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Social Capital as a Health Resource in Later Life: The Relevance of Context

Part of the International Perspectives on Aging Book Series (volume 11)

Editors: Nyqvist, Fredrica; Forsman, Anna K.

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9615-6

ISBN: 978-94-017-9614-9

Publisher: Springer Netherlands - Springer Journals

Feb 21, 2015

1 - 10 of 16 Chapters

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Chapter 1Healthy Ageing: Focus on Social Capital

Nyqvist, Fredrica; Forsman, Anna K.

Pages: 1 –11

[This chapter provides an overview of the central theme in this volume: the relevance of social capital for health and well-being within various contexts or environments. The ongoing greying of populations is today a worldwide challenge. To keep older people active and healthy is a key policy...
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Social Network Type and Health among Older Americans

Shiovitz-Ezra, Sharon; Litwin, Howard

Pages: 15 –31

[Our prime interest in this chapter concerns the health consequences of embeddedness in social network types that are characterized by different levels of social capital. The construct of social network type was developed to provide a means by which to take the complexity of the interpersonal...
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Dynamic Social Capital and Mental Health in Late Life

Spalter, Tal; Lowenstein, Ariela; Lewin-Epstein, Noah

Pages: 33 –49

[The concept of social capital (SOC) encompasses a network that comprises different types of social ties, the resources that flow in the network and the potential or practical accessibility of these resources for the focal person. The impact of different types of SOC and their changing patterns...
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The Importance of Social Capital for Health among Older People: The Bourdieu Perspective

Muckenhuber, Johanna; Burkert, Nathalie; Großschädl, Franziska; Rasky, Éva

Pages: 51 –64

[Research has shown social capital to be important for health in general and for the health of older individuals in particular, yet there is a lack of knowledge about the impact of social capital on issues such as the capacity to deal with daily life and the way older individuals feel disabled...
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Social Capital and Neighbourhood in Older People’s Housing

Gray, Anne

Pages: 65 –85

[Older people’s social networks (family, friends and neighbours) affect their capacity both to avoid social isolation and to obtain practical support with everyday tasks. Isolation often follows bereavement or a decline in health, and may contribute to depression and even to cognitive decline....
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Influence of Living Arrangements of Community Dwelling Older Adults on the Association between Social Capital and Health

Norstrand, Julie A.; Glicksman, Allen

Pages: 89 –107

[The influence of living arrangements on the association between neighborhood connectedness and health among older adults remains poorly understood. By living arrangements, we mean whether the elder lives alone or with others. The purpose of this study was to compare relationships between...
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Perceived Social Capital in Self-Defined Urban Neighborhoods as a Resource for Healthy Aging

Kaspar, Roman; Oswald, Frank; Hebsaker, Jakob

Pages: 109 –125

[Environmental gerontology has adopted a social cohesion perspective on social capital, defining social capital as a neighborhood-level characteristic rather than a property of the individual. This chapter will discuss the macro-micro relationship between social capital and healthy aging by...
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Neighbourhood Social Capital and Women’s Self-Rated Health – Is There an Age Pattern? A Multi-Level Study from Northern Sweden

Eriksson, Malin; Ng, Nawi

Pages: 127 –143

[Existing knowledge on the link between neighbourhood social capital and health suggests that associations vary for different population sub-groups. Previous studies show positive health effects of living in a high social capital neighbourhood for women but not for men. Beyond a gendered pattern,...
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Building Social Capital May Protect against Loss of Well-Being among Older People

Cramm, Jane Murray; Nieboer, Anna Petra

Pages: 145 –154

[We examined individual social capital and its relationship with well-being among community-dwelling older people in the Netherlands. This cross-sectional study included 945/1440 (66 % response rate) independently living older (≥ 70 years) adults in Rotterdam. We investigated individuals’ social...
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Social Capital and Self-Rated Health in Older Populations in Lower- and Upper-Middle Income Countries

Ng, Nawi; Eriksson, Malin

Pages: 157 –176

[Evidence on how access to social capital influences health among older populations in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is generally lacking. The existing evidence indicates that associations with health might be stronger for cognitive forms of social capital compared to structural...

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