Promoting social capital in an ageing society: a win-win proposition?

摘要

In health care and public health, benefits should have enough weight to make costs and adverse effects bearable. Whereas, a win-win proposition guarantees a favourable outcome for everyone involved. In this editorial, I argue whether promoting social capital in an ageing society could be a paradigmatic win-win proposition from a public health perspective, while considering the Spanish context. Therefore, I discuss the state of the art of social capital interventions targeting older people on health outcomes, adverse effects, costs, beneficiaries and practices.