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Consumers of Internet health information and self-rated health status: breast care disparities issues.

OBJECTIVE(S): The Internet is an increasingly popular source of health information for women with breast cancer. We used a cross-sectional survey design to study the relationship of self-rated health and Internet health information use among 161 white and non-white women with breast cancer. METHOD(S...

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Published in:Journal of Multicultural Nursing & Health (JMCNH) Vol. 11; no. 3; pp. 35 - 41
Main Authors: Fogel J, Morgan PD, Davis BL
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Riley Publications Fall2005
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          Fogel J
          Morgan PD
          Davis BL
        affil: Assistant Professor, Business Program, Dept of Economics, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
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          Breast Care Psychosocial Factors
          Breast Neoplasms Psychosocial Factors
          Health Information
          Health Status
          Internet Utilization
          Adult
          Analysis of Variance
          Asians
          Black Persons
          Chi Square Test
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Cultural Sensitivity
          Data Analysis Software
          Female
          Health Beliefs
          Hispanic Americans
          Information Resources
          Logistic Regression
          Middle Age
          New York
          Odds Ratio
          Questionnaires
          White Persons
          Human
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Female
      ab: OBJECTIVE(S): The Internet is an increasingly popular source of health information for women with breast cancer. We used a cross-sectional survey design to study the relationship of self-rated health and Internet health information use among 161 white and non-white women with breast cancer. METHOD(S): Logistic regression analyses were used to study the association of self-rated health and Internet health information use. RESULT(S): Among those with fair/poor self-rated health status, whites had significant and high odds ratios (OR=5.3) for Internet health information use while there was a minimal association (OR=0.04) for non-whites. CONCLUSION(S): It is important to address the cancer-specific beliefs of non-whites including using appropriately tailored cultural information on Web sites. Once addressed, non-whites with fair/poor self-rated health status may regularly seek Internet health information and receive potential positive benefits.
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