Open AccessSocial Capital and Oral Health
Author(s) -
Manu Batra,
Pradeep Tangade,
Yogesh Chand Rajwar,
Subha Soumya Dany,
Prashant Rajput
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/9330.4900
Subject(s) - social capital , limelight , health promotion , social determinants of health , public relations , psychology , sociology , political science , health care , economic growth , social science , economics , engineering , electrical engineering
Social determinants have always been an important element of the oral health. It has been seen that social aspects like the organizations and relations influence the health of population. A new domain named social capital has come up into limelight which refers to "features of social organization, such as trust, norms and networks that can improve the efficacy of society by facilitating coordinated actions". The bonds between individuals, both in intimate relationships and in voluntary associations have been claimed to have health promoting effects. Oral health can never be segregated from general health as they are bidirectional in their relationship. Therefore determinants of general health and its promotion are interlinked with that of oral health. So, this review tries to figure out the effects of social capital on various aspects of oral health.