Correlates of health attitudes among homosexual and bisexual men☆
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- 10.1016/j.jegh.2012.12.006How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Health attitudes; Health motivation; Relationship with health care provider; Health literacy
- Abstract
There is increased emphasis on physician attention to the overall health and wellness of homosexual and bisexual men, though little is known about the health-related attitudes of these groups. This study determined factors associated with the health attitudes of homosexual and bisexual men and identified preferred sources of health information. For this study, the 2008 ConsumerStyles panel survey was used to create three health attitude scales and to determine factors associated with each scale. The three scales were labeled: (1) health motivation; (2) relationship with health care provider; and (3) self-perception of health literacy. In addition to other factors, higher scores for health motivation and relationship with health care provider were associated with black compared with white men. In contrast, lower scores for self-perception of health literacy were associated with black compared with white men. For information on an unfamiliar health condition, most homosexual and bisexual men chose the Internet. Black homosexual and bisexual men reported being motivated to be healthy and working well with their health care provider to manage their health. However, their perception of their own health motivation was low compared with the white men. Attempts to improve health literacy through Internet sites may be helpful in improving health attitudes and reducing negative health outcomes.
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- © 2013 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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TY - JOUR AU - Deborah A. Gust AU - Sanjyot Shinde AU - Sherri L. Pals AU - Felicia Hardnett AU - Robert T. Chen AU - Travis Sanchez PY - 2013 DA - 2013/02/08 TI - Correlates of health attitudes among homosexual and bisexual men☆ JO - Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health SP - 31 EP - 39 VL - 3 IS - 1 SN - 2210-6014 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jegh.2012.12.006 DO - 10.1016/j.jegh.2012.12.006 ID - Gust2013 ER -