Subjective social status and health behaviors among african americans.

Auteur(s) :
Nguyen NT., Reitzel LR., Strong LL.
Date :
Jan, 2013
Source(s) :
Am J Health Behav.. #37:1 p104-111
Adresse :
Department of Health Disparities Research, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. [email protected]

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OBJECTIVES:

To examine associations of the US and community subjective social status (SSS) ladders with smoking status, at-risk drinking, fruit and vegetable intake, physical activity, and body mass index among 1467 church-going African American adults from a larger cohort study.

METHODS:

Regression analyses, adjusted for sociodemographics, examined associations between SSS ladders and health behaviors.

RESULTS:

The SSS-US ladder was significantly associated with fruit and vegetable consumption (p = .007) and physical activity (p = .005). The SSS-community ladder was not significantly associated with any health behaviors.

CONCLUSIONS:

Among this sample of African Americans, the SSS-US ladder is more predictive of some health behaviors than is the SSS-community ladder.

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