The relationship between social capital, social support and the adequate use of prenatal care

Bibliographic Data

ID5232776
AuthorsMaria Do Carmo Leal (0000-0002-3047-515X, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Ana Paula Esteves Pereira (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Ana Paula Esteves-Pereira (0000-0002-0236-2043, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública), Gabriela De Almeida Lamarca (0000-0001-7555-0769, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Mario Vianna Vettore (0000-0001-6299-4432, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Year2011
Volume27
Issuesuppl 2
Pagess237-s253
Publication date2011-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0102-311x2011001400011
PMID21789416
OpenAlexW2154390280
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2011001400011
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited25

This study investigated the relationship between social capital and social support and the adequate use of prenatal care. A follow-up study involving 1,485 pregnant women was conducted in two cities in the Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, social support and social capital data were collected during the first trimester of pregnancy. The post-partum period included information on levels of prenatal care utilization, social networks, parity, obstetric and gestational risk and prenatal care attendance. Hierarchized multinomial logistic regression was used in the statistical analysis. Prenatal care use above adequate levels was associated with high social capital at the city level (aggregated social capital), socioeconomic status and working during pregnancy. Lower non-aggregated contextual and compositional social capital, gestational risk and pattern of prenatal care were associated with inadequate prenatal care utilization. Contextual social capital and social support were found to be social determinants for the appropriate use of prenatal care

Attendance · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Population · Pregnancy · Prenatal care · Social capital · Social mobility · Social position · Social relation · Social science · Social status · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Global Maternal and Child Health · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology