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. 2015 Dec 17:12:E221.
doi: 10.5888/pcd12.150319.

Investigating Measures of Social Context on 2 Population-Based Health Surveys, Hawaii, 2010-2012

Ann M Pobutsky  1 , Kathleen Kromer Baker  2 , Florentina Reyes-Salvail  2
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Investigating Measures of Social Context on 2 Population-Based Health Surveys, Hawaii, 2010-2012

Ann M Pobutsky et al. Prev Chronic Dis. .

Abstract

Measures from the Social Context Module of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System were used on 2 population-based health surveys in Hawaii to explicate the role of the nonmedical and social determinants of health; these measures were also compared with conventional socioeconomic status (SES) variables. Results showed that the self-reported SES vulnerabilities of food and housing insecurity are both linked to demographic factors and physical and mental health status and significant when controlling for the conventional measures of SES. The social context module indicators should be increasingly used so results can inform appropriate interventions for vulnerable populations.

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