BACKGROUND The past decade has seen a vast increase in empirical research investigating associations between social capital and health outcomes. Literature reviews reveal 'generalized trust' and 'social participation' to be the most robust of the commonly used social capital proxies, both showing positive association with health outcomes. However, this association could be confounded by unmeasu...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the associations of maternal social networks and perceptions of trust with the prevalence of suspected autism spectrum disorders in 18-month-old offspring in Japan. METHODS Questionnaires included measurements of maternal social networks (number of relatives or friends they could call upon for assistance), maternal perceptions of trust, mutual assistance (i.e. individ...

the main objective of this study was to investigate the understanding of relationship between social capital and participation in sports activities. the study was descriptive and methods of data collection and field measurement tool were made by the researcher as questionnaires. the population of the study, all women over 18 years old and lived in iran, was 164, 535 people. the sample size was ...

In This study we tried to examine the role of participatory institutions in the local development by measuring the effect of social capital on the promotion of performance. Our research sample was Dehong's (a village in south of Iran) Islamic Council. On the other hand it tries to evaluate effect of social capital on local development. The result of the study showed that some of social capital ...

The London public transport suicide bombings, which occurred on 7th July 2005, were described as the worst single terrorist atrocity on British soil to date. Past acts of terrorism have been associated with deterioration in population mental health. They may also negatively impact levels of social capital, which is considered a buffer against poor mental health outcomes. By employing panel data...

This longitudinal study investigates the impact of social participation, trust and the combinations of social participation and trust on the incidence of first time acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the population of Scania, southern Sweden. It is based on the cross-sectional 2000 public-health survey in Scania with a 59% participation rate and 13,604 participants, and prospective morbidity/...

introduction social trust is an important issue in development matter. it is a new mater and concept in development in general and rural development in particular. dimensions of social trust are the most important purpose for bi-lateral and multi-lateral behaviors. people trust to each other to make relation and through this way they learnt that without participation and cooperation they cannot...