OBJECTIVE: Few systematic studies have examined the contexts in which social-class variables will predict engagement in health-relevant behaviours. The current research examined whether the impact of social-class on health behaviours depends upon how social-class is assessed and the category of health behaviour under consideration. METHOD: Our sample was drawn from the Health Information National Trends Survey in 2012 (N = 3959). Participants reported their income and education as well as their engagement in a variety of prevention and detection behaviours. RESULTS: Consistent with our hypothesised framework, we found that income predicted engagement in a variety of detection behaviours above and beyond education, whereas education predicted engagement in a variety of prevention behaviours above and beyond income. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that income and education operate on health behaviours via different pathways and have implications for public health policy and intervention.
OBJECTIVE: Few systematic studies have examined the contexts in which social-class variables will predict engagement in health-relevant behaviours. The current research examined whether the impact of social-class on health behaviours depends upon how social-class is assessed and the category of health behaviour under consideration. METHOD: Our sample was drawn from the Health Information National Trends Survey in 2012 (N = 3959). Participants reported their income and education as well as their engagement in a variety of prevention and detection behaviours. RESULTS: Consistent with our hypothesised framework, we found that income predicted engagement in a variety of detection behaviours above and beyond education, whereas education predicted engagement in a variety of prevention behaviours above and beyond income. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that income and education operate on health behaviours via different pathways and have implications for public health policy and intervention.
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health behaviour; health disparities; prevention and detection; social-class
Authors: Urs-Vito Albrecht; Kambiz Afshar; Kristin Illiger; Stefan Becker; Tobias Hartz; Bernhard Breil; Daniel Wichelhaus; Ute von Jan Journal: Digit Health Date: 2017-02-01
Authors: Samantha B Meyer; Belinda Lunnay; Megan Warin; Kristen Foley; Ian N Olver; Carlene Wilson; Sara Macdonald S; Paul R Ward Journal: PLoS One Date: 2022-09-12 Impact factor: 3.752