Network social capital and health information acquisition |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Communication, Michigan State University, 404 Wilson Rd., Room 456, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA;2. Department of Communication, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea;1. Communication, Culture and Technology Program, The McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA;2. Department of Communication, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA;3. Department of Family Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, MedStar Medical Group, Washington DC, USA;4. Communication, Culture and Technology Program, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA;5. Department of Family Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington DC, USA;1. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculté des Sciences Psychologiques et de l′Éducation, Brussels, Belgium;2. Institut Jules Bordet, Clinique de Psycho-Oncologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium;3. Université de Liège, Faculté des Sciences Psychologiques et de l′Éducation, Liège, Belgium;4. Centre de Psycho-Oncologie, Brussels, Belgium;5. Université Catholique de Louvain, Faculté de Médecine, Brussels, Belgium;1. Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;2. Department of Public Health and Primary Care, UGent, Department of Nursing Director, Ghent University Hospital Ghent, Belgium;1. Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA;2. University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA;3. Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA;4. Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA;5. Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA;6. Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC, USA;7. School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA;8. Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA;9. Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA;10. Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA;1. Clinical Epidemiology Research Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, 950 Campbell Ave., #240, West Haven, CT 06516, USA;2. Program on Aging, Yale School of Medicine, 300 George St., New Haven, CT 06511, USA;3. Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St., New Haven, CT 06520, USA |
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| Abstract: | ObjectiveThis study examines the associations of network social capital with obtaining health information from health care professionals, the media, and laypeople. We also investigate whether and how the relationship between social capital and health information acquisition differs by personal health literacy. We used a position generator to measure network social capital.MethodsWe conducted a survey with a nationally representative sample (N = 626) in the United States in April 2014.ResultsNetwork social capital was positively associated with obtaining health information from health professionals, the media, and laypeople. Also, the associations of social capital with health information acquisition from health professionals were enhanced among those with adequate personal health literacy. However, health literacy did not moderate the relationship between social capital and health information acquisition from the media and laypeople.ConclusionSocial capital may encourage individuals to utilize health information sources. Also, health literacy might reinforce the linkage between social capital and acquiring health information from health professionals.Practice implicationsSocial capital interventions may promote health information acquisition. Also, health professionals should communicate with patients in a patient-centered way so that low-literate individuals easily understand health information. Moreover, a universal precaution approach should be employed. |
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| Keywords: | Network social capital Position generator Health information acquisition Personal health literacy |
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