A cross-sectional description of social capital in an international sample of persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH)

BMC Public Health

Robert A Salata⁴  Joachim Voss^1,17  Inge B Corless¹  Carmen Portillo^1,15  Mallory O Johnson³  Puangtip Chaiphibalsarisdi^1,14  Dean Wantland⁸  Kenn Kirksey^1,12  Scholastika Iipinge⁹  Lucille Eller⁸  John Brion^1,13  Elizabeth Sefcik^1,16  Jeanne Kemppainen^1,18  Kathleen Nokes⁷  Patrice Nicholas²  Marta Rivero-Méndez^1,11  Lynda Tyer-Viola¹  Wei-Ti Chen^1,19  William L Holzemer⁸  Carol Dawson Rose⁵  J Craig Phillips^1,10  Allison Webel⁶ 

[1] MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, USA;Global Health and Academic Partnerships, Brigham and Women's Hospital and MGH, Institute of Health Professions, Boston, USA;UCSF, San Francisco, USA;Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, USA;University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, San Francisco, USA;Clinical Research Scholar, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-4904, USA;Hunter College, CUNY, Hunter Bellevue SON, New York, USA;Rutgers College of Nursing, Newark, USA;University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia;University of British Columbia School of Nursing, Vancouver, Canada;University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico;Center for Nursing Research, Seton Family of Hospitals, Austin, USA;Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, USA;Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand;UCSF School of Nursing - Community Health Systems, San Francisco, USA;Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, USA;University of Washington, Saettle, USA;University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, USA;Yale University, New Haven, USA

关键词: Social science;    Global health;    HIV/AIDS;    Social capital;   

Others  :  1163787
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-12-188

 received in 2011-10-26, accepted in 2012-03-13,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

Social capital refers to the resources linked to having a strong social network. This concept plays into health outcomes among People Living with HIV/AIDS because, globally, this is a highly marginalized population. Case studies show that modifying social capital can lead to improvements in HIV transmission and management; however, there remains a lack of description or definition of social capital in international settings. The purpose of our paper was to describe the degree of social capital in an international sample of adults living with HIV/AIDS.

Methods

We recruited PLWH at 16 sites from five countries including Canada, China, Namibia, Thailand, and the United States. Participants (n = 1,963) completed a cross-sectional survey and data were collected between August, 2009 and December, 2010. Data analyses included descriptive statistics, factor analysis, and correlational analysis.

Results

Participant's mean age was 45.2 years, most (69%) identified as male, African American/Black (39.9%), and unemployed (69.5%). Total mean social capital was 2.68 points, a higher than average total social capital score. Moderate correlations were observed between self-reported physical (r = 0.25) and psychological condition (r = 0.36), social support (r = 0.31), and total social capital. No relationships between mental health factors, including substance use, and social capital were detected.

Conclusions

This is the first report to describe levels of total social capital in an international sample of PLWH and to describe its relationship to self-reported health in this population.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Webel et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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