated health, hypertension and diabetes at ages 45 and above. Instrumental variable models suggest that associations for depression may reflect a causal effect from social capital indicators on mental well-being. Using aggregate social capital as instrument, we also find evidence that social capital may be causally associated with hypertension and diabetes, early markers of cardiovascular risk. Our findings highlight the potential role of social capital in the prevention of depression and early cardiovascular disease in middle-income countries.

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Social capital, mental health and biomarkers in Chile: Assessing the effects of social capital in a middle-income country

Riumallo-Herl

Kawachi

Avendaño

2014

Social Science & Medicine

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“…European countries found support for a positive relationship between self-perceived health 14 and social capital and that it acts in both directions (Rocco et al, 2013).…”

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Linking social capital and mortality in the elderly: A Swedish national cohort study

Sundquist

Hamano

et al. 2014

Experimental Gerontology

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Objectives Our objective was to examine the association between neighborhood linking social capital (a concept describing the amount of trust between individuals and societal institutions) and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the elderly. DesignThe entire Swedish population aged 65+, a total of 1,517,336 men and women, was followed from 1 January 2002 until death, emigration, or the end of the study on 31December 2010. Small geographic units were used to define neighborhoods. The definition of linking social capital was based on neighborhood voting participation rates, categorized into three groups. Multilevel logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and between-neighborhood variance in three different models. ResultsThe results showed an overall association between linking social capital and allcause mortality. The significant OR of 1.53 in the group with low linking social capital decreased, but remained significant (OR = 1.27), after accounting for age, sex, family income, marital status, country of birth, education level, and region of residence. There were also significant associations between linking social capital and cause-specific mortality in coronary heart disease, psychiatric disorders, cancer, stroke, chronic lower respiratory diseases, type 2 diabetes, and suicide. ConclusionThere are associations between low linking social capital and mortality from chronic disorders and suicide in the elderly population. Community support for elderly people living in neighborhoods with low levels of linking social capital may need to be strengthened.

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“…The positive relationships between social capital and human health are well documented [25,26,27,28,29]. Social capital and “catch” activities were seen as strongly tied i.e.…”

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Is Hunting Still Healthy? Understanding the Interrelationships between Indigenous Participation in Land-Based Practices and Human-Environmental Health

King

Furgal

2014

IJERPH

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Indigenous participation in land-based practices such as hunting, fishing, ceremony, and land care has a long history. In recent years, researchers and policy makers have advocated the benefits of these practices for both Indigenous people and the places they live. However, there have also been documented risks associated with participation in these activities. Environmental change brought about by shifts in land use, climate changes, and the accumulation of contaminants in the food chain sit alongside equally rapid shifts in social, economic and cultural circumstances, preferences and practices. To date, the literature has not offered a wide-ranging review of the available cross-disciplinary or cross-ecozone evidence for these intersecting benefits and risks, for both human and environmental health and wellbeing. By utilising hunting as a case study, this paper seeks to fill part of that gap through a transdisciplinary meta-analysis of the international literature exploring the ways in which Indigenous participation in land-based practices and human-environmental health have been studied, where the current gaps are, and how these findings could be used to inform research and policy. The result is an intriguing summary of disparate research that highlights the patchwork of contradictory understandings, and uneven regional emphasis, that have been documented. A new model was subsequently developed that facilitates a more in-depth consideration of these complex issues within local-global scale considerations. These findings challenge the bounded disciplinary and geographic spaces in which much of this work has occurred to date, and opens a dialogue to consider the importance of approaching these issues holistically.

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From Social Capital to Health – And Back

Cited by 94 publications

References 97 publications

Social capital, mental health and biomarkers in Chile: Assessing the effects of social capital in a middle-income country

Social capital, mental health and biomarkers in Chile: Assessing the effects of social capital in a middle-income country

Linking social capital and mortality in the elderly: A Swedish national cohort study

Is Hunting Still Healthy? Understanding the Interrelationships between Indigenous Participation in Land-Based Practices and Human-Environmental Health

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