Associations of Sociodemographic Factors with Health-Related Social Networks Among Pre-Migration Filipinos

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• Personal Author:
  de Castro AB ; Gee G ; Maglalang DD ; Sabbath EL ; Takeuchi DT ; Tran TV
• Description:
  Social networks provide health information that is useful to prevent illness, promote health, and facilitate treatment for health problems. One understudied facet is which people in social networks provide health information. The present article fills a critical gap in the empirical literature by identifying which social networks are reported based on a premigrant's sociodemographic status that operate as their source of health information. Data were analyzed from the Health of the Philippine Emigrants Study (HoPES) (n = 829) migrant sample. Findings indicated having high English proficiency and educational attainment reduces the likelihood of reporting no one in their network as a source of health information. Those who reported family/relatives are less likely to be younger, and those who reported friends are also less likely to be living-in with a partner. This article informs social work researchers and practitioners in implementing interventions among premigration immigrants to help increase and broaden their social networks. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Promotion Occupational Health Public Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Filipino Health Care Health Communications Health Information Help Seeking Immigrants Information Dissemination Premigration Public Health Sociological Factors
• ISSN:
  1937-1918
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  35
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062212
• Citation:
  Soc Work Public Health 2020 Oct; 35(8):669-678
• Contact Point Address:
  Dale Dagar Maglalang, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1265 Welch Road, MC: 5411 c/o SPRC, Medical School Office Building, Stanford, CA 94305-5411, USA
• Email:
  dale.maglalang@bc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Social Work in Public Health
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e61180a6eae4dc865e9db1d82d2eea7af2d6f9a38cb5ca9c29e2abc8b1597240e523a0dcbe67c7db7289d01b066dd20da9c1a396f0a708182055f71633bb30bb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225507/cdc_225507_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.91 MB ]