Background Observational studies show that social capital is a protective health factor.
Therefore, we aim to assess the currently unclear health impact of social capital …

This book is both a sequel to and expansion of Community Psychology, published in 1992. It
serves as a textbook for courses on community psychology but now also includes material …

Research on social capital in public health is approaching its 20th anniversary. Over this
period, there have been rich and productive debates on the definition, measurement and …

We invite you to join us for this book's journey through the exciting field of community
psychology! As a team of authors, we each came to community psychology because it …

This study enhances main path analysis by proposing several variants to the original
approach. Main path analysis is a bibliometric method capable of tracing the most significant …

Social capital refers to various levels of social relationships formed through social networks.
Measurement differences have lead to imprecise measurement. A meta-analysis of eligible …

In this lesson-packed book, Mark Nichter, one of the world's leading medical
anthropologists, summarizes what more than a quarter-century of health social science …

Loneliness is especially frequent among older people in Southern Europe. Furthermore,
promoting social capital to tackle loneliness and its health effects is an understudied …

A growing interest in community-level characteristics such as social capital and their
relationship to healthcare access is evident. To assess the rigor with which this construct has …

Canadian national health surveys regularly ask respondents to rate their sense of belonging
to their local community. Health studies commonly use this question as a social capital …