Determinants and beliefs of health information mavens among a lower-socioeconomic position and minority population

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-32

  Kontos, Emily Z ^a   Emmons, Karen M ^b   Puleo, Elaine ^c   Viswanath, K ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication inequalities; Health disparities; Health information mavenism

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MINORITY GROUP; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MINORITY GROUP; NEOPLASM; PASSIVE SMOKING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959605063     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.04.024     Document Type: Article

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