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British Medical Bulletin 69:61-73 (2004)
British Medical Bulletin, Vol. 69 © The British Council 2004; all rights reserved

Social capital and health

Stephen J Kunitz

Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA

Correspondence to: Stephen J. Kunitz, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Box 644, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA. E-mail:Stephen_Kunitz{at}urmc.rochester.edu

Social capital refers to bonds between individuals, both in intimate relationships (primary groups) and in voluntary associations (secondary groups) that make it possible for individuals and groups to achieve a variety of goals. Such bonds have also been claimed to have health promoting effects. In this chapter, I review a variety of empirical studies at both levels of analysis and suggest that the results are mixed, much depending upon the context in which such relationships occur.


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