TY - JOUR
T1 - Association between Social Capital and Self-Efficacy among Latinas in Nebraska
AU - Ramos, Athena K.
AU - Su, Dejun
AU - Correa, Antonia
AU - Trinidad, Natalia
N1 - Funding Information:
This project is supported in part by Region 6 Behavioral Healthcare through funding provided by Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services/Tobacco Free Nebraska Program as a result of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2018/1/2
Y1 - 2018/1/2
N2 - Ensuring the health and well-being of Latinas is critical given the size of the population and its rapid growth across the United States. Social capital may be a tool for alleviating some of the individual, neighborhood, and societal challenges that Latina immigrants face. This study uses bivariate tests and multivariate regression to assess the association between social capital and self-efficacy among Latina immigrants in the Midwest (N = 94). Self-efficacy was positively correlated with bonding and bridging social capital. Findings from a multiple regression model indicate that bonding and bridging social capital are significantly associated with self-efficacy after adjusting for the effect of related covariates. Public health interventions may benefit from building and fostering bonding and bridging social capital among immigrants as way to improve self-efficacy, promote health, and enhance public health practice.
AB - Ensuring the health and well-being of Latinas is critical given the size of the population and its rapid growth across the United States. Social capital may be a tool for alleviating some of the individual, neighborhood, and societal challenges that Latina immigrants face. This study uses bivariate tests and multivariate regression to assess the association between social capital and self-efficacy among Latina immigrants in the Midwest (N = 94). Self-efficacy was positively correlated with bonding and bridging social capital. Findings from a multiple regression model indicate that bonding and bridging social capital are significantly associated with self-efficacy after adjusting for the effect of related covariates. Public health interventions may benefit from building and fostering bonding and bridging social capital among immigrants as way to improve self-efficacy, promote health, and enhance public health practice.
KW - Latinas
KW - Social capital
KW - community development
KW - immigrant social networks
KW - public health practice
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U2 - 10.1080/19371918.2017.1391149
DO - 10.1080/19371918.2017.1391149
M3 - Article
C2 - 29210620
AN - SCOPUS:85038021929
SN - 1937-1918
VL - 33
SP - 31
EP - 42
JO - Social Work in Public Health
JF - Social Work in Public Health
IS - 1
ER -