Measurement of social capital in relation to health in low and middle income countries (LMIC): A systematic review

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue , 2015, Pages 95-104

  Agampodi, Thilini Chanchala ^a   Agampodi, Suneth Buddhika ^a   Glozier, Nicholas ^b   Siribaddana, Sisira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health; Low and middle income countries; Measurement; Social capital

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH STATUS; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; REVIEW; SENSE OF BELONGING; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL COHESION; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRUST; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; PSYCHOMETRY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

EID: 84921047201     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.01.005     Document Type: Review

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