An Ecological Perspective on U.S. Latinos' Health Communication Behaviors, Access, and Outcomes

Autor/inn/en	Katz, Vikki S.; Ang, Alfonso; Suro, Roberto
Titel	An Ecological Perspective on U.S. Latinos' Health Communication Behaviors, Access, and Outcomes
Quelle	In: Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 34 (2012) 3, S.437-456 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0739-9863
DOI	10.1177/0739986312445566
Schlagwörter	Evidence; Social Status; Health Conditions; Health Insurance; Child Health; Community Organizations; Outcomes of Education; Diabetes; Hispanic Americans; Ecology; Symptoms (Individual Disorders) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evidenz; Sozialer Status; Krankenversicherung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Ökologie; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	U.S. Latinos experience constrained access to formal health care resources, contributing to higher incidence of preventable diseases and chronic health conditions than the general population. The authors explore whether a rich set of informal health communication connections--to friends, family, radio, television, Internet, newspapers, magazines, churches, and community organizations--can compensate, even partially, for not having access to doctors. The authors find no evidence of any such compensatory mechanism among respondents to the Pew Hispanic Center/Robert Wood Johnson Latino Health Survey (N = 3,899). Analyses revealed that the "informal health communication ecologies" of respondents with favorable immigration/nativity status and greater income, education, and language proficiencies were more diversified than those of respondents reporting less favorable social status. Further analyses revealed that diversified informal health communication ecologies related to health care access (regular doctor visits, uninterrupted health insurance, and regular health care location) and favorable health outcomes (self-ratings of general health, health-related efficacy, and knowledge of diabetes symptoms). (Contains 5 notes and 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10