Minority status and health information search: A test of the social diversification hypothesis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 854-858

  Mesch, Gustavo ^a   Mano, Rita ^a   Tsamir, Judith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

E Health; Health communication; Health inequalities; Internet; Israel; Online health information; Social diversification hypothesis

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; HEALTH STATUS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MINORITY GROUP;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MINORITY GROUP; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; ARABS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; USSR;

ISRAEL;

EID: 84862760087     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.024     Document Type: Article

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