Exploring the Relationship between Family Social Capital and Utilization of Well Child Preventative Health Care Services
type: CreativeWork
description: Background: Passage of the Affordable Health Care Act of 2010 increased insurance coverage for children, however possession of health care insurance doesn’t always equate to effective use of health care services. Misuse and underutilization of health care homes is associated with higher costs, fragmentation of health care, and poor health outcomes across the lifespan. Along with reliance upon the health care system, child health and well-being are dependent upon social factors such as interactions with caregivers and communities. Family social capital (FSC) addresses the interrelated nature of child health and family interaction while also promoting family cohesion as currency to stimulate wellness. While high levels of social capital correlate with improved health outcomes including physical health, longer life expectancy, and psychosocial well-being; little is known about the impact of family social capital upon child health care utilization. Purpose:The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between family social capital and utilization of preventative well-child health care services within a sample of cases of healthy children aged 0-5 years old from the California data within the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) 2016. Specific Aims: 1. Define and analyze the concept of social capital and the extent of the literature surrounding this topic via an evolutionary concept analysis. 2. Describe demographic characteristics including age of child, child designation as male or female, child ethnicity, who lives at home, highest level of education of primary care giver, parent marital status, involvement in organized religion, and type of health insurance; levels of family social capital, and utilization of well-child preventative health care services (defined as frequency of well-child preventative health visits over the past year as gleaned from the survey) in all cases the meet the inclusion criteria within the California subset of the 2016 NSC…
abstract: Background: Passage of the Affordable Health Care Act of 2010 increased insurance coverage for children, however possession of health care insurance doesn’t always equate to effective use of health care services. Misuse and underutilization of health care homes is associated with higher costs, fragmentation of health care, and poor health outcomes across the lifespan. Along with reliance upon the health care system, child health and well-being are dependent upon social factors such as interactions with caregivers and communities. Family social capital (FSC) addresses the interrelated nature of child health and family interaction while also promoting family cohesion as currency to stimulate wellness. While high levels of social capital correlate with improved health outcomes including physical health, longer life expectancy, and psychosocial well-being; little is known about the impact of family social capital upon child health care utilization. Purpose:The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between family social capital and utilization of preventative well-child health care services within a sample of cases of healthy children aged 0-5 years old from the California data within the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) 2016. Specific Aims: 1. Define and analyze the concept of social capital and the extent of the literature surrounding this topic via an evolutionary concept analysis. 2. Describe demographic characteristics including age of child, child designation as male or female, child ethnicity, who lives at home, highest level of education of primary care giver, parent marital status, involvement in organized religion, and type of health insurance; levels of family social capital, and utilization of well-child preventative health care services (defined as frequency of well-child preventative health visits over the past year as gleaned from the survey) in all cases the meet the inclusion criteria within the California subset of the 2016 NSC…
author: Westphaln, Kristi K
keywords: social capital, pediatric primary care, health care services, family, well child care, family social capital, Medical Education, Medicine and Health Sciences, Nursing, Social and Behavioral Sciences
date published: 2018-04-16T07:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-24T05:40:42Z
provider: University of San Diego
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of San Diego