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<p>This paper describes the role of social capital in terms of stimulating activities aimed at improving health safety in times of the Covid 19 pandemic. Ensuring health safety constitutes one of the fundamental aims of every health care system, which is executed by means of multiple institutions associated with health care, as well as through collective action. Social capital stimulates collective action with the aim of stopping the spread of the pandemic. The aim of this paper is to search for ties between social capital and the spread of the pandemic in Poland. As a result of empirical research, it was established that strong social capital had a significant impact on the lower number of Covid-19 infections in provinces in Poland. Simultaneously, this impact is dependent on the level of infections in society. The greater the number of Covid-19 infections, the less social capital restricts the spread of the pandemic.</p>
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This paper describes the role of social capital in terms of stimulating activities aimed at improving health safety in times of the Covid 19 pandemic. Ensuring health safety constitutes one of the fundamental aims of every health care system, which is executed by means of multiple institutions associated with health care, as well as through collective action. Social capital stimulates collective action with the aim of stopping the spread of the pandemic. The aim of this paper is to search for ties between social capital and the spread of the pandemic in Poland. As a result of empirical research, it was established that strong social capital had a significant impact on the lower number of Covid-19 infections in provinces in Poland. Simultaneously, this impact is dependent on the level of infections in society. The greater the number of Covid-19 infections, the less social capital restricts the spread of the pandemic.

Impact of Social Capital on Health Safety During the SARS - CoV - 2 Flu Pandemic

System Safety: Human - Technical Facility - Environment

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This paper describes the role of social capital in terms of stimulating activities aimed at improving health safety in times of the Covid 19 pandemic. Ensuring...

Impact of Social Capital on Health Safety During the SARS - CoV - 2 Flu Pandemic

Published Online: Jun 20, 2021

Page range: 304 - 344

Received: Nov 30, 2020

Accepted: Mar 24, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2021-0032

Keywords
Social capital, social networks, trust, health safety, Covid-19

© 2021 Felicjan Bylok, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Impact of Social Capital on Health Safety During the SARS - CoV - 2 Flu Pandemic

Published Online: Jun 20, 2021

Page range: 304 - 344

Received: Nov 30, 2020

Accepted: Mar 24, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2021-0032

KeywordsSocial capital, social networks, trust, health safety, Covid-19

© 2021 Felicjan Bylok, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Social capital, social networks, trust, health safety, Covid-19