Validation of a Culturally Appropriate Social Capital Framework to Explore Health Conditions in Canadian First Nations Communities
An earlier study of our research group formulated a conceptual framework of social capital for First Nation communities and developed a culturally appropriate instrument for its measurement. We tested this instrument further with the Manitoba (Canada) First Nations Regional Health Survey, 2003. Usin...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:088b38b4fca5470d9eaf74cb4127f044 2023-05-15T16:14:28+02:00 Validation of a Culturally Appropriate Social Capital Framework to Explore Health Conditions in Canadian First Nations Communities Brenda Elias Javier Mignone Madelyn Hall 2011-05-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/088b38b4fca5470d9eaf74cb4127f044 EN eng University of Western Ontario http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1013&context=iipj https://doaj.org/toc/1916-5781 1916-5781 https://doaj.org/article/088b38b4fca5470d9eaf74cb4127f044 International Indigenous Policy Journal, Vol 2, Iss 1, p 3 (2011) social capital First Nations social determinants of fealth Political science J Social Sciences H article 2011 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T11:30:39Z An earlier study of our research group formulated a conceptual framework of social capital for First Nation communities and developed a culturally appropriate instrument for its measurement. We tested this instrument further with the Manitoba (Canada) First Nations Regional Health Survey, 2003. Using data from this survey, we investigated the bonding dimension of the social capital conceptual framework, with a total sample of 2,765 First Nations individuals living in 24 Manitoba First Nations communities. Twenty seven Likert-scale survey questions measured aspects of bonding social capital, socially-invested resources, ethos,and networks. Validation analyses included an evaluation of internal consistency, factor analyses to explore how well the items clustered together into the components of the social capital framework, and the ability of the items to discriminate across the communities represented in the sample. Cronbach’s Alpha was computed on the 27 scale items, producing an Alpha of 0.84 indicating high internal consistency. The factor analyses produced five distinct factors with a total explained variance of 54.3%. Lastly, a one-way analysis of variancerun by community produced highly significant F-ratios between the groups on all twenty-seven bonding items. The culturally-sensitive items included in the social capital framework were found to be an appropriate tool to measure bonding aspects among Manitoba First Nations communities. Research and policy implications are discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Canada |
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An earlier study of our research group formulated a conceptual framework of social capital for First Nation communities and developed a culturally appropriate instrument for its measurement. We tested this instrument further with the Manitoba (Canada) First Nations Regional Health Survey, 2003. Using data from this survey, we investigated the bonding dimension of the social capital conceptual framework, with a total sample of 2,765 First Nations individuals living in 24 Manitoba First Nations communities. Twenty seven Likert-scale survey questions measured aspects of bonding social capital, socially-invested resources, ethos,and networks. Validation analyses included an evaluation of internal consistency, factor analyses to explore how well the items clustered together into the components of the social capital framework, and the ability of the items to discriminate across the communities represented in the sample. Cronbach’s Alpha was computed on the 27 scale items, producing an Alpha of 0.84 indicating high internal consistency. The factor analyses produced five distinct factors with a total explained variance of 54.3%. Lastly, a one-way analysis of variancerun by community produced highly significant F-ratios between the groups on all twenty-seven bonding items. The culturally-sensitive items included in the social capital framework were found to be an appropriate tool to measure bonding aspects among Manitoba First Nations communities. Research and policy implications are discussed. |
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Validation of a Culturally Appropriate Social Capital Framework to Explore Health Conditions in Canadian First Nations Communities |
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Validation of a Culturally Appropriate Social Capital Framework to Explore Health Conditions in Canadian First Nations Communities |
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Validation of a Culturally Appropriate Social Capital Framework to Explore Health Conditions in Canadian First Nations Communities |
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Validation of a Culturally Appropriate Social Capital Framework to Explore Health Conditions in Canadian First Nations Communities |
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Validation of a Culturally Appropriate Social Capital Framework to Explore Health Conditions in Canadian First Nations Communities |
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validation of a culturally appropriate social capital framework to explore health conditions in canadian first nations communities |
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University of Western Ontario |
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