Tehran University of Medical Sciences Journal of Biostatistics and Epidemiology 2383-4196 5 1 2019 11 10 Study on Social Capital in Female Students of Arak University of Medical Sciences, Central Iran 66 73 Fatemeh Rezaei Department of Social Medicine, Medical School, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran Abedin Saghafipour Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran Saeideh Babakhanloo Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran Nazanin Soltani Student Research Committee, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran Abolfazl Mohammadbeigi Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran 2019 04 13 2019 07 16 Introduction: Social capital refers to the norms and social organization that makes people to cooperate for gaining reciprocal advantages. Focusing of its importance on health, the aim of this study was to evaluate social capital in the female students of Arak University of Medical Sciences, central Iran. Method: A cross-sectional study was done on 359 female students of Arak University of Medical Sciences in the fields of medicine, public health, nursing, laboratory sciences, anesthesia and operation room using simple random sampling in 2018. Bullen Social capital questionnaire was used for data collection. Data analysis was performed using one-way ANOVA, t-test and Pearson's correlation coefficient. Results: The results showed that among all the social capital issues, the highest average (57.18±91.81) is professional communication and the lowest average (33.19±93.49) is participation in social activities. Also social capital showed a significant association with variables such as educational level (p=0.01), marital status (p=0.03), first (mother) language (p=0.01), and family size (p=0.03). Conclusion: Considering that social capital has a significant association with variables such educational and demographic, interventions by stakeholders may increase the social capital. https://jbe.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jbe/article/view/253 https://jbe.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jbe/article/download/253/198