Viswanath Kasisomayajula, Randolph Steele Whitney, Finnegan John R
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2006 Aug;96(8):1456-61. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2003.029793. Epub 2006 Jun 29.
We explored the effects of community integration and pluralism on recall of cardiovascular disease health information messages.
With 1980-1983 data from the Minnesota Heart Health Program, we examined whether ties to community groups were associated with recall of health messages, and whether this relation was modified by size and degree of differentiation of the community.
A higher level of civic engagement through ties to community groups was associated with better recall of health messages. Ties to community groups independently contributed to better message recall even after control for gender, education, and other variables. The moderating role of community size was non-significant but intriguing.
Community group membership could increase exposure to health messages, providing a critical pathway for social capital to influence health promotion and, thus, public health outcomes.
我们探讨了社区融合与多元化对心血管疾病健康信息的记忆效果。
利用明尼苏达心脏健康项目1980 - 1983年的数据，我们研究了与社区团体的联系是否与健康信息的记忆有关，以及这种关系是否会因社区的规模和分化程度而改变。
通过与社区团体的联系而实现的更高水平的公民参与与更好地记忆健康信息有关。即使在控制了性别、教育程度和其他变量之后，与社区团体的联系仍能独立地促进更好地记忆信息。社区规模的调节作用不显著，但很有趣。
社区团体成员身份可以增加对健康信息的接触，为社会资本影响健康促进乃至公共卫生结果提供了一条关键途径。
