Background Social capital is associated with health behaviours and health. Our objective
was to explore how different dimensions of social capital and health-related behaviours are …

Although it is now widely acknowledged that the social environment plays an important role
in people's health and well-being, there is considerable disagreement about whether social …

Objective To examine whether specific dimensions of social capital are related to self-rated
health and psychological well-being. Methods Cross-sectional data from a health survey …

INTRODUCTION.: There is increasing evidence that social capital is important for people's
health. However, there is still considerable disagreement about the specific pathways that …

Individual aspects of social capital have been shown to have significant associations with
health outcomes. However, research has seldom tested different elements of social capital …

The aim of the research reported here was to examine the causal impact of social capital on
health in 14 European countries. Using data from the European Social Survey …

Until recently, most studies on social capital and health have been cross-sectional making it
difficult to draw causal conclusions. This longitudinal study used data from 33,621 …

Despite the vast amount of research over the past fifteen years, there is still lively debate
surrounding the role of social capital on individual health outcomes. This seems to stem from …

Social capital has become one of the most popular topics in public health research in recent
years. However, even after a decade of conceptual and empirical work on this subject, there …

Social capital is often described as a collective benefit engendered by generalised trust,
civic participation, and mutual reciprocity. This feature of communities has been shown to …