Nuntaboot Khanitta, Festi Wiliyanarti Pipit
Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Muhammadiyah Surabaya University, Indonesia.
Faculty of Nursing, Khon Kaen University, Thailand.
Int J Nurs Sci. 2017 Oct 13;4(4):374-377. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnss.2017.10.003. eCollection 2017 Oct 10.
Dengue hemorraghic fever (DHF) is a communicable disease that is difficult to manage, especially in tropical countries. Social capital is believed to be able to improve the ability of entire communities to work together to solve a collective health problem. This study aimed to describe the existing social capital in a community and how it was used to fight DHF.
Qualitative descriptive methods were used, and in-depth interviews were conducted with 13 participants. This study was conducted in the Sawahan sub-district, Surabaya, Indonesia, an endemic area that combats DHF every year.
Results showed that social capital as a community feature provides the main cornerstone of collective action. The creation of social groups, intersectoral collaboration, mutual assistance in cleaning, and voluntary work were visible forms of social capital in the prevention and control of DHF. Support from strong leaders also had significant implications.
This study showed that social capital was an important feature, which, if managed, used and accessed properly, would be able to provide ideas for solving community problems.
登革出血热(DHF)是一种难以管控的传染病,在热带国家尤为如此。社会资本被认为能够提高整个社区共同合作解决集体健康问题的能力。本研究旨在描述一个社区中现有的社会资本以及它是如何被用于抗击登革出血热的。
采用定性描述方法,对13名参与者进行了深入访谈。本研究在印度尼西亚泗水市的萨瓦汉分区开展,该地区是一个每年都要抗击登革出血热的流行地区。
结果表明,作为社区特征的社会资本为集体行动提供了主要基石。创建社会群体、部门间协作、清洁互助以及志愿工作是登革出血热防控中社会资本的可见形式。强有力的领导者的支持也具有重大意义。
本研究表明,社会资本是一个重要特征,如果得到妥善管理、利用和获取,将能够为解决社区问题提供思路。