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Social Determinants of Health Information Seeking among Chinese Adults in Hong Kong
BACKGROUND: Health communication inequalities were observed in Western population but less is known about them among the Chinese. We investigated health information seeking behaviours and its social determinants among Chinese adults in Hong Kong. METHODS: Probability-based sample surveys over teleph...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3751869/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24009729 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073049 |
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author | Wang, Man Ping Viswanath, Kasisomayajula Lam, Tai Hing Wang, Xin Chan, Sophia S. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Health communication inequalities were observed in Western population but less is known about them among the Chinese. We investigated health information seeking behaviours and its social determinants among Chinese adults in Hong Kong. METHODS: Probability-based sample surveys over telephone were conducted in 2009, 2010/11 and 2012 to monitor family health and information use. Frequency of health information seeking from television, radio, newspapers/magazines and Internet were recorded and dichotomised as ≥1 time/month and <1 time/month (reference). Logistic regression was used to yield adjusted odds ratios (aOR) of health information seeking for different demographic characteristics, socioeconomic status (education, employment and income), chronic disease and behaviours (smoking, drinking and physical activity). RESULTS: Among 4553 subjects in all surveys, most (85.1%) had sought health information monthly from newspapers/magazines (66.2%), television (61.4%), radio (35.6%) or Internet (33.2%). Overall, being male, lower education attainment, lower household income, ever-smoking and physical inactivity were associated with less frequent health information seeking (all P <0.05). Compared with younger people, older people were less likely to search health information from Internet but more like to obtain it from radio (both P for trend <0.001). Having chronic diseases was associated with frequent health information seeking from television (aOR = 1.25, 95% CI: 1.07–1.47) and Internet (aOR = 1.46, 95% CI: 1.24–1.73). CONCLUSIONS: This study has provided the first evidence on health information inequalities from a non-Western population with advanced mass media and Internet penetration. Socioeconomic inequalities and behavioural clustering of health information seeking suggested more resources are needed for improving health communication in disadvantage groups. |
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spelling | pubmed-37518692013-09-05 Social Determinants of Health Information Seeking among Chinese Adults in Hong Kong Wang, Man Ping Viswanath, Kasisomayajula Lam, Tai Hing Wang, Xin Chan, Sophia S. PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: Health communication inequalities were observed in Western population but less is known about them among the Chinese. We investigated health information seeking behaviours and its social determinants among Chinese adults in Hong Kong. METHODS: Probability-based sample surveys over telephone were conducted in 2009, 2010/11 and 2012 to monitor family health and information use. Frequency of health information seeking from television, radio, newspapers/magazines and Internet were recorded and dichotomised as ≥1 time/month and <1 time/month (reference). Logistic regression was used to yield adjusted odds ratios (aOR) of health information seeking for different demographic characteristics, socioeconomic status (education, employment and income), chronic disease and behaviours (smoking, drinking and physical activity). RESULTS: Among 4553 subjects in all surveys, most (85.1%) had sought health information monthly from newspapers/magazines (66.2%), television (61.4%), radio (35.6%) or Internet (33.2%). Overall, being male, lower education attainment, lower household income, ever-smoking and physical inactivity were associated with less frequent health information seeking (all P <0.05). Compared with younger people, older people were less likely to search health information from Internet but more like to obtain it from radio (both P for trend <0.001). Having chronic diseases was associated with frequent health information seeking from television (aOR = 1.25, 95% CI: 1.07–1.47) and Internet (aOR = 1.46, 95% CI: 1.24–1.73). CONCLUSIONS: This study has provided the first evidence on health information inequalities from a non-Western population with advanced mass media and Internet penetration. Socioeconomic inequalities and behavioural clustering of health information seeking suggested more resources are needed for improving health communication in disadvantage groups. Public Library of Science 2013-08-23 /pmc/articles/PMC3751869/ /pubmed/24009729 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073049 Text en © 2013 Wang et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Wang, Man Ping Viswanath, Kasisomayajula Lam, Tai Hing Wang, Xin Chan, Sophia S. Social Determinants of Health Information Seeking among Chinese Adults in Hong Kong |
title | Social Determinants of Health Information Seeking among Chinese Adults in Hong Kong |
title_full | Social Determinants of Health Information Seeking among Chinese Adults in Hong Kong |
title_fullStr | Social Determinants of Health Information Seeking among Chinese Adults in Hong Kong |
title_full_unstemmed | Social Determinants of Health Information Seeking among Chinese Adults in Hong Kong |
title_short | Social Determinants of Health Information Seeking among Chinese Adults in Hong Kong |
title_sort | social determinants of health information seeking among chinese adults in hong kong |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3751869/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24009729 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073049 |
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