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Social Capital in the Response to Covid-19

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ID23338484
AuthorsNick A D Pitas (0000-0002-2194-9640, Recreation and Leisure Studies, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY, USA, corresponding author), Colin Ehmer (Save the Children, Washington, DC, USA)
Year2020
Volume34
Issue8
Pages942-944
Publication date2020-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Health Promotion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0890-1171 • E-ISSN: 2168-6602
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0890117120924531
PMID32394721
OpenAlexW3025511371
LanguageEN
Citations received74
References cited10

Social capital provides a number of benefits during crisis scenarios, and high social capital communities respond more efficaciously than those with low social capital. With this in mind, we argue that the response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic may be hampered in many American communities by deficiencies or disruptions in social capital brought about by physical distancing. Drawing on evidence from past crises, we recommend individuals, communities, and government institutions work to strengthen and expand social networks. A failure to do so will exact a toll in terms of human morbidity and mortality and exacerbate the current disaster.

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Business · Capital (architecture) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Death toll · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Pandemic · Political science · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) · Social capital · Social distance · Toll · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Disaster Management and Resilience · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Virology

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