NDLI: The role of social capital in COVID-19 deaths

Content Provider	Springer Nature : BioMed Central
Author	Imbulana Arachchi, Janaki Managi, Shunsuke
Abstract	Background The COVID-19 pandemic has shown a continuously increasing trend with a large variation in the number of COVID-19 deaths across countries. In response, many countries have implemented non pharmaceutical methods of intervention, such as social distancing and lockdowns. This study aims to investigate the relationship of four dimensions of social capital (community attachment, social trust, family bond, and security) and several control variables with COVID-19 deaths. Methods We retrieved data from open access databases and a survey. COVID-19 death-related data were collected from the website “Centre for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University”. Social capital-related data were collected from a large-scale survey that included web-based and face-to-face surveys covering 100,956 respondents across all regions/provinces/states of 37 countries in 2017. Data regarding population density, number of hospital beds, and population aged 65 or older were retrieved from the World Development Indicators (WDIs). Data on country lockdowns were obtained from the website “National responses to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic”. Linear regressions were applied to identify the relationship between social capital and COVID-19 deaths. Results We found that COVID-19 deaths were associated with social capital both positively and negatively. Community attachment and social trust were associated with more COVID-19 deaths, and family bond and security were associated with fewer deaths. COVID-19 deaths were positively associated with population density, ageing population, and interactions between four dimensions of social capital-related factors and the ageing population. Furthermore, the number of hospital beds and early lockdown policy were negatively associated with COVID-19 deaths. Conclusions The results indicate that the role of social capital in dynamically evolving threats, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic, is not always negative or positive. Therefore, people’s behaviour should be changed to support countries’ response to the COVID-19 threat.
Related Links	https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12889-021-10475-8.pdf
Ending Page	9
Page Count	9
Starting Page	1
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	14712458
DOI	10.1186/s12889-021-10475-8
Journal	BMC Public Health
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	21
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2021-03-03
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Public Health Medicine Epidemiology Biostatistics Vaccine Environmental Health Social capital COVID-19 Deaths Pandemic Medicine/Public Health
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Journal Impact Factor	3.5/2023
5-Year Journal Impact Factor	3.9/2023

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Social capital and wellbeing among Australian adults’ during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study

Disparities in excess deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic among migrant workers in Kuwait

Deaths during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from regional patterns in Germany and Poland

Expectations of non-COVID-19 deaths during the pre-vaccine pandemic: a process-control approach

Social capital and willingness to participate in COVID-19 vaccine trials: an Italian case-control study

Social responsibility perspective in public response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a grounded theory approach

Making sense of COVID-19: manifestations of health capital during the pandemic

Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on life expectancy at birth in Asia

Rapid review of COVID-19 epidemic estimation studies for Iran

The role of social capital in COVID-19 deaths

Similar Documents

Social capital and wellbeing among Australian adults’ during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study

Disparities in excess deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic among migrant workers in Kuwait

Deaths during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from regional patterns in Germany and Poland

Expectations of non-COVID-19 deaths during the pre-vaccine pandemic: a process-control approach

Social capital and willingness to participate in COVID-19 vaccine trials: an Italian case-control study

Social responsibility perspective in public response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a grounded theory approach

Making sense of COVID-19: manifestations of health capital during the pandemic

Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on life expectancy at birth in Asia

Rapid review of COVID-19 epidemic estimation studies for Iran

The role of social capital in COVID-19 deaths