BACKGROUND Kagera is one of the 22 regions of Tanzania mainland, which has witnessed a decline in HIV prevalence during the past two decades; decreasing from 24% in 1987 to 4.7 in 2009 in the urban district of Bukoba. Access to social capital, both structural and cognitive, might have played a role in this development. The aim was to examine the association between individual structural and cog...

Background: Social capital has been defined as norms, networks, and social links that facilitate collective actions. Social capital is related to a number of main social and public health variables. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the factors associated with social capital among the residents of Tehran, Iran. Methods: In this large cross-sectional population-based study, 31531 r...

COVID-19 disaster has destroyed many facets of societal and economic circumstances. However, it remains a crucial debate how the effect on community social capital. This study aims to examine relationship between community’s risk perception In addition, we also investigate mediating role collectivism in association. research used survey approach by performing an online questionnaire. Data were ...

Understanding residents’ attitudes is critical for successfully developing cultural tourism in aboriginal protected areas. This study developed an integration model combining two theories to identify the key determinants of indigenous residents’ attitudes toward cultural tourism development. Social exchange theory stresses the impact of the benefits derived from tourism on indigenous residents’...

Informatization is one of the most important city development strategies when Beijing oriented toward the 21st century and the information society. The purpose of the informatization is to spur industrialization and modernization through informatization, while developing the capital economy with knowledge economy as its main content, and strengthening the competitiveness of the city and improvi...