title: Investigating Measures of Social Context on 2 Population-Based Health Surveys, Hawaii, 2010-2012.
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.
authors.affiliation: Center on the Family, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2515 Campus Rd, Miller Hall 103, Honolulu, HI 96822. Email: pobutsky@hawaii.edu.
authors.forename: Ann M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Pobutsky
authors.affiliation: Hawaii State Department of Health, Honolulu, Hawaii.
authors.forename: Kathleen Kromer
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.affiliation: Hawaii State Department of Health, Honolulu, Hawaii.
authors.forename: Florentina
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Reyes-Salvail
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D040343:Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; D005523:Food Supply; D006254:Hawaii; D006304:Health Status; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D057566:Self Report; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D035862:Vulnerable Populations; D055815:Young Adult