The Role of Social Support and Social Networks in Health Information Seeking Behavior among Korean Americans
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2013
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Kim, Wonsun
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Access to health information appears to be a crucial piece of the racial and ethnic health disparities puzzle among immigrants. There are a growing number of scholars who are investigating the role of social networks that have shown that the number and even types of social networks among minorities and lower income groups differ (Chatman,1991; Ball, Warheit, Vandiver, & Holzer, 1980; Glass, Mendes De Leon, Seeman,&Berkman, 1997;
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Communication, Health disparities, Health information seeking behavior, Korean Americans, Social networks, Social support