Social Capital as a Determinant of Self-Rated Health in Women of Reproductive Age: A Population-Based Study
| Autor: | Hoda Ahmari Tehran, Fatemeh Bakouei, Azam Baheiraei, Narges Eskandari, Sareh Bakouei |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Adolescent Health Status Iran self-rated health Interviews as Topic Social support Diagnostic Self Evaluation Humans Social determinants of health Socioeconomics Self-rated health Age Factors Social Support General Medicine Articles Middle Aged Social mobility Health equity Crowding population-based study Capital (economics) reproductive age Income Educational Status Social Capital Demographic economics Female women Psychology Social status Social capital |
| Zdroj: | Global Journal of Health Science |
| ISSN: | 1916-9744 1916-9736 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION: Recognition of the factors related to women's health is necessary. Evidence is available that the social structure including social capital plays an important role in the shaping people's health. The aim of the current study was to investigate the association between self-rated health and social capital in women of reproductive age. METHODS: This study is a population-based cross-sectional survey on 770 women of reproductive age, residing in any one of the 22 municipality areas across Tehran (capital of Iran) with the multi stage sampling technique. Self-rated health (Dependent variable), social capital (Independent variable) and covariates were studied. Analysis of data was done by one-way ANOVA test and multiple linear regressions. RESULTS: Depending on logistic regression analyses, the significant associations were found between self-rated health and age, educational level, crowding index, sufficiency of income for expenses and social cohesion. Data show that women with higher score in social cohesion as an outcome dimension of social capital have better self-rated health (PV = 0.001). CONCLUSION: Given the findings of this study, the dimensions of social capital manifestations (groups and networks, trust and solidarity, collective action and cooperation) can potentially lead to the dimensions of social capital outcomes (social cohesion and inclusion, and empowerment and political action). Following that, social cohesion as a dimension of social capital outcomes has positively relationship with self- rated health after controlling covariates. Therefore, it is required to focus on the social capital role on health promotion and health policies. |
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