Nativity and language preference as drivers of health information seeking: examining differences and trends from a U.S. population-based survey

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 596-609

  Massey, Philip M ^a   Langellier, Brent A ^a   Sentell, Tetine ^b   Manganello, Jennifer ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

digital disparities; Health information seeking; health information sources; health promotion; immigrant health

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMATION; LANGUAGE; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RACIAL DISPARITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PROBABILITY; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ADULT; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84992135202     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2016.1244745     Document Type: Article

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