The effect of neighbourhood social capital on child injuries [Elektronisk resurs] a gender-stratified analysis

• We designed a longitudinal retrospective cohort study to analyse the associations between neighbourhood social capital and child injures. Register data from the Umeå Simsam Lab in Sweden was used to measure child injuries and demographic and socioeconomic factors at individual, household and neighbourhood level. A social capital score from a previous survey was used to measure neighbourhood social capital. We conducted a three-level multilevel negative binomial regression analysis, with children (level 1, N = 77,193) nested within households (level 2, N = 10,465), and households nested within neighbourhoods (level 3, N = 49). The incidence rate of child injuries was lower in high social capital neighbourhoods. When controlling for factors at individual, household and neighbourhood levels, living in a high social capital neighbourhood was protective of injuries among girls, but not among boys. Promoting social capital in local neighbourhoods could be seen as a prevention strategy for injuries among girls. 

Ämnesord

Medical and Health Sciences  (hsv)

Clinical Medicine  (hsv)

Pediatrics  (hsv)

Medicin och hälsovetenskap  (hsv)

Klinisk medicin  (hsv)

Pediatrik  (hsv)

Health Sciences  (hsv)

Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology  (hsv)

Hälsovetenskaper  (hsv)

Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi  (hsv)

Social Sciences  (hsv)

Sociology  (hsv)

Social Work  (hsv)

Samhällsvetenskap  (hsv)

Sociologi  (hsv)

Socialt arbete  (hsv)

Genre

government publication  (marcgt)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Child injury

Social capital

Neighbourhood effects

Gender

Longitudinal analysis