Grant: Catyalyst Grant: Health Services and Systems for an Aging Population

Research on social capital has tended to be cross sectional. As such, causal inferences have eluded the field. The proposed project aims to contribute to our understanding of social capital and the use of health services by converting the Montreal Neighbourhood Networks and Healthy Aging sample (MoNNET-HA) into the MoNNET-HA Panel. The term Panel refers to a group of study participants who have agreed to be regular contributors of information in a study. As part of the panel recruitment procedures, we will ask study participants to allow us to link to their RAMQ insurance and health care records. The study will help researchers understand how personal networks and where people live influence their health and health care use as they age.