Religious social capital: its measurement and utility in the study of the social determinants of health.

ABSTRACT: As a social determinant of health, religiosity remains not well understood, despite the prevalence of religious activity and prominence of religious institutions in most societies. This paper introduces a working measure of Religious Social Capital and presents preliminary associations with neighborhood social capital and urban stressors. Religious social capital is defined as the social resources available to individuals and groups through their social connections with a religious community. Domains covered include group membership, social integration, values/norms, bonding/bridging trust as well as social support. Cross-sectional data come from a convenience sample of 104 community dwelling adults residing in a single urban neighborhood in a large US city, who also provided information o

SUBMITTER: Maselko J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4169277 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature