Social capital insights from Healthy Settings needs assessment in Malawi.

ABSTRACT: Despite global health improvements, substantial challenges in social determinants of health and poverty remain in rural communities in low-income countries. Public health theorists suggest that communities with high social capital are less vulnerable to such challenges and more likely to participate in community development. This research examines levels of social capital amongst rural communities in southern Malawi through data gathered as part of a participatory needs assessment for a Healthy Settings project, and discusses the potential benefits of having access to such data before project implementation. Social capital data was collected during 108 focus group discussions in 18 communities (split by gender, age, status) by adapting an existing mixed methods measurement tool, the Schutt

SUBMITTER: Rippon S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6195280 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature