Social capital as a factor containing the spread of the SARS-cov-2 flu: Polish case

Bylok, Felicjan

doi:10.1080/23311886.2022.2035940

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“…The mainstream of the emerging sociological literature on COVID-19 focuses mainly on the consequences of this pandemic crisis, on the pandemic patterns at the national level (Sigler et al, 2021 ) or on changes that are induced in different societies (Matthewman & Huppatz, 2020 ). The diffusion of COVID in the same society is addressed here mainly at the county or regional level (Andersen et al, 2021 , Mitrică et al, 2021 , Bylok, 2022 ). The analysis we are introducing focuses on factors contributing to the spread of the disease at the local level of local administrative units (LAU 2) in a particular society in Eastern Europe.…”

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Community Roots of COVID-19 Infection Rates Between Population Composition and Regional Systems in Romania

Sandu

2022

J of Prevention

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This is an analysis of conditions favouring the cumulative COVID-19 infection rates between February 2020 and April 2021 in Romania, as an Eastern European society, at the local community level. What are the socio-demographic and location profiles of the local communities by considering their infection rates with SARS-COV-2 at the beginning of the pandemia as a dependent variable? This is the research question that structured the approach. The general hypothesis that is tested is that reported infections with the new coronavirus are higher in communities of higher social interactions. The theoretical model is tested by multiple regression analysis working on more than 2500 local communities, out of the 3200 local administrative units of the country. Data basis for testing the model are coming from the National Institute of Public Health and the National Institute of Statistics. Higher COVID infection rates are favoured by socio-human capital, the regional capital, migration abroad experience, and modernity at a local level. Other factors are captured by the cultural areas as subregions of historical regions of the country, formed by neighboured similar counties. Nuclei of higher infections with COVID-19 are located in developed communities around large cities, high modernity areas, and communities of high emigration abroad. Principles for health public policies are formulated at the end by considering the role of decentralisation, and better ways to do a rapid and good diagnosis at local levels. To our knowledge, this is one of the very few studies that address determinants of COVID-19 infections at the local community level for a whole country in Europe. New research questions are formulated as an outcome of conclusions. They could be answered only by supplementary multilevel research. Limitations of analysis are derived from the fact that we are using only ecological, spatially aggregated data, and not multilevel ones. Relations that were recorded to the community could not be transferred to the individual level.

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Community Roots of COVID-19 Infection Rates Between Population Composition and Regional Systems in Romania

Sandu

2022

J of Prevention

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The Effects of the COVID-19-induced Lockdown on the Social Capital and Cultural Capital in Italy

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The present study investigated the effects of the first COVID-19 lockdown on the Cultural and Social Capitals in Italy in a large group of adults (n = 1125). The relationships between the COVID-19 spread and participants’ Cultural Capital, Social Capital, educational level, occupational prestige, and age were studied using structural equation models. For women but not for men, pandemic spread was positively affected by occupational prestige and it had a positive relationship with their Social Capital (women: CFI = 0.949; RMSEA = 0.059 [CI = 0.045-0.075]; men: CFI = 0.959; RMSEA = 0.064 [CI = 0.039–0.087]). Moreover, the participants were divided into three validated clusters based on their Cultural and Social Capitals levels to investigate changes in the Capitals compared with the pre-lockdown period. It was found that the lockdown contributed to improving the gap among individuals increasing high levels and decreasing low levels of both the Capitals. People with high Cultural and Social Capitals seemed to have seized the opportunity given by COVID-19 restrictions to cultivate their cultural interests and become more involved within their networks. In contrast, individuals with low Cultural and Social Capitals paid the highest price for the social isolation. Given that the Capitals encourage healthy behavior and influence well-being and mental health, institutions should develop or improve their policies and practices to foster individual resources, and make fairer opportunities available during the pandemic.

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Social capital as a factor containing the spread of the SARS-cov-2 flu: Polish case

Cited by 2 publications

References 62 publications

Community Roots of COVID-19 Infection Rates Between Population Composition and Regional Systems in Romania

Community Roots of COVID-19 Infection Rates Between Population Composition and Regional Systems in Romania

The Effects of the COVID-19-induced Lockdown on the Social Capital and Cultural Capital in Italy

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