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International Journal of Public Health
Published in: International Journal of Public Health 2/2014

01-04-2014 | Original Article

Contextual effects of community mobilization and communication capacity as a positive factor for self-rated health status: a multi-level analysis

Authors: Minsoo Jung, Cabral A. Bigman-Galimore, K. Viswanath

Published in: International Journal of Public Health | Issue 2/2014

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Abstract

Objectives

We examined relationships between individual-level community participation, two types of contextual effects―community capacity for mobilization and capacity for health communication—and residents’ self-reported health status in order to explore the role health communication may play in community building for health.

Methods

To estimate multi-level effects of the community participation and the two contextual indicators with self-rated health status, we applied hierarchical generalized linear regression to crosssectional data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Results

After adjusting for individual- and community-level confounders, the likelihood of having high self-rated health status is significantly higher among those who live in a region with higher community capacity for mobilization, higher health communication capacity at the community level, and higher participation in community groups at the individual-level.

Conclusions

Our findings suggest that living in a community characterized by higher levels of communication and mobilization capacity is beneficial to residents’ self-rated health status—increasing the odds of high health status by up to 9 %. Thus, building community capacity in mobilization and health communication may help develop better health promotion campaigns.
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Metadata
Title
Contextual effects of community mobilization and communication capacity as a positive factor for self-rated health status: a multi-level analysis
Authors
Minsoo Jung
Cabral A. Bigman-Galimore
K. Viswanath
Publication date
01-04-2014
Publisher
Springer Basel
Published in
International Journal of Public Health / Issue 2/2014
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Electronic ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-013-0532-8

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