NEIGHBOURHOOD SOCIAL CAPITAL AND INDIVIDUAL SELF‐RATED HEALTH IN WALES
研究了威尔士邻里社会资本和贫困程度对个体自评健康的影响，发现邻里社会资本对某些健康方面有独立于个体因素和邻里贫困的改善作用，对社会科学和公共卫生工作者有参考价值。
Although neighbourhood social capital can be beneficial for individual health, supporting evidence in the UK is scant. We aim to find the net effect of neighbourhood social capital and deprivation on individual health beyond sociodemographic composition of neighbourhood. We propose a multilevel path analytic model of health to delineate complex pathways involving neighbourhoods (measured as local super output area) and individuals. Analysis of the most recent data containing independent measures of neighbourhood social capital shows that neighbourhood social capital appears to be associated with benefits in some aspects of individual health in the Welsh setting. The improvement stands beyond individual determinants and neighbourhood deprivation. Social scientists and public health officials have reason to continue focusing on the neighbourhoods as well as the individuals to improve the health of the population.