Morgan M. Philbin|Carrigan Parish|Margaret Pereyra|Daniel J. Feaster|Mardge H. Cohen|Gina M. Wingood|Deborah Konkle?Parker|Adebola Adedimeji|Tracey E. Wilson|Jennifer Cohen|Lakshmi Goparaju|Adaora A. Adimora|Elizabeth T. Golub|Lisa R. Metsch
Health Disparities and the Digital Divide: The Relationship between Communication Inequalities and Quality of Life among Women in a Nationwide Prospective Cohort Study in the United States
Columbia University|Columbia University|Columbia University|University of Miami|John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County|Columbia University|University of Mississippi Medical Center|Jackson Memorial Hospital|Albert Einstein College of Medicine|SUNY Downstate Medical Center|University of California, San Francisco|Georgetown University|Georgetown University Medical Center|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|Johns Hopkins University|Columbia University
background communication inequalities affect healthseeking behaviors yet relationship internet use overall health inconclusive communicationrelated inequalities vary raceethnicity ses existing research primarily includes middleclass whites therefore examined relationship communicationrelated inequalitiesmeasured daily internet useand healthrelated quality life qol using nationwide prospective cohort study united states consists primarily low income minority womenmethods examined internet use qol among participants womens interagency hiv study data collection occurred october 2014september 2015 chicago new york washington dc san francisco atlanta chapel hill birminghamjackson miami used multivariable analyses examine relationship daily internet use qolresults sample 1915 women 73 african american 15 hispanic 53 reported annual income 12000 women daily internet use reported higher qol six months women least high school diploma income 12000 nonwhite race older women reported drug use depressive symptoms loneliness lower qolconclusions overcoming communication inequalities may one pathway improve overall qol address public health priorities reducing communicationrelated inequalitieseg providing reliable internet accessand thus improving access health promoting information may lead improved health outcomes