Social Capital for Health

by Pamela Gillies, Henrietta L. Moore

This book is designed to make cutting-edge research into social approaches to public health and health inequalities accessible to a broad readership. Using new sources of evidence from a program of empirical research, Social Capital for Health clarifies the concept of social capital, examines the relationship between social capital and health, outlines new social indicators of health improvement, and discusses the contribution social capital can make to public health policy and community development.

224 pages, Hardcover

First published October 9, 2002