Explanation of the rate of biological environment health based on social capital components of students in Tabriz Medical and Dentistry University in 2010

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between social capital and environmental health of student in Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. This study is a survey of the correlation. Statistical population of this research includes 1,700 people (all of the medical and dental students in Tabriz University of Medical and Dentistry Sciences) as reported by the university authorities in 1389, which 313 of them are studied by method of randomly proportion according to Cochran's formula. Students of other majors of the university are questioned by stratified sampling method. The following results were obtained after data collection using achieved questionnaires of social capital and environmental health and content validity measurement (the referees' opinion) and reliability: there was a relationship between the components of social capital (cohesion - trust - partnership - relationship) and social capital in general, with the environmental health. Cohesion and social trust explained 38% in environmental health from the perspective of the students. [Mohammad Bagher Alizadeh Aghdam, Seyed Jamal Hosseini, Zahra Karimi, Isa abedini and Hossein honarvar. Explanation of the rate of biological environment health based on social capital components of students in Tabriz Medical and Dentistry University in 2010. Life Sci J 2012; 9(3): 421-426] (ISSN: 1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com.59