The Nexus Between Social Capital and the Burden of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom
- Funded by British Academy
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Grant number: COV19\201476
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Key facts
Disease
COVID-19Known Financial Commitments (USD)
$13,080.9Funder
British AcademyPrincipal Investigator
PendingResearch Location
United KingdomLead Research Institution
University of Lincoln, School of GeographyResearch Priority Alignment
N/A
Research Category
Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures
Research Subcategory
Social impacts
Special Interest Tags
N/A
Study Type
Non-Clinical
Clinical Trial Details
N/A
Broad Policy Alignment
Pending
Age Group
Unspecified
Vulnerable Population
Unspecified
Occupations of Interest
Unspecified
Abstract
This project is about understanding how social capital has shaped the spatial epidemiological outcomes of COVID-19, and establishing the elements of social capital that will be important facilitators of the socio-economic, mental and physiologic recovery of communities after the pandemic. Observed variations in the severity of the disease in the UK has rejuvenated debates about the social context of health inequalities. Using a social capital framework, this study will determine how aspects of social relationships within the social networks of communities influence the spatial patterning of the disease. The research will integrate recorded data about COVID-19 cases sourced from the Office for National Statistics, with data from the Centre for Thriving Places to explain causal relationships. Additionally, interviews will be conducted with a stratified random sample of participants across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to project aspects of family and community social capital that will prove important for recovery.