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JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION
卷 24, 期 4, 页码 405-412出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2019.1630524
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- National Institutes of Health [K01-DA-039804A]
- UAB-MS WIHS [U01-AI-103401]
- Atlanta WIHS [U01-AI -103408]
- Bronx WIHS [U01-AI-035004]
- Brooklyn WIHS [U01-AI-031834]
- Chicago WIHS [U01-AI-034993]
- Metropolitan Washington WIHS [U01-AI -034994]
- Miami WIHS [U01-AI-103397]
- UNC WIHS [U01-AI -103390]
- Connie Wofsy Women's HIV Study, Northern California [U01-AI-034989]
- WIHS Data Management and Analysis Center [U01-AI-042590]
- Southern California WIHS [U01-HD-032632]
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
- UCSF CTSA [UL1-TR000004]
- Atlanta CTSA [UL1-TR000454]
- UNC CFAR [P30-AI-050410]
- Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute [UL1-TR000454]
- Center for AIDS Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [P30-AI-050410]
- Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of California, San Francisco [UL1-TR 000004]
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- National Cancer Institute
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
- National Institute of Mental Health
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Office of Research on Women's Health
Background: Communication inequalities can affect health-seeking behaviors yet the relationship between Internet use and overall health is inconclusive. Communication-related inequalities vary by race/ethnicity and SES but existing research primarily includes middle-class Whites. We therefore examined the relationship between communication-related inequalities-measured by daily Internet use-and health-related quality of life (QOL) using a nationwide prospective cohort study in the United States that consists of primarily low income, minority women. Methods: We examined Internet use and QOL among participants in the Women's Interagency HIV Study. Data collection occurred from October 2014-September 2015 in Chicago, New York, Washington DC, San Francisco, Atlanta, Chapel Hill, Birmingham/Jackson and Miami. We used multi-variable analyses to examine the relationship between daily Internet use and QOL. Results: The sample of 1,915 women was 73% African American and 15% Hispanic; 53% reported an annual income of <=$12,000. Women with daily Internet use reported a higher QOL at six months, as did women with at least a high school diploma, income >$12,000, and non-White race; older women and those with reported drug use, depressive symptoms and loneliness had lower QOL. Conclusions: Overcoming communication inequalities may be one pathway through which to improve overall QOL and address public health priorities. Reducing communication-related inequalities-e.g, by providing reliable Internet access-and thus improving access to health promoting information, may lead to improved health outcomes.
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