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IJE Advance Access originally published online on September 23, 2008
International Journal of Epidemiology 2008 37(6):1393-1394; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn203
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2008; all rights reserved.

Commentary: Comments on the diversity in associations between community social capital and health

Stephen J Kunitz

Division of Social & Behavioral Medicine, Department of Community & Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine, PO Box 278969, Rochester, NY 14627-8969, USA. E-mail: Stephen_Kunitz@urmc.rochester.edu

Accepted 28 August 2008

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The paper on ‘The diversity of associations between community social capital and health’ raises two issues that I should like to address briefly.1 The first has to do with the definition of social capital used by the authors. With the exception of one question—‘to what extent are you involved in the livability of your neighborhood?’—none gets at the phenomenon of civic participation that is central to Putnam's concept of social capital (http://www.bowlingalone.com/data.htm.). Indeed, almost half . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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