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Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Braun" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: The Utility of Social Capital in Research on Health
Determinants
> Other work in this area:
>
> Social Determinants of Health by Marmot & Wilkenson, Oxford University
> Press, ISBN 0-19-263069-5
>
> Why Are Some People Healthy and Others Not? by Evans, Barer and Marmor,
> Aldine de Gruyter, ISBN 0-202-30489-2
>
> Bill Braun
>
> At 08:47 PM 10/03/2001 +0100, Mcdaid,D wrote:
> >Dear all,
> >
> >The following article appears in the latest edition of the Milbank
Quarterly
> >Vol 79 no 3
> >
> >Journal homepage http://www.milbank.org/quarterly.html
> >
> >pp. 387-428
> >The Utility of Social Capital in Research on Health Determinants
> >James Macinko and Barbara Starfield
> >
> >Social capital has become a popular subject in the literature on
> >determinants of health. The concept of social capital has been used in
the
> >sociological, political science, and economic development literatures, as
> >well as in the health inequalities literature. Analysis of its use in
the
> >health inequalities literature suggests that each theoretical tradition
has
> >conceptualized social capital differently. Health researchers have
employed
> >a wide range of social capital measures, borrowing from several
theoretical
> >traditions. Given the wide variation in these measures and an apparent
lack
> >of consistent theoretical or empirical justification for their use,
> >conclusions about the likely role of "social capital" on population
health
> >may be overstated or even misleading. Elements of a research agenda are
> >proposed to further elucidate the potential role of factors currently
> >subsumed under the rubric of "social capital."
> >
> >Best wishes
> >
> >David McDaid
> >LSE Health and Social Care
> >
>
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