Social capital and health presents the state of the debate from definition to conceptualization from effective measurement to real world applications the 21 contributors headed by ichiro kawachi a widely respected leader in the field and including physicians economists and public health experts discuss the potentials and pitfalls in current research and salient examples of social capital concepts informing public health practice. Social capital and health amazonde kawachi ichiro subramanian sv kim daniel fremdsprachige bucher wahlen sie ihre cookie einstellungen wir verwenden cookies und ahnliche tools um ihr einkaufserlebnis zu verbessern um unsere dienste anzubieten um zu verstehen wie die kunden unsere dienste nutzen damit wir verbesserungen vornehmen konnen und um werbung anzuzeigen. Causal impact running from social capital to health second they suggest that community social capital has no independent effect once they control for individual social capital to the best of the authors knowledge the present paper is the first to take into account the empirical challenges originating from the fact that both health and social capital are measured imperfectly the paper . Social capital and health would contribute to the development of intervention strategies prospective data analysis is an established method to improve causal inference versus cross sectional studies of course specifying the correct temporal sequence between exposure social capital and outcome health is only the first step additional obstacles to causal. Social capital conceptualized as an individual characteristic can contribute to the field of health promotion by adding new knowledge on how social network interventions may best be designed to meet the needs of the target group the distinction of different forms of social capital ie bonding bridging and linking can be useful in mapping the kinds of networks that are available and health enhancing or damaging and for whom further social capital can advance social network