Department of Communication, Michigan State University, 404 Wilson Rd., Room 456, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA.
Department of Communication, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Patient Educ Couns. 2022 Sep;105(9):2923-2933. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2022.05.007. Epub 2022 May 13.
This 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.
We conducted a survey with a nationally representative sample (N = 626) in the United States in April 2014.
Network 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.
Social 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.
Social 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.
本研究考察了网络社会资本与从医疗保健专业人员、媒体和非专业人士获取健康信息之间的关联。我们还调查了社会资本与健康信息获取之间的关系是否以及如何因个人健康素养的不同而有所不同。我们使用位置生成器来衡量网络社会资本。
我们于 2014 年 4 月在美国进行了一项具有全国代表性的样本（N=626）调查。
网络社会资本与从医疗保健专业人员、媒体和非专业人士获取健康信息呈正相关。此外，在具有足够个人健康素养的人群中，社会资本与从医疗保健专业人员获取健康信息之间的关联得到了增强。然而，健康素养并没有调节社会资本与从媒体和非专业人士获取健康信息之间的关系。
社会资本可能鼓励个人利用健康信息来源。此外，健康素养可能会加强社会资本与从医疗保健专业人员获取健康信息之间的联系。
社会资本干预措施可能会促进健康信息的获取。此外，医疗保健专业人员应与患者以患者为中心的方式进行沟通，以便低文化素养的人能够轻松理解健康信息。此外，应采用普遍预防措施方法。
