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Race, Ethnicity, Language, Social Class, and Health Communication Inequalities: A Nationally-Representative Cross-Sectional Study

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Title
Race, Ethnicity, Language, Social Class, and Health Communication Inequalities: A Nationally-Representative Cross-Sectional Study
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PLOS ONE, January 2011
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0014550
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Kasisomayajula Viswanath, Leland K. Ackerson

Abstract

While mass media communications can be an important source of health information, there are substantial social disparities in health knowledge that may be related to media use. The purpose of this study is to investigate how the use of cancer-related health communications is patterned by race, ethnicity, language, and social class.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 1%
United Kingdom 2 1%
Colombia 1 <1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Japan 1 <1%
Nigeria 1 <1%
Unknown 178 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 39 21%
Student > Master 26 14%
Researcher 24 13%
Student > Bachelor 23 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 17 9%
Other 34 18%
Unknown 24 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 66 35%
Medicine and Dentistry 25 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 7%
Business, Management and Accounting 9 5%
Psychology 8 4%
Other 29 16%
Unknown 37 20%