Bonding social capital and health within four First Nations communities in Canada: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: To date, research on social capital in Indigenous contexts has been scarce. In this quantitative study, our objectives were to (1): Describe bonding social capital within four distinct First Nations communities in Canada, and (2) Explore the associations between bonding social capital and self-rated health in these communities. With community permission, cross-sectional data were drawn from the Canadian Alliance for Healthy Hearts and Minds study. Four reserve-based First Nations communities were included in the analysis, totaling 591 participants. Descriptive statistics were computed to examine levels of social capital among communities and logistic regression analyses were performed to identify social capital predictors of good self-rated health. Age, sex, education level, and community

SUBMITTER: Yeung S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8599144 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature