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Title: Understanding the Function of Social Capital Among Mexican and Chinese Immigrants in Southern California: A Qualitative Study

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2023

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ISSN: 2667-3215

DOI: 10.1016/J.SSMQR.2023.100247

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Abstract: Social capital is crucial to health and wellbeing (Berkman et al., 2000; Kawachi & Berkman, 2001; Thoits, 2011). Social capital, defined as the resources that are derived from social networks and social relationships, can enable exchange of health information, spread knowledge, establish cultural norms, health beliefs and normative behaviors, and facilitate emotional or financial support (Berkman, 1986). These benefits can occur at the individual or institutional level, although negative (i.e. harmful) associations with health outcomes have also been documented (Villalonga-Olives & Kawachi, 2017). Links to institutions are a type of linking capital, giving individuals and communities access to networks or groups with greater access to power or status. while interpersonal links can be either bonding (networks among friends, family, neighbors who are similar in the way they define themselves) or bridging (between those from different demographic and spatial groups) (Szreter & Woolcock, 2004). In other words, linking social capital is related to the vertical relations of authority whereas bridging and bonding social capital are derived from horizontal relations.

Url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321523000318

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Authors: Saadi, Altaf; Morales, Brenda; Chen, Lei; Sudhinaraset, May

Periodical (Full): SSM - Qualitative Research in Health

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Volume: 3

Pages: 1-9

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Health, Migration and Immigration

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