1. Subjective Social Status and Health Behaviors Among African Americans.
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Reitzel, Lorraine R., Nguyen, Nga, Strong, Larkin L., Wetter, David W., and Mcneill, Lorna H.
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BLACK people ,ALCOHOL drinking ,FRUIT ,HEALTH behavior ,LONGITUDINAL method ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,REGRESSION analysis ,RESEARCH funding ,SCALES (Weighing instruments) ,SMOKING ,VEGETABLES ,SOCIOECONOMIC factors ,BODY mass index ,PHYSICAL activity ,DATA analysis software ,PATIENTS' attitudes ,STATISTICAL models ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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