TY - JOUR
T1 - Communication Hotspots
T2 - How Infrastructure Shapes People’s Health
AU - Burgess, Eleanor R.
AU - Walter, Nathan
AU - Ball-Rokeach, Sandra J.
AU - Murphy, Sheila T.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Cancer Institute through Barriers to Cervical Cancer Prevention in Hispanic Women: A Multilevel Approach, an award to the University of Southern California (R01CA155326—Murphy/Ball-Rokeach). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not represent official views of the National Cancer Institute or the National Institutes of Health.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Informed by communication infrastructure theory (CIT) and the social capital approach to health, this study focused on the role played by communication hotspots: physical places in a community (e.g., parks, churches, or restaurants) where health information is shared between network actors. By analyzing survey data that included information about communication infrastructure, frequency of health conversations, as well as the size and diversity of respondents’ social networks, this study illustrates how communication hotspots may reduce perceived barriers to healthcare among Latinas in the greater Los Angeles area (N = 780). The results suggest that communication hotspots can influence people’s health by facilitating information-sharing activities. In addition, communication hotspots may reduce perceived barriers to healthcare by bringing together diverse network actors. We conclude by considering future health interventions and policy planning to leverage and enhance community members’ interactions at communication hotspots.
AB - Informed by communication infrastructure theory (CIT) and the social capital approach to health, this study focused on the role played by communication hotspots: physical places in a community (e.g., parks, churches, or restaurants) where health information is shared between network actors. By analyzing survey data that included information about communication infrastructure, frequency of health conversations, as well as the size and diversity of respondents’ social networks, this study illustrates how communication hotspots may reduce perceived barriers to healthcare among Latinas in the greater Los Angeles area (N = 780). The results suggest that communication hotspots can influence people’s health by facilitating information-sharing activities. In addition, communication hotspots may reduce perceived barriers to healthcare by bringing together diverse network actors. We conclude by considering future health interventions and policy planning to leverage and enhance community members’ interactions at communication hotspots.
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U2 - 10.1080/10410236.2019.1692490
DO - 10.1080/10410236.2019.1692490
M3 - Article
C2 - 31760807
AN - SCOPUS:85075466770
VL - 36
SP - 361
EP - 371
JO - Health Communication
JF - Health Communication
SN - 1041-0236
IS - 3
ER -