Social capital, ethnic density and mental health among ethnic minority people in England: a mixed-methods study
Social capital, ethnic density and mental health among ethnic minority people in England: a mixed-methods study
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10.1080/13557858.2013.828831
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发表时间：
2013-12-01
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3.1
通讯作者：
Nazroo, James
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作者：
Becares, Laia;Nazroo, James
研究目的少数民族居住在本民族人口集中的地区，即所谓的民族密度效应，被认为更健康。种族密度效应背后的解释表明，积极的健康结果部分归因于社会资本增加对健康的保护和缓冲作用。事实上，一个平行的文献报道，社会资本水平的提高，在更大的民族住宅的多样性，但迄今为止，在英格兰没有研究探讨是否增加社会资本介导的保护作用之间的关系归因于少数民族群体和health.DesignWe的住宅集中采用混合方法的方法来研究种族，社会资本和心理健康之间的关联。我们分析了2004年英格兰健康调查的地理编码数据，以研究（1）种族居住集中度与健康之间的关联;（2）种族居住集中度与社会资本;（3）社会资本与健康;（4）社会资本对种族居住集中度与健康之间关联的中介作用。为了进一步增加我们的理解所涉及的过程中，质量的老年少数民族人民的定性研究的数据被用来检查帐户的居住地的生活quality.ResultsThe的重要性种族密度和社会资本之间的关联不同，这取决于社会资本的测量水平和不同的少数民族群体。社会资本没有被发现调解种族密度和健康之间的关联。不同族裔群体所居住的社区的特点在结构上的差异反映在他们对日常经历的叙述中，我们观察到印度和加勒比答复者对社区经历的叙述不同，混合方法的使用为研究少数族裔人民对其社区的经历作出了重要贡献，因为这种方法使我们能够获得重要的见解，而这些见解不能仅从定量或定性数据中推断出来。
ObjectivesEthnic minority people have been suggested to be healthier when living in areas with a higher concentration of people from their own ethnic group, a so-called ethnic density effect. Explanations behind the ethnic density effect propose that positive health outcomes are partially attributed to the protective and buffering effects of increased social capital on health. In fact, a parallel literature has reported increased levels of social capital in areas of greater ethnic residential diversity, but to date, no study in England has explored whether increased social capital mediates the relationship between protective effects attributed to the residential concentration of ethnic minority groups and health.DesignWe employ a mixed-methods approach to examine the association between ethnicity, social capital and mental health. We analyse geocoded data from the 2004 Health Survey for England to examine the association between (1) ethnic residential concentration and health; (2) ethnic residential concentration and social capital; (3) social capital and health; and (4) the mediating effect of social capital on the association between the residential concentration of ethnic groups and health. To further add to our understanding of the processes involved, data from a qualitative study of quality older ethnic minority people were be used to examine accounts of the significance of place of residence to quality of life.ResultsThe association between ethnic density and social capital varies depending on the level of measurement of social capital and differed across ethnic minority groups. Social capital was not found to mediate the association between ethnic density and health. Structural differences in the characteristics of the neighbourhoods where different ethnic groups reside are reflected in the accounts of their daily experiences, and we observed different narratives of neighbourhood experiences between Indian and Caribbean respondents.The use of mixed methods provides an important contribution to the study of ethnic minority people's experience of their neighbourhood, as this approach has allowed us to gain important insights that cannot be inferred from quantitative or qualitative data alone.