The measurement of bridging social capital in population health research |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany;2. Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston MA, USA;1. Chao Center for Asian Studies, Rice University, 6100 Main St. MS 475, Houston, TX 77005, United States;2. Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, 1985 Buford Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108, United States;1. Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka;2. Brain and Mind Research Institute/CCS Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Australia;3. Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka;1. College of Hotel & Tourism Management, Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-701, Republic of Korea;2. Department of Marketing and Information Systems, American University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 26666, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates;1. Department of General and Applied Kinesiology, University of Zagreb Faculty of Kinesiology, Zagreb, Croatia;2. Harvard University, Harvard School of Public Health, Takemi Program in International Health, Boston, United States;3. Epidemiology and Health Services Research Unit, Mexican Institute of Social Security, Mexico City, Mexico;4. Department of Social and Behvioral Sciences, Harvard University, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, United States |
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| Abstract: | Social capital is defined as the resources available to individuals and groups through membership in social networks. The definition is consistent with either an individualistic approach or a collective approach. Social capital can be further classified according to bonding versus bridging social capital (e.g. relationships between individuals who are homogeneous or heterogeneous with respect to social class, race/ethnicity, or other attributes). We conducted a systematic review via Pubmed, the ISI web of knowledge and OVID of the studies that examined bridging social capital in public health settings. Our results indicate lack of consistency or uniformity in the operationalization of bridging social capital. We identify some promising approaches to measurement that should be further investigated in future studies. |
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| Keywords: | Bridging social capital Epidemiology Public health |
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