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Social environment: key references

Note: this is not, and is not intended to be, a comprehensive list: it is merely a small selection of key references. Other relevant documents are cited in some of the reports/papers listed below.

Note also that references specifically for social capital are available from the ONS social capital project literature review

Catell V. Poor people, poor places, and poor health: the mediating role of social networks and social capital. Social Science & Medicine 2001; 52:1501-1516

Chanan G. Measures of Community. A study for the Active Community Unit and Research, Development and Statistics Unit of the Home Office. London: Community Development Foundation, 2004

Crawford F. Social Capital - A Short Discussion Paper.Word document (63KB). Public Health Institute of Scotland, 2002.

Communities Scotland. National Standards for Community Engagement. Communities Scotland, 2004.

Cote S, Healy T. The Well-being of Nations. The role of human and social capital. OECD, Paris, 2001.

Elrick D. Healthy Volunteering Vision and Reality. Stirling: Volunteer Development Scotland, 2003.

Ellaway A, MacIntyre S, Kearns A. Perceptions of Place and Health in Socially Contrasting Neighbourhoods. Urban Studies 2001; 38(12):2299-2316.

FMR Research. A social capital framework and assessment for Glasgow. PDF Button (412KB). July 2006.

Forrest R, Kearns A. Joined-up places? Social cohesion and neighbourhood regeneration. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 1999.

Gordon D, Adelman L, Ashworth K, Bradshaw J, Levitas R et al. Poverty and social exclusion in Britain. York: JRF, 2000.

Hird S. Community wellbeing: a discussion paper for the Scottish Executive and Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics. Glasgow: NHS Health Scotland, 2003 (click here to download Word document (108KB))

Hird S. Individual wellbeing: a discussion paper for the Scottish Executive and Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics. Glasgow: NHS Health Scotland, 2003 (click here to download Word document (390KB))

Humm J, Jones K, Chanan G. Testing of indicators of community involvement, interim report. Community Development Foundation, 2004.

Kawachi I et al. A prospective study of social networks in relation to total mortality and cardiovascular disease in men in the USA. J Epidemiol Community Health 1996;50:245-251.

Macinko J, Starfield B. The Utility of Social Capital in Research on Health Determinants. The Millbank Quarterly 2001;79 (3): 387-427.

Marmot MG. Improvement of social environment to improve health. Lancet 1998; 351:57-60.

Marmot M, Wilkinson R (eds).The Social Determinants of Health. Oxford University Press, 1999.

Pearce N, Smith GD. Is Social Capital the Key to Inequalities in Health? American Journal of Public Health 2003; 93(1): 122-129.

Putnam, R. Bowling Alone - The Collapse and Revival of American Community New York: Simon & Schuster. 2000.

Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health, Scottish Council Foundation, OPM. Building Community Well-being Summary. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive, 2003.

Scottish Council Foundation. Beyond Disappointment: Building Better Communities. Edinburgh; Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland and Scottish Council Foundation, 2000.

Scottish Executive. Scottish Executive Volunteering Strategy 2004-2009. May 2004.

Veenstra G, Luginaah I, Wakefield S et al. Who you know, where you live: social capital, neighbourhood and health. Social Science & Medicine 2005; 60: 2799-2818

Wilkinson R., Marmot M. (eds). Social determinants of health - the solid facts.PDF Button (500KB). World Health Organisation, 2003.

WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health. WHO social determinants final report Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health weblink. World Health Organization, 2008.