Collectively, these search strategies resulted in a total of 42 articles fitting the study inclusion criteria. Classification of studies Macinko and Starfield state that social capital can be analyzed at four different levels: the macro level (countries, regions and counties), the meso level (...
The use of social factors to explain community health status is not a new phenomenon. Since Durkheim's classic work on suicide, the importance of social integration and social capital has been recognised for population well-being [1]. Nonetheless, the notion of 'social capital' has attracted wi...