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Social capital and types of illness: where is it most effective?

In: Elgar Companion to Social Capital and Health

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  • M. Kamrul Islam
  • Sherman Folland
  • Oddvar Martin Kaarbøe

Abstract

This chapter looks at the relationship of social capital with a variety of illnesses. It compares samples from the US and Norway that suggest a strong connection between the stress-reduction effects of social capital and the incidence among the 18 various diseases studied. Even diseases like asthma have a stress component that is negatively correlated with social capital.

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  • M. Kamrul Islam & Sherman Folland & Oddvar Martin Kaarbøe, 2018. "Social capital and types of illness: where is it most effective?," Chapters, in: Sherman Folland & Eric Nauenberg (ed.), Elgar Companion to Social Capital and Health, chapter 9, pages 125-136, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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