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Porthé V, Fernández A, Barbieri N, Vázquez N, González I, Bastida A, Pasarín MI. Community health action and COVID-19 in Barcelona neighbourhoods: responses and challenges. Health Promot Int 2024; 39:daae076. [PMID: 38980688 DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daae076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/10/2024] Open
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The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated pre-existing social, economic and political inequalities. The evidence describes the use of community engagement approaches to support appropriate COVID-19 prevention and control measures. We aimed to delve deeper into the community response to COVID-19 in Barcelona neighbourhoods with different pre-existing levels of development of community health action (CHA). A qualitative phenomenological study was conducted in six Barcelona neighbourhoods with different types of CHAs. The sample included 37 in-depth interviews with community agents with good knowledge of the territory. The content analysis focused on three dimensions: symbolic (conceptions motivating action), substantive (the content and resources of the action) and operational (interactions between agents). Regardless of their CHA typology, all neighbourhoods responded to the needs generated by the pandemic. Symbolic: strong-CHA development, characterized by well-established participatory structures, facilitated responses to the crisis. In medium-CHA neighbourhoods, the emergency exacerbated previous tensions. In emerging-CHA neighbourhoods, previous participatory structures, although not health-specific, favoured the coordination of responses. Substantive: technology influenced the way CHA activities were conducted. Operative: in the strong-CHA neighbourhood, new participants were able to join previous participatory structures. In medium-CHA neighbourhoods, power dynamics hindered coordination. In conclusion, strong CHA can play a key role in addressing the adverse consequences of social and health crisis. Empowering citizens and communities should be a primary objective of public policy that integrates the 'health-in-all-policies' approach. This approach entails allocating public resources to strengthen the role of community action and power.
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- Victoria Porthé
- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Avenida Montforte de Lemos, 3-5 (Pabellón 11, Planta 0), 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Servei de Salut i Barris (SESiB), Plaza Lesseps 1, 08023 Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Avenida Montforte de Lemos, 3-5 (Pabellón 11, Planta 0), 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Servei de Salut i Barris (SESiB), Plaza Lesseps 1, 08023 Barcelona, Spain
- Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Carrer de Sant Pau Quintí, 77, 08041 Barcelona, Spain
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- Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Estudios de Artes y Humanidades, Rambla del Poblenou, 156, 08018 Barcelona, Spain
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- Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Servei de Salut i Barris (SESiB), Plaza Lesseps 1, 08023 Barcelona, Spain
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- Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Servei de Salut i Barris (SESiB), Plaza Lesseps 1, 08023 Barcelona, Spain
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- Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Servei de Salut i Barris (SESiB), Plaza Lesseps 1, 08023 Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Avenida Montforte de Lemos, 3-5 (Pabellón 11, Planta 0), 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Servei de Salut i Barris (SESiB), Plaza Lesseps 1, 08023 Barcelona, Spain
- Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Carrer de Sant Pau Quintí, 77, 08041 Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Doctor Aiguader, 88,08003 Barcelona, Spain
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Schwartz CE, Borowiec K, Rapkin BD. The faces of Long-COVID: interplay of symptom burden with socioeconomic, behavioral and healthcare factors. Qual Life Res 2024:10.1007/s11136-024-03739-4. [PMID: 39078547 DOI: 10.1007/s11136-024-03739-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/13/2024] [Indexed: 07/31/2024]
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AIMS The long-term effects of COVID-19 (Long COVID) include 19 symptoms ranging from mild to debilitating. We examined multidimensional correlates of Long COVID symptom burden. METHODS This study focused on participants who reported having had COVID in Spring 2023 (n = 656; 85% female, mean age = 55, 59% college). Participants were categorized into symptom-burden groups using Latent Profile Analysis of 19 Long-COVID symptoms. Measures included demographics; quality of life and well-being (QOL); and COVID-specific stressors. Bivariate and multivariate associations of symptom burden were examined. RESULTS A three-profile solution reflected low, medium, and high symptom burden, aligning with diagnosis confirmation and treatment by a healthcare provider. Higher symptom burden was associated with reporting more comorbidities; being unmarried, difficulty paying bills, being disabled from work, not having a college degree, younger age, higher body mass index, having had COVID multiple times, worse reported QOL, greater reported financial hardship and worry; maladaptive coping, and worse healthcare disruption, health/healthcare stress, racial-inequity stress, family-relationship problems, and social support. Multivariate modeling revealed that financial hardship, worry, risk-taking, comorbidities, health/healthcare stress, and younger age were risk factors for higher symptom burden, whereas social support and reducing substance use were protective factors. CONCLUSIONS Long-COVID symptom burden is associated with substantial, modifiable social and behavioral factors. Most notably, financial hardship was associated with more than three times the risk of high versus low Long-COVID symptom burden. These findings suggest the need for multi-pronged support in the absence of a cure, such as symptom palliation, telehealth, social services, and psychosocial support.
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- Carolyn E Schwartz
- DeltaQuest Foundation, Inc., Concord, MA, USA.
- Departments of Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery, Tufts University Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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- DeltaQuest Foundation, Inc., Concord, MA, USA
- Department of Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, & Assessment, Boston College Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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Noguchi T, Shang E. Role of Individual Social Capital in the Association of Physical Frailty With Functional Ability Among Older Adults. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2024; 25:105024. [PMID: 38763164 DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2024.105024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2024] [Accepted: 04/07/2024] [Indexed: 05/21/2024]
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OBJECTIVES Rich social capital is regarded as an individual's social asset, which may contribute to the maintenance of functional ability, even in a state of frailty. This study examined the moderating role of individual social capital in the association between physical frailty and functional ability among older adults. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS In total, 522 community-dwelling older adults aged ≥60 years were recruited from among visitors to public facilities, including community cultural centers and gymnasiums in Aichi, Japan. METHODS Functional ability was assessed using the 5-item subscale of the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology Index of Competence that assesses instrumental self-maintenance, including transportation, finance management, and shopping. Physical frailty was defined by the Fried Frailty Phenotype Questionnaire, including 5 items of fatigue, resistance, ambulation, inactivity, and weight loss, and the participants were classified into 3 groups: non-frailty, pre-frailty, and frailty. Individual social capital was assessed for 2 dimensions: the cognitive dimension (perceptions of community social cohesion) and the structural dimension (informal socializing and social participation). RESULTS The participants' mean age (SD) was 74.1 (6.5) years and 78.0% were women. Among the participants, non-frailty was 46.6%, pre-frailty was 47.0%, and frailty was 6.5%. Multivariable linear regression analysis revealed that physical frailty was associated with lower levels of functional ability compared with non-frailty [pre-frailty: β (95% CI) = -0.07 (-0.22 to 0.08), P = .374; frailty: β = -0.67 (-0.99 to -0.35), P < .001]. However, individual structural social capital showed a negative interaction with physical frailty against low functional ability, indicating a moderating association (P = .027). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS High levels of individual structural social capital mitigated the adverse association between physical frailty and functional ability. Fostering rich social capital may preserve the functional ability of frail older adults, helping their independent lives in the community.
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- Taiji Noguchi
- Department of Behavioural Science and Health, Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, University College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Social Science, Center for Gerontology and Social Science, Research Institute, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Chiyoda, Japan.
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- Department of Human Health, Aichi Toho University, Nagoya, Japan
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Hatakeyama T, Matsumura K, Tsuchida A, Inadera H. Inverse Association Between Mothers' Cognitive Social Capital During Pregnancy and Postpartum Depression: The Japan Environment and Children's Study. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2024; 20:1279-1292. [PMID: 38887542 PMCID: PMC11182038 DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s456295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/27/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024] Open
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Purpose Several studies have reported an apparent inverse association between cognitive social capital and depression in various groups, but insights into this association in perinatal mothers are fairly limited. Therefore, we explored the possible associations between expectant mothers' cognitive social capital (ie, neighborhood trust and reciprocity and generalized trust and reciprocity) and postpartum depression at 1 and 6 months after delivery. Patients and Methods As part of an ongoing cohort study, the Japan Environment and Children's Study, cognitive social capital was evaluated using a questionnaire survey during mid-late pregnancy and postpartum depression was assessed using the Japanese version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. This study analyzed data from 81,670 mothers. Logistic regression analysis was performed to calculate the odds ratios (ORs) for postpartum depression by the degree of neighborhood and generalized trust and reciprocity (high, relatively high, neutral, relatively low, and low) using the high category as a reference. Results Regardless of the measurement time point, prevalence gradually increased as the degree of neighborhood trust decreased (all p < 0.001), suggesting a higher likelihood of postpartum depression with less neighborhood trust. A comparable tendency was also observed for the other three variables of cognitive social capital (all p < 0.001). Moreover, the inverse association of postpartum depression with generalized trust and reciprocity was markedly stronger (ORs for low category ≥ 2.70) than that with neighborhood trust and reciprocity (ORs for low category ≤ 1.96). Conclusion Our findings highlight a statistically significant inverse association between cognitive social capital during pregnancy and postpartum depression at both time points.
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- Toyama Regional Center for JECS, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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- Toyama Regional Center for JECS, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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- Toyama Regional Center for JECS, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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Ahlborg MG, Morgan A, Svedberg P, Nygren JM, Eriksson M, Westberg KH. SoCap YMH - youth mental health, social capital and help-seeking: a study protocol. Front Public Health 2024; 12:1406649. [PMID: 38919916 PMCID: PMC11196961 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1406649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2024] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024] Open
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Background The increase in adolescents reporting mental health problems presents a major public health challenge. The complex association between mental health and social capital motivates further investigation of social capital as a crucial aspect in shaping adolescents' help-seeking knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours. Aim This protocol presents a project that aims to investigate social capital in relation to help-seeking and mental health in close collaboration with adolescents and key stakeholders in the school setting, in the southern part of Sweden. Methods A mixed-method design with three interconnected work packages (WP) will be undertaken with an emphasis on co-production where adolescents are involved throughout the process. WP1 is a development and validation of two questionnaire instruments for assessing social capital and help-seeking in adolescence. WP2 is a longitudinal quantitative study involving 1,500 adolescents from two regions representing rural and suburban/urban settings. Adolescents aged 15 will be asked to complete questionnaires concerning social capital, mental health, and help-seeking in a baseline and one-year follow-up, allowing for investigation of the role of social capital for help-seeking. WP3 is designed to elucidate experiences and knowledge of adolescents and key stakeholders via collaborative World Café workshops. These will be held along the project to evolve the generated knowledge and maximize it's applicability during and after the project is finalized. Conclusion The results are expected to further the understanding of the relationship between adolescents' social capital, mental health, and help-seeking, to contribute to a deeper understanding of the mechanisms behind the paradoxical help-seeking patterns among adolescents today and to narrow the gap between research and practice to produce sustainable and efficient strategies, which may facilitate help-seeking and improve the mental health of adolescents within existing organizational structures.
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- Department of Public Health, Glasgow Caledonian University in London, London, United Kingdom
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- School of Health and Welfare, Halmstad University, Halmstad, Sweden
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- School of Health and Welfare, Halmstad University, Halmstad, Sweden
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- Department of Social Work, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Luo Q, Chen X, Zhao L, Hu Q, Du J, Shao S. Association between social capital and utilization of essential public health services among elderly migrants: a multilevel logistic study based on the 2017 China migrant dynamic survey (CMDS). BMC Public Health 2024; 24:1252. [PMID: 38741086 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18726-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND As the number of elderly migrants in China continues to grow, it is necessary to pay closer attention to their health and health services. Some studies have confirmed that social capital plays a significant role in the utilization of health services. Therefore, an in-depth exploration of the relationship between social capital and the utilization of essential public health services (EPHS) by elderly migrants will not only contribute to improving their overall health but also facilitate a more balanced development of public health service system in China. METHODS Based on the cross-sectional data from the 2017 China Migrants Dynamic Survey (CMDS), this study examined the impact of social capital on the utilization of EPHS among elderly migrants. We evaluated social capital at two distinct levels: the individual and the community, and considered two dimensions of social capital: structural social capital (SSC) and cognitive social capital (CSC). The study aimed to delve into the impact of these forms of social capital on the utilization of EPHS among elderly migrants, and whether the migration range moderates this impact by multilevel logistic regression analysis. RESULTS A total of 5,728 migrant elderly individuals were selected. The health records establishment rate and health education acceptance rate were approximately 33.0% and 58.6%, respectively. Social capital influenceed the utilization of EPHS among elderly migrants. Specifically, individual-level SSC and CSC have impacts on both the establishment of health records (OR = 1.598, 95%CI 1.366-1.869; OR = 1.705, 95%CI 1.433-2.028) and the acceptance of health education (OR = 1.345, 95%CI 1.154-1.567; OR = 2.297, 95%CI 1.906-2.768) among elderly migrants, while community-level SSC only affected the acceptance of health education (OR = 3.838, 95%CI 1.328-11.097). There were significant differences in individual-level SSC, health records, and health education among different migration range subgroups among elderly migrants. Migration range moderated the effect of social capital on the utilization of EPHS, crossing provinces could weaken the relationship between SSC and health education. CONCLUSIONS Social capital is associated with a higher utilization rate of EPHS among elderly migrants. It is necessary to encourage them to actively participate in social activities, strengthen public services and infrastructure construction in the area, and improve their sense of belonging and identity.
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- Qi Luo
- School of General Practice and Continuing Education, Capital Medical University, No.10 Xitoutiao, You An Men, Beijing, 100069, China
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- School of General Practice and Continuing Education, Capital Medical University, No.10 Xitoutiao, You An Men, Beijing, 100069, China
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- School of General Practice and Continuing Education, Capital Medical University, No.10 Xitoutiao, You An Men, Beijing, 100069, China
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- School of General Practice and Continuing Education, Capital Medical University, No.10 Xitoutiao, You An Men, Beijing, 100069, China
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- School of General Practice and Continuing Education, Capital Medical University, No.10 Xitoutiao, You An Men, Beijing, 100069, China.
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- School of General Practice and Continuing Education, Capital Medical University, No.10 Xitoutiao, You An Men, Beijing, 100069, China.
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Agha A, Hwang SW, Palepu A, Aubry T. The role of housing stability in predicting social capital: Exploring social support and psychological integration as mediators for individuals with histories of homelessness and vulnerable housing. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2024. [PMID: 38713847 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Revised: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 05/09/2024]
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Social capital is a collective asset important for individual and population well-being. Individuals who experience homelessness may face barriers in accessing social capital due to health challenges, small social networks, and social exclusion. Data from a 4-year longitudinal study was used to determine if housing stability predicted greater social capital and if this relationship was mediated by social support and psychological integration for a sample of 855 homeless and vulnerably housed participants living in three Canadian cities. Findings showed that housing stability was not associated with trust and linking social capital. However, higher levels of social support and psychological integration had a mediating effect on the association between housing stability and trust and linking social capital. These findings highlight the importance of social support and psychological integration as means of promoting social capital for people who experience homelessness and vulnerable housing. Social interventions for housed individuals with histories of homelessness may be an avenue to foster greater social capital by building relationships with neighbors and connections to community resources and activities.
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- Ayda Agha
- Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Goldsamt LA, Liang E, Handschuh C, Navarra AM. The development of social capital in a peer-led mHealth cognitive behavioral antiretroviral therapy adherence intervention for HIV + adolescents and young adults. AIDS Care 2024; 36:425-431. [PMID: 37795674 PMCID: PMC10932820 DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2023.2262981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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Adherence Connection for Counseling, Education, and Support (ACCESS)-I is a peer-led mHealth antiretroviral therapy adherence intervention for adolescents and young adults living with HIV who are in treatment but have detectable viral loads. Participants received five online sessions with peer health coaches who followed a structured intervention manual. Peers maintained intervention fidelity but also engaged in casual discussion that was not directly related to ART adherence or HIV. We conducted a qualitative analysis of the casual interactions that occurred during the ACCESS I intervention. Sessions were transcribed and coded, and these casual interactions were then coded into 10 subcodes to document their content, and also coded for three types of social capital - emotional, informational, and instrumental. Emotional and Informational social capital codes were the most common, while instrumental codes were rare. Activities was the most common topic overall, while encouragement was more common in emotional social capital narratives and personal experience was more common in informational social capital narratives. These casual interactions may strengthen peer-participant relationships, building social capital that could then be used to encourage positive behavior change. Although social capital was not directly measured, these analyses illustrate the value of attending to seemingly casual interactions in peer-led interventions.
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- New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing
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Dietrich TR, Debona G, de Spessato Schwerz P, Fagundes MLB, Hugo FN, Hilgert JB, do Amaral Giordani JM, do Amaral Júnior OL. Preventive dental service use and oral health-related quality of life in Brazilian older adults. Gerodontology 2024; 41:40-45. [PMID: 37386716 DOI: 10.1111/ger.12700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Information on the use of preventive dental services and associated variables is needed to guide policy for the old adult population and consequently promote better oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between preventive dental service use and OHRQoL by older Brazilians. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was carried out using the baseline data of participants of the Brazilian Longitudinal Stud of Aging (ELSEI-Brazil) who were aged 60 years or more. Associations with the use of preventive dental services were carried out using Poisson regression models with robust variance, adjusting for confounders. RESULTS The final sample consisted of 5432 older adults. Almost all (90.7%) participants reported not having sought preventive dental services in the last year. Individuals who used dental services for prevention had fewer impacts on their OHRQoL (RR: 0.74; [95% CI: 0.57-0.97]). CONCLUSION Preventive dental service use is associated with a better OHRQoL in older Brazilians. Policies to improve access to preventive dental services may result in improved OHRQoL in this age group.
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- Tauana Rabuske Dietrich
- Department of Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Unidade Central de Educação FAI Faculdades - UCEFF, Itapiranga, Brazil
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- Department of Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Unidade Central de Educação FAI Faculdades - UCEFF, Itapiranga, Brazil
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- Department of Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Unidade Central de Educação FAI Faculdades - UCEFF, Itapiranga, Brazil
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- Department of Preventive and Social Dentistry Porto Alegre (RS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Department of Preventive and Social Dentistry Porto Alegre (RS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Department of Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Unidade Central de Educação FAI Faculdades - UCEFF, Itapiranga, Brazil
- Department of Dental Sciences, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM, Santa Maria, Brazil
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Naud D, Généreux M, Bruneau JF, Levasseur M. [Indice du potentiel de participation sociale des Québécois âgés : cartographie des inégalités des zones métropolitaines, urbaines et rurales]. Can J Aging 2024; 43:84-98. [PMID: 37846100 DOI: 10.1017/s071498082300051x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2023] Open
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Afin de mieux comprendre la distribution géographique des facilitateurs et des obstacles à la participation sociale des Québécois âgés, cette étude visait à documenter l'Indice du potentiel de participation sociale (IPPS) selon les zones métropolitaines, urbaines et rurales. Des analyses de données secondaires, dont l'Enquête transversale sur la santé des collectivités canadiennes, ont permis de développer et de cartographier un indice composé de facteurs environnementaux associés à la participation sociale, pondérés par une analyse factorielle. En zones métropolitaines, l'IPPS était supérieur au centre qu'en périphérie, compte tenu d'une concentration accrue d'aînés et des transports. Bien qu'atténuée, la configuration était similaire en zones urbaines. En zone rurale, un IPPS élevé était associé à une concentration d'aînés et un accès aux ressources accru, sans configuration spatiale. Pour favoriser la participation sociale, l'IPPS soutient que les transports et l'accès aux ressources doivent respectivement être améliorés en périphérie des métropoles et en zone rurale.
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- Daniel Naud
- Centre de recherche sur le vieillissement, Centre integre universitaire de sante et de services sociaux de l'Estrie - Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Mélissa Généreux, Département des sciences de la santé communautaire, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Jean-François Bruneau, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur les réseaux d'entreprise, la logistique et le transport (CIRRELT), Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Centre de recherche sur le vieillissement, Centre integre universitaire de sante et de services sociaux de l'Estrie - Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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Zawisza K, Sekuła P, Gajdzica M, Tobiasz-Adamczyk B. Social capital and all-cause mortality before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among middle-aged and older people: Prospective cohort study in Poland. Soc Sci Med 2024; 343:116573. [PMID: 38266464 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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Prior to the pandemic, studies demonstrated the mainly protective role of structural social capital on all-cause mortality, less evidence had been found for a protective role for cognitive social capital. However, some findings from the early stage of the pandemic suggest that civic participation and group affiliation may be associated with more COVID-19-related deaths, as was interpersonal trust. Thus, the study aimed to verify indicators of individual social capital as risk factors for 7.6-year all-cause mortality before COVID-19 pandemic and 1.6-year all-cause mortality during of the pandemic among men and women aged 50+ years in Poland. The Polish part of the COURAGE in Europe cross-sectional baseline study was conducted in 2011. The analysis included 2913 face-to-face interviews with randomly selected community-dwelling individuals. Information about deaths was obtained from the State Systems Department on Oct 7, 2021. Various aspects of structural and cognitive social capital were measured. The Cox proportional hazard models were used. Before the pandemic, a protective effect of structural (formal and informal social participation) and cognitive social capital (trust in family, trust in co-workers) on the risk of death was observed in women. However, a negative effect of cognitive social capital (trust in strangers) was found for women and men. No positive effect of social capital during the pandemic after controlling for the health-related characteristics was found. A negative effect of generalized trust on all-cause mortality during the pandemic was discerned for men, a negative effect of the level of one's social network was found in women. The observed patterns of relationships were totally different for analyzed periods of time, and different for men and women. Consequently, planning of social interventions directed towards middle and older age groups should consider various actions for men and women separately. The need for continuous evaluation of implemented social interventions was emphasized.
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- Katarzyna Zawisza
- Jagiellonian University Medical College, Chair of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, Krakow, Poland.
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- Jagiellonian University Medical College, Chair of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Department of Medical Sociology, Krakow, Poland
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- Jagiellonian University Medical College, Chair of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Department of Medical Sociology, Krakow, Poland
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- Jagiellonian University Medical College, Chair of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Department of Medical Sociology, Krakow, Poland
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Gao Y, Wu J. Aging in place in rural Northeast China: a mixed methods examination of the influence of social capital on mental well-being in middle and late adulthood. Front Public Health 2024; 11:1261132. [PMID: 38249362 PMCID: PMC10796711 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1261132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
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The rural development strategy in contemporary China has evolved from focusing solely on "absolute poverty alleviation" to addressing multiple dimensions, including "targeting relative poverty and revitalizing the entire rural area." Using a mixed-methods approach, our study aimed to examine whether and how social capital, particularly social support and social trust, influences the mental well-being of middle-aged and older people aging in place in a remote rural Northeast area of China, exploring three constructs: life purpose, self-actualization, and capability. Our quantitative findings revealed that higher levels of social support and social trust were positively related to higher levels of life purpose. Increased social support was positively related to increased life purpose through increased social trust. However, the associations between social support, social trust, and the constructs of self-actualization and capability were not substantiated after controlling for covariates. Our interview data illuminated how middle-aged and older people perceived the interplay between social support, social trust, and mental well-being.
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- Yunfei Gao
- Department of Sociology, School of Law, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Arriola KJ, Merken TM, Bigger L, Haardörfer R, Hermstad A, Owolabi S, Daniel J, Kegler M. Understanding the relationship between social capital, health, and well-being in a southern rural population. J Rural Health 2024; 40:162-172. [PMID: 37438857 DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 07/02/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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PURPOSE Social capital is thought to contribute to health and well-being, but its application to a rural context is poorly understood. This study seeks to examine how different forms of social capital relate to health and well-being among rural residents and the extent to which race and degree of rurality moderates these relationships. METHODS Data from a population-based survey of 6 counties in rural Georgia (n = 1,385) are used. We examined 3 forms of social capital (diversity of interaction, civic engagement, and voting behavior) in relation to 3 health and well-being measures (overall life satisfaction, general health status, and 30-day physical health). FINDINGS Interacting with more diverse social networks was associated with higher overall life satisfaction for White but not Black participants (P ≤ .001). For those living in more rural communities, interacting with a more diverse social network was more strongly associated with greater general health as compared to those who lived "in town" (P ≤ .01). Greater civic engagement and voting behavior were associated with greater general health for White but not Black participants (Ps < .05). Likewise, voting in all 3 elections was associated with greater overall life satisfaction and fewer days of poor physical health for White but not Black participants (Ps ≤ .05). CONCLUSION Social capital may be associated with positive health and well-being among those living in rural areas, but it may vary by race and degree of community rurality, suggesting the need to further understand how social capital operates in a rural context.
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- Kimberly Jacob Arriola
- Department of Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Master of Social Work Program, Albany State University, Albany, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Wijesinghe MSD, Karawita UG, Nissanka NAKAI, Gunawardana BMI, Weerasinghe WMPC, Vithana VCN, Mahagamage KLK, Karunaratne SASC, Batuwanthudawe R. Strengthening social capital in the Sri Lankan population: A qualitative exploration of factors driving the mothers' support groups initiative during economic crisis. Health Promot Perspect 2023; 13:299-307. [PMID: 38235012 PMCID: PMC10790123 DOI: 10.34172/hpp.2023.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024] Open
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Background Social capital is a concept that has been identified to improve health outcomes in many populations. Due to COVID-19 and many other factors, Sri Lanka faced a massive economic crisis that affected the nutrition of communities. Many community engagement initiatives have begun to promote the country's nutrition during the worst-hit years. The Mothers' Support Groups initiative is one of the existing community engagement initiatives that is well known for strengthening community social capital. This article discusses how the Mothers' Support Groups (MSG) initiative in Sri Lanka contributed to improving social capital in Sri Lanka during the economic crisis, focusing on nutrition. Methods We conducted a case study on the activities undertaken by mothers' support groups in view of how they focused on social capital. We selected all activities presented by districts that improved social capital related to nutrition promotion captured in the YouTube video stream. We analyzed these qualitative data to identify the main themes related to social capital and nutritional promotion. Two coders transcribed the video recordings. We analyzed the data using the iterative thematic inquiry (ITI) method and initially assessed beliefs about concepts, building new beliefs through encounters with data, listing tentative themes, and evaluating themes through coding. Results Six major themes were identified (that social capital had been strengthened to promote nutrition): awareness creation of nutrition, home gardening promotion, promoting livestock farming, minimizing food waste, improving the home economy, and psychosocial health promotion. The most common forms of social capital encountered in these themes were bonding, bridging, and linking. Furthermore, strengthening structural social capital is more prominent than strengthening cognitive social capital. Conclusion Social capital can improve nutritional status during crises. Activities that can be used to achieve this vary from simple awareness creation among communities to more advanced psychosocial health promotion. Overall, social capital contributed to the community development aspect of health promotion to a greater extent.
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Hugh-Jones S, Wilding A, Munford L, Sutton M. Age-gender differences in the relationships between physical and mental health. Soc Sci Med 2023; 339:116347. [PMID: 37951054 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/13/2023]
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Previous studies have identified that smoking, exercise and breadth of social interaction mediate the strong associations between physical and mental health. However, these studies have been restricted to older populations, have not explored differences by gender, and have not considered online social interaction. We explore how the effects of four mediators (exercise, smoking, in-person and online social interaction) of the two-way relationships between past and future physical and mental health vary across eight age and gender groups. We use data from a representative sample of the UK population consisting of 175,779 observations on 41,995 adults from Understanding Society (UKHLS) between 2009 and 2019. Within a mediation framework, we estimate the percentage of the total effects that can be explained by the proposed mediating factors. We show that exercise, smoking, in-person and online social interaction are significant mediators of the effect of mental health on future physical health. In-person social interaction is the largest of these, accounting for 2.3% of the total effect. Smoking, in-person and online interaction are significant mediators of the effect of physical health on future mental health. Again, in-person interaction is the largest of these, accounting for 3.0% of the total effect. The percentages of the total effects mediated by each factor differ substantially by age and gender. Seeking to avoid the harmful effects of poor physical health on future mental health should focus on increasing physical activity in older men, and on increasing in-person social interaction in both men and women. Seeking to avoid the harmful effects of poor mental health on future physical health should focus on increasing physical activity and in-person social interaction in older men and women, and on reducing smoking in younger men and women.
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- Sam Hugh-Jones
- Health Organisation, Policy and Economics, University of Manchester, Williamson Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
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- Health Organisation, Policy and Economics, University of Manchester, Williamson Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Health Organisation, Policy and Economics, University of Manchester, Williamson Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Health Organisation, Policy and Economics, University of Manchester, Williamson Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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Voss JG, Pinto MD, Burton CW. How do the Social Determinants of Health Impact the Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19: A Critical Review. Nurs Clin North Am 2023; 58:541-568. [PMID: 37832998 DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2023.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
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The review critically analyzes the social determinants of health (SDOH) variables in the current literature of patients with post-acute sequelae (PASC) of COVID-19 in the United States. Race, gender, and age were discussed as well as health outcomes, severity of illness, and phenotypes of long-COVID. Most research was retrospectively with samples that had access to health insurance, which did not capture populations with poor or no access to health care. More research is needed that directly addresses the impact on SDOH on PASC. The current literature is sparse and provides little actionable information.
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- Joachim G Voss
- Case Western Reserve University, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Health Education Campus, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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- University of California, Irvine, Sue and Bill Gross School of Nursing, 854 Health Sciences, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Nursing, 4505 South Maryland Parkway, Box 453018, Las Vegas, NV 89154-3018, USA
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Liang A, Gomaa N. Social Capital Associates With Better Cognitive Health, Oral Health and Epigenetic Age Deceleration: Findings From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Int J Aging Hum Dev 2023:914150231208689. [PMID: 37974418 DOI: 10.1177/00914150231208689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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Background: Social exposures are linked to an array of health outcomes, especially around aging. In this study, we examined the association of social capital, defined as social relationships and networks, with clinical and biological outcomes including cognitive health, oral inflammation, and epigenetic aging. Methods: We used data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) (n = 1,479; aged 45-85 years), categorizing social capital as structural and cognitive capital. Oral inflammation was determined as the presence of gum bleeding. Epigenetic aging was computed as the difference between chronological age and DNA methylation age. We constructed multivariable regression models adjusted for covariates to assess the relationships of interest. Results: Higher structural social capital was associated with decelerated epigenetic aging and better cognitive health outcomes, while higher cognitive social capital was associated with better cognitive outcomes and less oral inflammation. Conclusion: Enhanced social capital may contribute to better clinical and biological outcomes around aging.
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- Aileen Liang
- Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Canada
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- Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Canada
- Children's Health Research Institute, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Canada
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do Amaral Júnior OL, Fagundes MLB, Menegazzo GR, do Amaral Giordani JM. The mediating role of social capital in socioeconomic inequalities of oral health behaviours among Brazilian older adults. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2023; 51:879-886. [PMID: 35964240 DOI: 10.1111/cdoe.12780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Knowledge of the possible pathways linking socioeconomic status (SES) to oral health-related behaviours can improve the understanding of inequalities in oral health. Therefore, in this study, it was investigated whether social capital mediates the relationship between SES and oral health behaviours. METHODS Through a cross-sectional study, data were analysed from participants aged ≥60 years from the Brazilian National Health Survey 2019 (n = 21 575). Structural equation modelling was used to test the direct and indirect pathways from a latent variable for SES to a latent variable for oral health behaviours: daily flossing, toothbrushing frequency and the use of dental care services. RESULTS The maximum likelihood estimator was used for complex samples with robust standard errors, and the final model demonstrated an adequate fit. The findings demonstrated that a higher SES was directly associated with better oral health-related behaviours (standardized coefficient [SC]: 0.82; [90% CI: 0.78-0.85]) and indirectly via structural social capital (SC: 0.05; [90% CI: 0.02-0.07]). The total effect of SES on oral health-related behaviours was (SC: 0.87, [90% CI: 0.85-0.89]). CONCLUSION The findings demonstrate that structural social capital in older Brazilian adults might partly mediate the pathways to socioeconomic inequalities in oral health behaviours. However, there is a direct effect on oral health behaviours, reinforcing the hypothesis that SES is associated with oral health, based on paths that link income inequality to oral health.
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- Orlando Luiz do Amaral Júnior
- Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM, Santa Maria, Brazil
- Department of Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Centro Universitário FAI - UCEFF, Itapiranga, Brazil
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- Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM, Santa Maria, Brazil
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Canabarro APF, Eriksson M, Nielsen A, Zeebari Z, Salazar M. Cognitive social capital as a health-enabling factor for STI testing among young men in Stockholm, Sweden: A cross-sectional population-based study. Heliyon 2023; 9:e20812. [PMID: 37876418 PMCID: PMC10590937 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2022] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/26/2023] Open
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Objective To assess whether different forms of cognitive social capital increased the relative probability of testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among young men living in Stockholm, Sweden. Methods A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted in 2017 with men aged 20-29 years living in Stockholm County, Sweden (n = 523). The main outcome was STI testing patterns (never tested, tested only within a12-monthperiod, tested only beyond a12-monthperiod, repeatedly tested). The main exposure were two forms of cognitive social capital: social support (having received help, having someone to share inner feelings with) and institutionalized trust (in school, healthcare, media). Data were analyzed using weighted multivariable multinomial logistic regression to obtain adjusted weighted relative probability ratio (aRPR). Results After adjusting for confounding factors, receiving help (aRPR: 5.2, 95% CI: 1.7-16.2) and having someone to share inner feelings with (aRPR: 3.1, 95% CI: 1.2-7.7) increased the relative probabilities of young men testing for STIs, but only for those testing beyond a 12-month period. Trust in media increased the relative probability of STI testing for those testing only within a 12-month period (aRPR: 2.6, 95% CI: 1.1-6.1) and for those testing repeatedly (aRPR: 3.6, 95% CI: 1.5-8.8). Conclusion Young men in Stockholm County exhibit distinct STI testing patterns. Social support and trust in media were factors that increased the probability of being tested for STIs, with this effect varying according to the young men's STI testing pattern. Further studies are required to explore how trust in media might promote STI testing in this population.
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- Ana Paula Finatto Canabarro
- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Tomtebodavägen 18a, Widerströmska Huset, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Social Work, Umeå University, 901 87, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Tomtebodavägen 18a, Widerströmska Huset, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Tomtebodavägen 18a, Widerströmska Huset, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden
- Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University, Gjuterigatan 5, 553 18, Jönköping, Sweden
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- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Tomtebodavägen 18a, Widerströmska Huset, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden
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Tani Y, Isumi A, Doi S, Fujiwara T. Number of Siblings and Social Capital Among Parents Rearing Schoolchildren: Results From the A-CHILD Study. J Epidemiol 2023; 33:478-483. [PMID: 35644534 PMCID: PMC10409528 DOI: 10.2188/jea.je20210510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 08/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Having siblings may foster sociality; however, little is known about whether sibling number determines social capital, the resources obtained through social networks. We examined the association between sibling number and social capital among Japanese parents rearing schoolchildren. METHODS We used cross-sectional data from the 2018 and 2019 Adachi Child Health Impact of Living Difficulty (A-CHILD) study, targeting all primary and junior high school students and their parents in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan (n = 8,082). Individual-level social capital was evaluated by assessing caregivers' social cohesion, social support, and group affiliation. All analyses were adjusted for age and sex. RESULTS An inverse U-shaped association was found between sibling number and social capital. Adults who grew up with one or two, but not three or more siblings had greater social support (coefficient = 0.23; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.06-0.40 and coefficient = 0.46; 95% CI, 0.29-0.64, respectively) than those who grew up as an only child, after covariate adjustment. Adults who grew up with two or three, but not one or four or more siblings had greater group affiliation (coefficient = 0.09; 95% CI, 0.03-0.16 and coefficient = 0.09; 95% CI, 0.01-0.18, respectively) than those who grew up as an only child, after covariate adjustment. Sibling number was not associated with social cohesion. CONCLUSION Growing up with one to three siblings was associated with higher social capital in adulthood than being an only child. Having siblings may provide an opportunity to foster social capital.
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- Yukako Tani
- Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan
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Blake CE, Monterrosa EC, Rampalli KK, Khan ANS, Reyes LI, Drew SD, Dominguez-Salas P, Bukachi SA, Ngutu M, Frongillo EA, Iruhiriye E, Girard AW. Basic human values drive food choice decision-making in different food environments of Kenya and Tanzania. Appetite 2023; 188:106620. [PMID: 37271253 PMCID: PMC10423943 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2023.106620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Revised: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Increased access to a variety of foods in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) has led to greater autonomy in food choice decision-making. Autonomy allows individuals to make decisions through negotiation of considerations in ways that are consistent with basic values. The aim of this study was to identify and describe how basic human values drive food choice in two diverse populations with transitioning food environments living in the neighboring East African countries of Kenya and Tanzania. Secondary data analysis was carried out on focus group discussions conducted with men and women in Kenya (n = 28) and Tanzania (n = 28) as part of prior studies on food choice. A priori coding based on Schwartz's theory of basic human values was conducted, followed by a narrative comparative analysis, which included review by original principal investigators. Values of conservation (security, conformity, tradition), openness to change (self-directed thought and action, stimulation, indulgence), self-enhancement (achievement, power, face), and self-transcendence (benevolence-dependability and -caring) were prominent drivers of food choice in both settings. Participants described how values were negotiated and highlighted existing tensions. For example, the value of tradition was cited as important in both settings but changing food contexts (e.g., new foods, diverse neighborhoods) increased prioritization of values like stimulation, indulgence, and self-directed thought and action. The application of a basic values framework was useful for understanding food choice in both settings. A focused understanding of how values drive food choice decision-making in the context of changing food availability in LMICs is essential for the promotion of sustainable healthy diets.
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- Christine E Blake
- University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA.
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- Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, Rue de Varembé 7, 1202, Geneva, Switzerland.
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- University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA.
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- Cornell University, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
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- University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA.
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- Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, London, UK; International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
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- Institute of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies (IAGAS), University of Nairobi, Kenya.
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- Institute of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies (IAGAS), University of Nairobi, Kenya.
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- University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA.
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- University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA.
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- Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Campagnol PB, do Amaral Júnior OL, Fagundes MLB, Menegazzo GR, Neves M, Maroneze MC, do Amaral Giordani JM. Social capital and dental service use in older Brazilians. Gerodontology 2023; 40:334-339. [PMID: 36151702 DOI: 10.1111/ger.12658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To estimate the prevalence of dental services use and its association with social capital among Brazilian older adults. BACKGROUND Health inequities can be explained by the social determinants of health, which are the social, environmental, cultural and behavioural factors that directly or indirectly affect people's health. Among these determinants is social capital, that seem to affect health behaviours, such as use of dental services among older adults. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a cross-sectional study using baseline data from the Longitudinal Study of the Health of the Brazilian Elderly, nationally representative of people aged 50 years or older. The baseline survey was carried out between 2015 and 2016, using structured questionnaires. The dependent variable was use of dental services in the last year. The main exposure variable was social capital, assessed through two dimensions: structural and cognitive. The covariates used were sex, skin colour, age, education, wealth, need for dental treatment, self-perception of oral health, tooth loss, type of dental services used, reason for dental care, smoking and alcohol consumption. Descriptive analyses and Poisson regression modelling were used. RESULTS The sample consisted of 9323 individuals. The prevalence of dental services use was 32.6% (95% CI: 30.7-34.5). No associations were found between social capital and the use of dental services. CONCLUSION This study did not find an association between structural and cognitive social capital and dental services use in Brazilian older adults. Further researches using instruments with different assessments of social capital are needed.
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- Postgraduate Program in Public Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Dental Sciences, Federal University of Santa Maria - UFSM, Santa Maria, Brazil
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Hao C, Guo D, Ren H, Wang X, Qiao Y, Qiu L. The relationship between social capital and health from a configuration perspective: an evidence from China. BMC Public Health 2023; 23:1611. [PMID: 37612596 PMCID: PMC10463615 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-16547-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The debate on the relationship between social capital and health is still ongoing. To enhance previous research, this study uses data drawn from China to analyse the situations in which social capital is related to good health and the various configurations that result in good health outcomes. METHODS Using the data of China Family Panel Studies, the conditions of age, gender, marriage, education, income, structural social capital and cognitive social capital were included to analyse the sufficient and necessary conditions for achieving good general health and their different configurations using the fsQCA method. RESULTS None of the listed conditions were prerequisites for excellent general health in terms of either their presence or their absence. The sufficiency analysis found 11 configurations with an average of 3-4 conditions per configuration; in no configuration was the condition of social capital present alone. Structured social capital and cognitive social capital exhibited negative states in configurations 1 and 2, respectively. The most prevalent factor in all configurations was the condition of age. CONCLUSIONS The relationship between social capital and health is both positive and negative, with cognitive social capital playing a larger role in the positive relationship than structural social capital. Social capital is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for health, and it must be combined with a variety of other factors to promote health. A variety of methods can be used to promote an individual's health, as different populations require different approaches to good general health, and no single pathway applies to all populations. In the Chinese population, an individual's age is a significant determinant of their health status.
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- Chongqi Hao
- School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- School of Management, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
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Caqueo-Urízar A, Irarrázaval M. Invited Commentary: Improving Instruments to Counter the Bias in Their Construction. Am J Epidemiol 2023; 192:1274-1275. [PMID: 36929419 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwad063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Revised: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
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In this issue of the Journal, Villalonga-Olives et al. (Am J Epidemiol. 2023;192(8):1264-1273) examined the psychometric properties of social capital indicators, comparing responses from Black and White people to identify whether there was differential item functioning (DIF) in social capital by race, and also when stratified by educational attainment, as a measure of socioeconomic status. The authors tested whether there is DIF in social capital items between Black and White people and found that DIF across these items was significant although not large, but they were still indicative of measurement error, which they suspected was related to the way these items were developed-that is, based on cultural assumptions tested in mainstream White America. However, some gaps remain to be fleshed out.
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Maguet S, Laliberte N, Moore L, Milkovich T, Burmeister C, Scow M, Sproule W, Dove N, Martens S. An evaluation of the Compassion, Inclusion, and Engagement initiative: learning from PWLE and communities across British Columbia. Harm Reduct J 2023; 20:89. [PMID: 37452328 PMCID: PMC10347729 DOI: 10.1186/s12954-023-00819-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The Compassion, Inclusion and Engagement initiative (CIE) was a social contact intervention that operated in British Columbia between 2015 and 2021. The primary objective of CIE was to increase the participation of people with lived experience of substance use (PWLE) in the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of harm reduction supports and services. CASE PRESENTATION CIE used the developmental evaluation methodology outcome mapping to define and measure progress towards its goals. Developmental evaluation emphasizes learning in contrast to other forms of evaluation which are often more focused on determining the value or success of a project or programme based on predetermined criteria. Outcome mapping is a relational practice which acknowledges that change is achieved by an initiative's partners and the role of the initiative is to provide access to resources, ideas and opportunities that can facilitate and support change. CONCLUSIONS Through the implementation and evaluation of CIE, it became clear that directly supporting PWLE facilitated more meaningful and lasting change than solely working to improve the health and social services that supported them. The impacts of the CIE initiative extend far beyond the outcomes of any of the dialogues it facilitated and are largely the result of an increase in social capital. CIE engagements created the opportunity for change by inviting people most affected by the toxic drug supply together with those committed to supporting them, but their ability to bring about systemic change was limited. Both PWLE and service providers noted the lack of support to attend CIE engagements, lack of support for actions that came from those engagements, and lack of PWLE inclusion in decision-making by health authorities as limiting factors for systemic change. The lack of response at a systemic level often resulted in PWLE carrying the burden of responding to toxic drug poisonings, often without resources, support, or compensation.
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- Sally Maguet
- Provincial Health Services Authority, Vancouver, Canada.
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- BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, Canada
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- BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, Canada
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- BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, Canada
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Caetano LDC, Garcez A, Bairros FDS, Costa JSDD, Olinto MTA. Association between social capital and food patterns in women from Southern Brazil. CIENCIA & SAUDE COLETIVA 2023; 28:1915-1926. [PMID: 37436306 DOI: 10.1590/1413-81232023287.10562022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 11/10/2022] [Indexed: 07/13/2023] Open
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The present study aimed to verify the association between psychosocial aspects (social capital) and food patterns in adult women. A cross-sectional, population-based study was conducted with a representative sample of 1,128 women, aged 20 to 69 years, living in the urban area of the municipality of São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in 2015. The food patterns were identified based on the frequency of food intake and classified as: healthy (fruits, vegetables, and whole foods), at-risk (ultraprocessed foods), and Brazilian (rice and beans), while social capital was evaluated using a collective efficacy scale. It was observed that 18.9% of the sample was classified with high collective efficacy. After adjusting for potential confounding factors, a 44% higher probability was observed for adherence to the healthy pattern (PR [prevalence ratio] = 1.44; 95%CI [95% confidence interval]: 1.01-2.03; p = 0.040) and 71% higher for the Brazilian pattern (PR = 1.71; 95%CI: 1.18-2.47; p= 0.004) among women with a higher level of collective efficacy, when compared to those with a low level of collective efficacy. Thus, this study verified a significant relationship between psychosocial aspects and food intake in women.
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- Lisandréa da Conceição Caetano
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre. Porto Alegre RS Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre. Porto Alegre RS Brasil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos. São Leopoldo RS Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Alimentação, Nutrição e Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. R. Ramiro Barcelos 2.400, Santa Cecília. 90035-003 Porto Alegre RS Brasil.
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Ergül C, Drukker M, Binbay T, Kırlı U, Elbi H, Alptekin K, van Os J. A 6-year follow-up study in a community-based population: Is neighbourhood-level social capital associated with the risk of emergence and persistence of psychotic experiences and transition to psychotic disorder? Psychol Med 2023; 53:3974-3986. [PMID: 35301975 PMCID: PMC10317792 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291722000642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Revised: 01/30/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Social capital is thought to represent an environmental factor associated with the risk of psychotic disorder (PD). This study aims to investigate the association between neighbourhood-level social capital and clinical transitions within the spectrum of psychosis. METHODS In total, 2175 participants, representative of a community-based population, were assessed twice (6 years apart) to determine their position within an extended psychosis spectrum: no symptoms, subclinical psychotic experiences (PE), clinical PE, PD. A variable representing change between baseline (T1) and follow-up (T2) assessment was constructed. Four dimensions of social capital (informal social control, social disorganisation, social cohesion and trust, cognitive social capital) were assessed at baseline in an independent sample, and the measures were aggregated to the neighbourhood level. Associations between the variable representing psychosis spectrum change from T1 to T2 and the social capital variables were investigated. RESULTS Lower levels of neighbourhood-level social disorganisation, meaning higher levels of social capital, reduced the risk of clinical PE onset (OR 0.300; z = -2.75; p = 0.006), persistence of clinical PE (OR 0.314; z = -2.36; p = 0.018) and also the transition to PD (OR 0.136; z = -2.12; p = 0.034). The other social capital variables were not associated with changes from T1 to T2. CONCLUSIONS Neighbourhood-level social disorganisation may be associated with the risk of psychosis expression. Whilst replication of this finding is required, it may point to level of social disorganisation as a public health target moderating population psychosis risk.
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- Ceylan Ergül
- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Üsküdar University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Institute on Drug Abuse, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Psychiatry, UMC Utrecht Brain Centre, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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Fujikawa H, Son D, Eto M. Cultural adaptation and validation of Japanese medical resident version of the workplace social capital scale: a cross-sectional study. BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION 2023; 23:487. [PMID: 37391765 DOI: 10.1186/s12909-023-04469-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND The Workplace Social Capital (WSC) Scale is the most frequently used tool for measuring social capital at work in Western countries. However, there are no corresponding tools for assessing WSC among medical trainees in Japan. Thus, this study was conducted to develop the Japanese medical resident version of the WSC (JMR-WSC) Scale and examine its validity and reliability. METHODS The Japanese version of the WSC Scale by Odagiri et al. was reviewed and the scale was partially modified for use in the Japanese context of postgraduate medical education. To verify the validity and reliability of the JMR-WSC Scale, a cross-sectional survey was performed in 32 hospitals across Japan. Postgraduate trainees (years 1-6) at the participating hospitals responded to the online questionnaire on a voluntary basis. We tested the structural validity through confirmatory factor analysis. We also examined criterion-related validity and internal consistency reliability of the JMR-WSC Scale. RESULTS In all, 289 trainees completed the questionnaire. The results of confirmatory factor analysis supported the JMR-WSC Scale's structural validity on the same two-factor model as that of the original WSC Scale. Logistic regression analysis showed that, after adjustment for gender and postgraduate years, trainees with good self-rated health had a significantly elevated odds ratio for good WSC. Cronbach's alpha coefficients showed acceptable internal consistency reliability. CONCLUSIONS We successfully developed the JMR-WSC Scale and examined its validity and reliability. Our scale could be used to measure social capital in postgraduate medical training settings in Japan to help prevent burnout and reduce patient safety incidents.
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- Hirohisa Fujikawa
- Center for General Medicine Education, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160- 8582, Japan.
- Department of Medical Education Studies, International Research Center for Medical Education, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Medical Education Studies, International Research Center for Medical Education, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Community-based Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Tottori, Japan
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- Department of Medical Education Studies, International Research Center for Medical Education, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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do Amaral Júnior OL, Fagundes MLB, Menegazzo GR, Giordani JMDA. Wealth index association with self-reported oral health between white and non-white older Brazilians. CAD SAUDE PUBLICA 2023; 39:e00188122. [PMID: 37377295 PMCID: PMC10494672 DOI: 10.1590/0102-311xen188122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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This cross-sectional study aimed to identify the association between self-reported oral health status and a wealth index among white and non-white older adults in Brazil. Data from individual assessments of 9,365 Brazilians aged 50 years or older were analyzed. Poisson regression models were performed to estimate the prevalence ratio between wealth index and self-reported oral health among whites and non-whites adjusted for intermediate and proximal determinants. The total prevalence of poor self-reported oral health on white and non-white individuals was 41.6% (95%CI: 40.0-43.4) and 48% (95%CI: 47.1-49.8) respectively. The adjusted analysis showed that, for whites, the wealth index is associated with self-reported oral health since individuals in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th quintiles have 25% (PR = 0.75; 95%CI: 0.65-0.88), 20% (PR = 0.80; 95%CI: 0.67-0.95), and 39% (PR = 0.61; 95%CI: 0.50-0.75) lower prevalence of poor self-reported oral health than those in the poorest quintile. For non-white individuals, the wealth index is associated with self-reported oral health only for those in the 5th quintile, with 25% (PR = 0.85; 95%CI: 0.72-0.99) lower prevalence of poor self-reported oral health than those in the poorest quintile. The wealth index showed different effects on self-reported oral health among whites and non-whites. Socioeconomic status indicators may reflect racial inequalities due to the historical legacy of institutional discrimination. This study highlights the importance of developing policies to combat racial inequities and how these can contribute to better oral health conditions for the older Brazilian population.
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Odontológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brasil
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Martí-Lluch R, Bolíbar B, Llobera J, Maderuelo-Fernández JA, Magallón-Botaya R, Sánchez-Pérez Á, Fernández-Domínguez MJ, Motrico E, Vicens-Pons E, Notario-Pacheco B, Alves-Cabratosa L, Ramos R. Role of personal aptitudes as determinants of incident morbidity, lifestyles, quality of life, use of health services, and mortality (DESVELA cohort): quantitative study protocol for a prospective cohort study in a hybrid analysis. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1067249. [PMID: 37427254 PMCID: PMC10325828 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1067249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023] Open
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Introduction The healthcare and well-being of the population depend on multiple factors and should adapt to societal changes. The opposite is also occurring; society has evolved concerning the individuals' approach to their care, which includes participation in decision-making processes. In this scenario, health promotion and prevention become crucial to provide an integrated perspective in the organization and management of the health systems.Health status and well-being depend on many aspects, determinants of health, which in turn may be modulated by individual behavior. Certain models and frameworks try to study the determinants of health and individual human behaviors, separately. However, the interrelation between these two aspects has not been examined in our population.Our main objective is to analyze whether personal aptitudes related to behaviors are independently associated with the incidence of morbidity. A secondary objective will enquire whether these personal aptitudes are independently associated with lower all-cause mortality, enhanced adoption of healthy lifestyles, higher quality of life, and lower utilization of health services during follow-up. Methods This protocol addresses the quantitative branch of a multicenter project (10 teams) for the creation of a cohort of at least 3,083 persons aged 35 to 74 years from 9 Autonomous Communities (AACC). The personal variables to evaluate are self-efficacy, activation, health literacy, resilience, locus of control, and personality traits. Socio-demographic covariates and social capital will be recorded. A physical examination, blood analysis, and cognitive evaluation will be carried out.Several sets of six Cox models (one for each independent variable) will analyze the incidence of morbidity (objective 1); all-cause mortality and the rest of the dependent variables (objective 2). The models will be adjusted for the indicated covariates, and random effects will estimate Potential heterogeneity between AACC. Discussion The analysis of the association of certain behavioral patterns and determinants of health is essential and will contribute to improving health promotion and prevention strategies. The description of the individual elements and interrelated aspects that modulate the onset and persistence of diseases will allow the evaluation of their role as prognostic factors and contribute to the development of patient-tailored preventive measures and healthcare.Clinical Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04386135. Registered on April 30, 2020.
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- Ruth Martí-Lluch
- Vascular Health Research Group of Girona, Institut Universitari per a la Recerca a l’Atenció Primària Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol), Girona, Spain
- Parc Hospitalari Martí Julià, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Girona (IDIBGI), Salt, Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
- Network for Research on Chronicity, Primary Care, and Health Promotion (RICAPPS), Tenerife, Spain
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- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
- Network for Research on Chronicity, Primary Care, and Health Promotion (RICAPPS), Tenerife, Spain
- Fundació Institut Universitari per a la recerca a l'Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol), Barcelona, Spain
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- Network for Research on Chronicity, Primary Care, and Health Promotion (RICAPPS), Tenerife, Spain
- Balearic Islands Health Service (Ib-Salut), Primary Care Research Unit of Mallorca, Palma, Spain
- Hospital Universitari Son Espases, GrAPP-caIB—Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
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- Network for Research on Chronicity, Primary Care, and Health Promotion (RICAPPS), Tenerife, Spain
- Unidad de Investigación en Atención Primaria de Salamanca (APISAL), Salamanca, Spain
- Instituto de investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL), Salamanca, Spain
- Gerencia Regional de salud de Castilla y León (SACyL), Gerencia de Atención Primaria de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Network for Research on Chronicity, Primary Care, and Health Promotion (RICAPPS), Tenerife, Spain
- Primary Health Care Research Group of Aragón (GAIAP), Institute for Health Research Aragón (IIS Aragón), Zaragoza, Spain
- Department of Medicine, Psychiatry and Dermatology, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Network for Research on Chronicity, Primary Care, and Health Promotion (RICAPPS), Tenerife, Spain
- Unidad de Investigación Atención Primaria de Bizkaia. Subdirección para la Coordinación de la Atención Primaria, Dirección General Osakiadetza, Vitoria, Spain
- Grupo de Investigación en Ciencias de la Diseminación e Implementación en Servicios Sanitarios Instituto Investigación Biocruces, Baracaldo, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Network for Research on Chronicity, Primary Care, and Health Promotion (RICAPPS), Tenerife, Spain
- Ourense Health Area, SERGAS, Ourense, Spain
- Centro de Saúde de Leiro, SERGAS, Leiro, Spain
- I-Saúde Group, Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro Bloque Técnico, South Galicia Health Research Institute, Vigo, Spain
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- Network for Research on Chronicity, Primary Care, and Health Promotion (RICAPPS), Tenerife, Spain
- Departamento de Psicología, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Sevilla, Spain
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- Network for Research on Chronicity, Primary Care, and Health Promotion (RICAPPS), Tenerife, Spain
- Health Technology Assessment in Primary Care and Mental Health (PRISMA) Research Group, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Deu, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Deu, St Boi de Llobregat, Catalunya, Spain
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- Network for Research on Chronicity, Primary Care, and Health Promotion (RICAPPS), Tenerife, Spain
- Faculty of Nursing, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, Spain
- Social and Health Research Center, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, Spain
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- Vascular Health Research Group of Girona, Institut Universitari per a la Recerca a l’Atenció Primària Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol), Girona, Spain
- Network for Research on Chronicity, Primary Care, and Health Promotion (RICAPPS), Tenerife, Spain
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- Vascular Health Research Group of Girona, Institut Universitari per a la Recerca a l’Atenció Primària Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol), Girona, Spain
- Parc Hospitalari Martí Julià, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Girona (IDIBGI), Salt, Spain
- Network for Research on Chronicity, Primary Care, and Health Promotion (RICAPPS), Tenerife, Spain
- Department of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Campus Salut, Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain
- Atenció Primària, Institut Català de la Salut, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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K Church E, A Wilson K, J Dean A. Broadening our understanding of what drives stewardship engagement: Relationships between social capital and willingness to engage in nature stewardship. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 342:118128. [PMID: 37210815 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 05/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Diverse solutions are needed to reduce human impacts on nature. Fostering individual stewardship behaviours that protect, restore, and encourage sustainable use of nature will need to be part of this mix of solutions. A key challenge then is how to increase the uptake of such behaviours. Social capital provides a framework to explore the diverse types of social influences on nature stewardship. We surveyed a representative sample of residents of New South Wales, Australia (n = 3220) to explore how facets of social capital influenced individual willingness to adopt diverse types of stewardship behaviours. Analysis confirmed that parts of social capital differentially influence distinct types of stewardship behaviours including lifestyle, social, on-ground, and citizenship behaviours. All behaviours were positively influenced by perceptions of shared values within social network, and past participation in environmental groups. Yet some components of social capital exhibited mixed associations with each type of stewardship behaviour. For example, collective agency was associated with greater willingness to engage in social, on-ground, and citizenship behaviours, whereas institutional trust was negatively associated with willingness to engage in lifestyle, on-ground and citizenship behaviours. These findings show that social context provides an important foundation for building stewardship engagement.
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- Emma K Church
- School of Food and Agriculture Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia.
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- School of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia.
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- School of Food and Agriculture Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia.
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Vincent W, Del Río-González AM, Neilands TB, Bowleg L. Resilience and Its Limits: The Roles of Individual Resilience, Social Capital, Racial Discrimination, and Binge Drinking on Sexual Behavior Among Black Heterosexual Men. ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR 2023; 52:1419-1434. [PMID: 36512168 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-022-02488-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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In response to the increased recognition of racism as a public health crisis, we assessed links between racial discrimination and HIV-related risk behavior for Black men. Specifically, using survey data from 530 Black heterosexual men (18-44 years old, M = 31.0, SD = 7.8), we tested two moderated-mediation models: (1) a protective model, in which resilience and social capital protected against the indirect effect of racial discrimination on alcohol-related sexual behavior via binge drinking, and (2) a bounded model, in which racial discrimination limited the indirect effects of resilience and social capital on alcohol-related sexual behavior via binge drinking. We found support for the bounded model only. Specifically, resilience was indirectly associated with decreased alcohol-related sexual behavior via lower binge drinking when racial discrimination was low to moderately high, but not when racial discrimination was at its highest levels. Resilience was not directly associated with alcohol-related sexual behavior. Social capital was directly related to lower odds of alcohol-related sexual behavior. At high levels of racial discrimination, however, social capital was indirectly related to increased alcohol-related sexual behavior via binge drinking. High levels of racial discrimination limit beneficial effects of resilience on alcohol-related sexual behavior. Social capital maintains a beneficial effect if social bonds are not associated with binge-drinking norms or behaviors. Results highlight the limitations of individual-level resilience and the need to conceptualize and support resilience as a social-structural resource.
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- Wilson Vincent
- Department of Psychology, Temple University, Weiss Hall, 1701 N. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19122, USA.
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- Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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Knorst JK, Vettore MV, Brondani B, Emmanuelli B, Ardenghi TM. The Different Roles of Structural and Cognitive Social Capital on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life among Adolescents. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:ijerph20085603. [PMID: 37107885 PMCID: PMC10138599 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20085603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Revised: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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This study evaluated the relationship of structural and cognitive dimensions of social capital with oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) among adolescents. This was a cross-sectional study nested in a cohort of adolescents from southern Brazil. OHRQoL was evaluated using the short version of the Child Perceptions Questionnaire 11-14 (CPQ11-14). Structural social capital was measured by attendance of religious meetings and social networks from friends and neighbours. Cognitive social capital was evaluated through trust in friends and neighbours, perception of relationships in the neighbourhood, and social support during hard times. Multilevel Poisson regression analysis was performed to estimate the association between social capital dimensions and overall CPQ11-14 scores; higher scores corresponded to worse OHRQoL. The sample comprised 429 adolescents with a mean age of 12 years. Adolescents who attended religious meetings less than once a month or never presented higher overall CPQ11-14 scores. Adolescents who did not trust their friends and neighbours, those who believe that their neighbours did not have good relationships, and those reporting no support during hard times also presented higher overall CPQ11-14 scores. OHRQoL was poorer in individuals who presented lower structural and cognitive social capital, with the greatest impact related to the cognitive dimension.
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- Jessica Klöckner Knorst
- Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, Brazil
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- Department of Health and Nursing Sciences, University of Agder, Postbox 422, N-4604 Kristiansand, Norway
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil
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- Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, Brazil
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- Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, Brazil
- Correspondence: ; Tel./Fax: +55-55-3220-9272
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Pre-COVID-19 cognitive social capital and peri-COVID-19 depression: A prospective cohort study on the contextual moderating effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in China, 2016–2020. Health Place 2023; 82:103022. [PMCID: PMC10073591 DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2023] [Revised: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
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Social capital could protect mental health. We examined whether the COVID-19 context and province-level COVID-19 situation altered the longitudinal association between cognitive social capital (generalized trust, trust in neighbors, trust in local government officials, and reciprocity) and depression. Results from multilevel mixed-effects linear regression models showed that trust in neighbors, trust in local government officials, and reciprocity were more crucial in longitudinally reducing depression in 2020 than in 2018. Also, as compared with provinces where the COVID-19 situation was less poor, trust in local government officials in provinces with a worse COVID-19 situation in 2018 was more crucial in reducing depression in 2020. Therefore, cognitive social capital should be taken into account for pandemic preparedness and mental health resilience.
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Francis MW, McCutcheon VV, Farkas KJ. Social processes during recovery: An expansion of Kelly and Hoeppner's biaxial formulation of recovery. ADDICTION RESEARCH & THEORY 2023; 31:416-423. [PMID: 38283612 PMCID: PMC10812146 DOI: 10.1080/16066359.2023.2195641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
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Recent conceptualizations frame addiction recovery as a complex process involving changes across behavioral, physical, psychological, and social domains. These broad conceptualizations can be difficult to apply directly to research, making detailed models of individual dimensions necessary to guide empirical work and subsequent clinical interventions. We used Kelly and Hoeppner's (2015) biaxial formulation of recovery as a basis for a detailed examination of social processes in recovery using social network approaches. We delineated how appraisal of situational risks and social network resources result in coping actions, and how repeated iterations of this process change a person's social recovery capital over time. In addition, we incorporated the experience of interpersonal trauma and structural oppression, and demonstrated how the model accommodates the complex issues often encountered during recovery. We present a measurable framework that can guide empirical testing of how social processes and social recovery capital change over time during recovery. The model presented here illuminates key factors in the recovery process that have the potential to support trauma- and social-network-informed interventions. We call for research that empirically tests this model in ways that will result in practical, trauma-informed social network interventions for people in recovery.
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- Meredith W. Francis
- Washington University in St. Louis, Brown School of Social Work, St. Louis, MO
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- Case Western Reserve University, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Cleveland, OH
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Lampropoulos D, Spini D, Li Y, Anex E. A dual-path psychosocial model of social determinants of health in the community: Results from the Cause Commune program. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2023; 51:962-977. [PMID: 36226873 DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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We tested a dual-path psychosocial framework of social vulnerability that considers the impact of socioeconomic resources and cognitive social capital on health, and whether they were mediated by an enabling psychosocial path (collective efficacy) and a disabling path (loneliness). A total of 1401 people (53.6% female, Mage = 48.7, SD = 18.1) from a community in Switzerland participated in the study. Structural equation models showed that psychosocial factors were related to both social determinants and health outcomes and partially mediated their interrelation. Our model showed an adequate fit to the data (χ2 = 1,377.56, df = 341, p = 0.000, comparative fit index = 0.93, root mean square error of approximation = 0.05, standardized root mean-squared residual = 0.05). The findings highlight the role of psychosocial-relational factors in the processes of social vulnerability and would be of interest to researchers working on social vulnerability in the community.
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- Dimitrios Lampropoulos
- Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research LIVES, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research LIVES, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research LIVES, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research LIVES, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Clark EM, Ma L, Williams BR, Ghosh D, Park CL, Schulz E, Woodard N, Knott CL. A longitudinal study of social, religious, and spiritual capital and physical and emotional functioning in a national sample of African-Americans. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2023; 51:978-997. [PMID: 36115065 PMCID: PMC10006284 DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Revised: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The present study builds on prior research by examining the moderating relationships between different types of capital on physical functioning, emotional functioning, and depressive symptoms using a 2.5-year longitudinal design with a national sample of African-American adults. Results indicated a significant T1 social capital × T1 religious capital interaction such that among low T1 religious capital participants, those with high T1 social capital had lower T2 physical functioning than those with lower T1 social capital. There was also a marginally significant T1 social capital × T1 spiritual capital interaction suggesting that among low T1 spiritual capital participants, those with higher T1 social capital reported a decline in depressive symptoms compared to those with lower T1 social capital. Future research and implications for intervention and policy development are discussed.
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- Eddie M Clark
- Department of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of San Fransciso, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama - Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Geography, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Behavioral and Community Health, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Behavioral and Community Health, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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Prochnow T, Curran LS, Amo C, Patterson MS. Bridging the Built and Social Environments: A Systematic Review of Studies Investigating Influences on Physical Activity. J Phys Act Health 2023; 20:438-459. [PMID: 36997160 DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2022-0403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Revised: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 04/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND The purpose of this review was to examine articles assessing aspects of the built and social environment simultaneously, and how these environments influence physical activity (PA). A thorough review of studies is needed to identify patterns across studies and gaps for future research and practice. METHODS To be included, articles needed to contain: (1) self-report or objective measure of PA; (2) a measure of the built environment; (3) a measure of the social environment; and (4) an analysis between built environment, social environment, and PA. A systematic literature search of 4358 articles resulted in 87 articles. RESULTS Several populations were present within the sample including various age groups and different countries. As previously established, the built environment and social environment were consistently associated with PA; however, mediating factors between these 2 layers were less clear. Further, there was a lack of longitudinal and experimental study designs. CONCLUSIONS Results suggest a need for longitudinal and experimental designs with validated and granular measures. As communities recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, a thorough understanding of how built environment factors enhance or detract from social connectedness and how this reciprocal relationship impacts PA behavior is needed for future policy, environment, and systematic change.
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- Tyler Prochnow
- Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX,USA
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- Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX,USA
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- Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX,USA
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- Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX,USA
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Tani Y, Fujiwara T, Kondo K. Associations of Cooking Skill with Social Relationships and Social Capital among Older Men and Women in Japan: Results from the JAGES. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:ijerph20054633. [PMID: 36901644 PMCID: PMC10002414 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20054633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The health benefits of social relationships and social capital are well known. However, little research has examined the determinants of social relationships and social capital. We examined whether cooking skill was associated with social relationships and social capital in older Japanese people. We used 2016 Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study data on a population-based sample of men and women aged ≥ 65 years (n = 21,061). Cooking skill was assessed using a scale with good validity. Social relationships were evaluated by assessing neighborhood ties, frequency and number of meetings with friends, and frequent meals with friends. Individual-level social capital was evaluated by assessing civic participation, social cohesion, and reciprocity. Among women, high-level cooking skill was positively associated with all components of social relationships and social capital. Women with high-level cooking skill were 2.27 times (95% CI: 1.77-2.91) more likely to have high levels of neighborhood ties and 1.65 (95% CI: 1.20-2.27) times more likely to eat with friends, compared with those with middle/low-level cooking skill. Cooking skills explained 26.2% of the gender difference in social relationships. Improving cooking skills may be key to boosting social relationships and social capital, which would prevent social isolation.
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- Yukako Tani
- Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-3-5803-5189
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- Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Department of Social Preventive Medical Sciences, Center for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba-shi 260-8672, Japan
- Department of Gerontological Evaluation, Center for Gerontology and Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, 7-430 Morikoka-cho, Obu-shi 474-8511, Japan
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Østergaard MLD, Aponte-Canencio DM, Barajas Ortiz Y, Velez Botero HJ, Simon Modvig J, Brasholt M. Vulnerability factors in conflict-related mental health. Med Confl Surviv 2023; 39:63-80. [PMID: 36593439 DOI: 10.1080/13623699.2022.2156232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Societies marked by armed conflict face huge challenges in mental health care provision due to lowered resources and destruction of infrastructure along with an increased need for care. This especially affects the vulnerable groups already facing bigger challenges in terms of higher disease burden and limited access to care. AIM To examine how the association between conflict-related trauma and mental health is affected by different factors affecting the individual's vulnerability, and to address the provision of and barriers in access to mental health services in conflict and post-conflict contexts. MATERIALS AND METHODS Scoping literature review based on a focused literature search in PubMed and DIGNITY Documentation Centre and Library. RESULTS Population mental health may be affected by violence and by general hardship by (1) causing new mental health conditions, predominantly PTSD, depression and anxiety, and (2) exacerbating pre-existing mental health conditions. Violence, stigmatization, social and physical capital, gender and access to health care were identified as the main vulnerability factors affecting the association between conflict and mental health conditions. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION The associations between violence, vulnerability and mental health might be overlapping and multi-directed. Vulnerability is considered an effect-modifier on the associations between conflict/trauma and mental health.
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- Department of Promotion and Prevention, Ministry of Health and Social Protection, Bogotá, Colombia
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- DIGNITY - Danish institute Against Torture, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Quintal C, Ramos LM, Torres P. Disentangling the complexities of modelling when high social capital contributes to indicating good health. Soc Sci Med 2023; 320:115719. [PMID: 36716699 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Revised: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The association between social capital and health is under continuous research. Based both on theoretical frameworks and previous empirical studies, the magnitude and sign of this association are ambiguous. Our main goal is to empirically investigate under which conditions is social capital relevant to obtain good or very good self-rated health, while acknowledging that different paths can lead to this outcome. The data used in this study come from the European Social Survey 2018 (47,423 observations for 29 European countries) and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis was adopted. Our results show that neither the presence of social capital (as measured in this study - 'Generalised trust' and/or 'Informal social connections'), nor its absence, is a necessary condition for good or very good self-rated health. While not being necessary, there are contexts where social capital is relevant for health and, whenever it is present, it positively contributes to good or very good self-rated health. However, our results further suggest that social capital alone is not sufficient to be healthy. The relevance of social capital is contingent on the presence, or absence, of other conditions. What works for some individuals does not work for others. And for any given individual, rarely there is only one way to be healthy. Additionally, our findings suggest that the impact of belonging to a minority ethnic group on health might be stronger than what has been hitherto recognised.
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- Carlota Quintal
- University of Coimbra, CeBER, Faculty of Economics, Portugal; CEISUC, Portugal.
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- University of Coimbra, CeBER, Faculty of Economics, Portugal.
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Gregg C, Valdez M, Stollak I, Martin S, Story WT, Perry HB. Reducing inequities in maternal and child health in rural Guatemala through the CBIO+ Approach of Curamericas: 7. The empowering effect of Care Groups. Int J Equity Health 2023; 21:199. [PMID: 36855142 PMCID: PMC9976358 DOI: 10.1186/s12939-022-01759-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 03/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND While there is extensive published evidence regarding the effectiveness of the Care Group Approach in promoting community-wide health behavior change, there is no published evidence regarding its empowering effect on its participants. Our study aimed to understand if the Care Group Approach as applied in the Curamericas/Guatemala Maternal and Child Health Project in isolated rural mountainous communities in Guatemala produced evidence of empowerment among the female participants. This is the seventh of 10 papers describing the expanded Census-Based, Impact-Oriented (CBIO+) Approach in improving the health and well-being of mothers and children in the rural highlands of the Department of Huehuetenango, Guatemala. METHODS We conducted semi-structured individual and group interviews with 96 female Care Group participants -including Level-1 Care Group Promoters, Care Group Volunteers, and Self-Help Group participants. The participants were from six communities - two from each of the three municipalities making up the Project Area. Data were analyzed both using deductive thematic and by exploring the following social constructs: perceived social status, self-efficacy, decision-making autonomy, and formation of social capital. RESULTS The findings supported the hypothesis that Care Group participation was an empowering process. The primary themes that emerged included increased respect accorded to women in the community, women's willingness and ability to make decisions and their confidence in making those decisions, and the development of stronger bonds among Care Group members, with other community members, and with community leaders. CONCLUSION Through increased theoretical and practical knowledge about important maternal and child health matters and through the social experience of obtaining this knowledge and sharing it with other community members, participation in the Care Group Approach empowered participants to make positive health behavior changes for themselves and for their children and families. This, in turn, led many participants to become more engaged in community activities for improved health and beyond, thereby enhancing social capital in the community. We conclude that the Care Group Approach, as applied in this setting, has made it possible for marginalized indigenous women living in a male-dominated society to become more empowered.
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- Corey Gregg
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Curamericas/ Guatemala, Calhuitz, San Sebastián Coatán, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
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- Curamericas Global, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Community and Behavioral Health, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Health Systems Program, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Choi KW, Jung JH, Kim HHS. Political Trust, Mental Health, and the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Cross-National Study. Res Aging 2023; 45:133-148. [PMID: 35379034 DOI: 10.1177/01640275221078959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Objectives: We investigate whether older adults who place greater trust in their political leadership fare better in terms of mental wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. We also test if and how the trust-wellbeing relationship varies across individual- and country-level moderators. Methods: Based on cross-national data consisting of over 13,000 older adults in 66 countries, we estimate a series of multilevel models. Results: Within countries, political trust is significantly negatively associated with depressive symptoms. And this association is stronger for those who are subjectively less healthy. Between countries, the trust-depression link at the individual level is stronger in more "fragile" states. These findings are robust to a host of confounders including the experienced level of anxiety stemming from COVID-19. Discussion: During the novel coronavirus pandemic, political trust provides a significant mental health buffer for older adults. This protective role varies partly as a function of individual and contextual vulnerability.
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- Kyung Won Choi
- Department of Sociology, 124044University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Sociology, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Sociology, 26717Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Yu B, Feng C, Yang X, Wang Z, Zou H, Jia P, Yang S. Roles of Social Capital in the Association Between Internalized Homophobia and Condomless Sex Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Southwest China: A Four-Way Decomposition. Int J Public Health 2023; 68:1605202. [PMID: 36743343 PMCID: PMC9894890 DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2023.1605202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Objectives: This study examined whether social capital (SC) mediated the association between internalized homophobia (IH) and condomless sex among men who have sex with men (MSM), with the interaction of SC and IH considered. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between November 2018 and April 2019 in Sichuan Province, China. A total of 540 participants were recruited to investigate their IH, SC, and condomless sex. A four-way decomposition of causal mediation analysis was used to test SC's roles in the association between IH and condomless sex. Results: Condomless sex was prevalent (46.7%) among the participants, which was significantly associated with IH [odds ratio (OR) = 1.70] and SC (OR = 0.55). A direct effect [excess risk ratio (RR = 0.32)] and an indirect effect (excess RR = 0.16) of SC were found to be significant in the association between IH and condomless sex. Heterogeneities in effects were observed when taking the SC's domains (e.g., individual and family-based SC) as mediators. SC's effects were significant only in the homosexual subgroup. Conclusion: IH-based intervention with consideration of SC can be tailored to MSM to decrease condomless sex and curb the spread of HIV, especially for the homosexual subgroup.
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- Bin Yu
- Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction, Sichuan University-The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Chengdu, China,West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China,Sichuan Research Center of Sexual Sociology and Sex Education, Chengdu, China
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- Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction, Sichuan University-The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Chengdu, China,West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China,International Institute of Spatial Lifecourse Health (ISLE), Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China,International Institute of Spatial Lifecourse Health (ISLE), Wuhan University, Wuhan, China,Department of Health Management Center, Clinical Medical College and Affiliated Hospital, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China,*Correspondence: Shujuan Yang,
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McCann ZH, Szaflarski M. Differences in county-level cardiovascular disease mortality rates due to damage caused by hurricane Matthew and the moderating effect of social capital: a natural experiment. BMC Public Health 2023; 23:60. [PMID: 36624492 PMCID: PMC9830798 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-14919-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND As the climate continues to warm, hurricanes will continue to increase in both severity and frequency. Hurricane damage is associated with cardiovascular events, but social capital may moderate this relationship. Social capital is a multidimensional concept with a rich theoretical tradition. Simply put, social capital refers to the social relationships and structures that provide individuals with material, financial, and emotional resources throughout their lives. Previous research has found an association between high levels of social capital and lower rates of cardiovascular (CVD) mortality. In post-disaster settings, social capital may protect against CVD mortality by improving access to life-saving resources. We examined the association between county-level hurricane damage and CVD mortality rates after Hurricane Matthew, and the moderating effect of several aspects of social capital and hurricane damage on this relationship. We hypothesized that (1) higher (vs. lower) levels of hurricane damage would be associated with increased CVD mortality rates and (2) in highly damaged counties, higher (vs. lower) levels of social capital would be associated with lower CVD mortality. METHODS Analysis used yearly (2013-2018) county-level sociodemographic and epidemiological data (n = 183). Sociodemographic data were compiled from federal surveys before and after Hurricane Matthew to construct, per prior literature, a social capital index based on four dimensions of social capital (sub-indices): family unity, informal civil society, institutional confidence, and collective efficacy. Epidemiological data comprised monthly CVD mortality rates constructed from monthly county-level CVD death counts from the CDC WONDER database and the US Census population estimates. Changes in CVD mortality based on level of hurricane damage were assessed using regression adjustment. We used cluster robust Poisson population average models to determine the moderating effect of social capital on CVD mortality rates in both high and low-damage counties. RESULTS We found that mean levels of CVD mortality increased (before and after adjustment for sociodemographic controls) in both low-damage counties (unadjusted. Mean = 2.50, 95% CI [2.41, 2.59], adjusted mean = 2.50, 95% CI [2.40, 2.72]) and high-damage counties (mean = 2.44, CI [2.29, 2.46], adj. Mean = 2.51, 95% CI [2.49, 2.84]). Among the different social capital dimensions, institutional confidence was associated with reduced initial CVD mortality in low-damage counties (unadj. IRR 1.00, 95% CI [0.90, 1.11], adj. IRR 0.91 CI [0.87, 0.94]), but its association with CVD mortality trends was null. The overall effects of social capital and its sub-indices were largely nonsignificant. CONCLUSION Hurricane damage is associated with increased CVD mortality for 18 months after Hurricane Matthew. The role of social capital remains unclear. Future research should focus on improving measurement of social capital and quality of hurricane damage and CVD mortality data.
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- Zachary H. McCann
- grid.189967.80000 0001 0941 6502Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health-Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- grid.265892.20000000106344187Department of Sociology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL United States
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Hensel ALJ, Gomaa N. Social and economic capital as effect modifiers of the association between psychosocial stress and oral health. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0286006. [PMID: 37200290 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/20/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES To assess the extent of the association of psychosocial stress with oral health in an Ontario population stratified by age groups, and whether any association is modified by indicators of social and economic capital. METHODS We retrieved data of 21,320 Ontario adults, aged 30-74 years old, from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS: 2017-2018), which is a Canada-wide, cross-sectional survey. Using binomial logistic regression models that adjusted for age, sex, education, and country of birth, we examined the association of psychosocial stress (indicated by perceived life stress) with inadequate oral health (indicated as having at least one of the following: bleeding gums, fair/poor self-perceived oral health, persistent oral pain). We assessed the effect measure modification of indicators of social (sense of belonging to the local community, living/family arrangements) and economic capital (household income, dental insurance, dwelling ownership) on the perceived life stress-oral health relationship, stratified by age (30-44, 45-59, 60-74 yrs). We then calculated the Relative Excess Risk due to Interaction (RERI) which indicates the risk that is above what would be expected if the combination of low capital (social or economic) and high psychosocial stress was entirely additive. RESULTS Respondents with higher perceived life stress were at a significantly higher risk of having inadequate oral health (PR = 1.39; 95% CI: 1.34, 1.44). Adults with low social and economic capital were also at an increased risk of inadequate oral health. Effect measure modification showed an additive effect of indicators of social capital on the perceived life stress-oral health relationship. This effect was evident across all three age groups (30-44, 45-59, 60-74 yrs), with the highest attributable proportion of social and economic capital indicators in the psychosocial stress-oral health relationship in older adults (60-74 yrs). CONCLUSION Our findings suggest an exacerbating effect for low social and economic capital in the relationship of perceived life stress with inadequate oral health among older adults.
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- Abby L J Hensel
- Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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- Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada
- Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
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Han Y, Chen X, Chung RYN. Sense of control as a mediator of the association between social capital and health inequality in China. Prev Med 2023; 166:107382. [PMID: 36495924 DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 12/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Social capital was shown to be associated with health. However, less is known about the pathways of the association and whether the mediating effect of the pathways varies across different income groups. Using adults (≥18 years) data from the 2010 Chinese General Social Survey (N = 3265), we examined the mediating effect of sense of control between social capital and health and whether income groups moderated the mediating effect in China. Health and sense of control were factor scores. Social capital measurements included frequency of socializing, civic participation, trust, and reciprocity. We categorized equivalized household income into quintiles (Q1 (lowest income) to Q5 (highest income)). Multivariable linear regression models showed that frequency of socializing (β: 0.07; 95% CI: 0.04, 0.11), trust (β: 0.06; 95% CI: 0.02, 0.09), and reciprocity (β: 0.07; 95% CI: 0.03, 0.11) were positively associated with health. Moderated mediation analysis further showed that sense of control mediated the association between frequency of socializing and health in all income groups, with the mediating effect decreasing when income increased (β (95% CI) from Q1 to Q5: 0.026 (0.015, 0.040); 0.022 (0.012, 0.036); 0.018 (0.009, 0.030); 0.013 (0.005, 0.024); 0.008 (0.000, 0.018)). Moderated mediation analysis also showed the same patterns for the mediating effect of sense of control on the association between trust and health and reciprocity and health. Our study suggested that employing social capital to promote sense of control could not only be beneficial for people's health but also be helpful to narrow the health gap on the income gradient.
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- Yang Han
- JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China
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- JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Institute of Health Equity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Centre for Bioethics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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The association between different dimensions of social capital and cognition among older adults in China. JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS REPORTS 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jadr.2023.100466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Yamaoka Y, Doi S, Isumi A, Fujiwara T. Health and social relationships of mothers of children in special education schools. RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 2022; 131:104374. [PMID: 36395685 DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2022.104374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2022] [Revised: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The number of children in special education schools has increased in Japan. This study aimed to examine the association between special education school enrollment and the health and social relationships of mothers with children in these schools using population-based samples in Japan. METHODS AND PROCEDURES This study used data from the Kochi Child Health Impact of Living Difficulty (K-CHILD) study in 2016. First, fifth, eighth, and eleventh-grade children in all schools in Kochi prefecture were included (n = 12,623). Associations between school type (regular or special education school) and maternal physical and mental health and social relationships were investigated by multivariate regression models. OUTCOMES AND RESULTS There were 134 children in special education schools (1.1 %) and 12,489 children in regular schools. Mothers of children in special education schools were more likely to have higher body mass index (BMI), poorer mental health and lower neighborhood relations score. Mothers of children in regular schools had higher BMI when their children had higher behavioral problems. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS Mothers of children in special education schools are at risk of obesity, poor mental health, and having fewer social networks. Services and support should be expanded for caregivers based on their child's behavioral problems and school system.
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- Yui Yamaoka
- Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
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Knorst JK, Vettore MV, Ardenghi TM. Social capital and oral health promotion: Past, present, and future challenges. FRONTIERS IN ORAL HEALTH 2022; 3:1075576. [PMID: 36507311 PMCID: PMC9732376 DOI: 10.3389/froh.2022.1075576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Social capital has been widely inserted in health discussions in recent decades. In this sense, social capital has become a popular term and has been highlighted as one of the main determinants of health in the conceptual framework of the social determinants of the World Health Organization. The concept of social capital focuses on the positive consequences of sociability and places these consequences in the broader discussion of capital. In this sense, social capital reflects the benefits that individuals and communities derive from having broad social networks or high levels of social trust. Despite controversies regarding its definition and numerous criticisms, a growing body of evidence suggests that high levels of social capital benefit oral health. This factor has also been recognized as a potential softener of the impact of oral conditions on oral health, through behavioural and psychosocial processes. Thus, efforts to reduce inequities in oral health preferably should be based on their origins and on their complex causal process, such as the social determinants. The future challenges in the area are specially related to the development of interventions and health promotion actions that aim to stimulate social capital, aiming to reduce the impact of social inequalities on oral health throughout the life course.
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- Jessica Klöckner Knorst
- Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil
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- Department of Health and Nursing Sciences, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway,Correspondence: Mario Vianna Vettore
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- Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil
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