Background Additional social support is often recommended for women during the prenatal
period to optimise birth outcomes, specifically to avoid preterm birth. Social support is …

Background Social conditions, social relationships and neighbourhood environment, the
components of social capital, are important determinants of health. The objective of this …

Objective Social capital incorporates neighbourhood and individual levels of interactions
and influences health. The objective of this was to assess the association of neighbourhood …

Background Previous studies revealed positive, negative, and no influence of social capital
on the health outcomes of pregnant women. It was considered that such differences were …

BACKGROUND: Depression, and to a lesser extent postpartum depressive symptoms, have
been associated with characteristics of the social environment and social capital. Up to the …

ObjectiveTo estimate the associations of individual maternal social capital and social capital
dimensions (Participation in the Community, Feelings of Safety, Value of Life and Social …

Background This study assessed clustering of three health-compromising behaviours and
explored the association of neighbourhood and individual social capital with simultaneous …

Breast and cervical cancers are among the leading causes of female mortality. The reasons
that make women adhere, or not, to screening guidelines are not only related to individual …

This article examines the association between mothers' social assets and child social,
emotional and behavioural (SEB) wellbeing for children living in a family with a persistently …

Introduction Maternal ill health contributes highly to the global burden of diseases in
countries South of Sahara including Tanzania. Ensuring that all deliveries take place in …