Table 4 Age-adjusted comparisons of computer and Internet access and preferred methods for obtaining health education, Spanish-dominant, Bilingual, and English-dominant Latinos Aged 25–64
Women | Men | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Internet Access and Health Education Preferences | Spanish- dominant (n = 78) % (se) | Bilingual (n = 99) % (se) | English- dominant (n = 433) % (se) | Spanish- dominant (n = 93) % (se) | Bilingual (n = 87) % (se) | English- dominant (n = 301) % (se) |
Personal Computer | ||||||
At home | 50.2 (6.9) **** | 65.0 (5.2) ** | 80.7 (2.0) | 34.3 (5.7) ****, c | 64.7 (5.7) ** | 82.7 (2.6) |
At home/other location | 58.3 (6.6) **** | 73.4 (4.3) **** | 90.8 (1.3) | 37.8 (6.1) ****, d | 70.0 (5.5) *** | 90.2 (1.9) |
Internet | ||||||
At home | 39.3 (6.9) ****, a | 56.8 (5.5) *** | 77.5 (2.0) | 25.5 (4.5) ****, d | 58.7 (5.9) *** | 81.4 (2.6) |
At home/other location | 44.9 (6.9) ****, b | 69.1 (4.6) **** | 88.9 (1.4) | 30.7 (5.7) ****, d | 66.8 (5.8) *** | 89.7 (2.0) |
Information Source Used in Past 12 months | ||||||
Health education handouts | 14.6 (4.3) | 14.3 (3.8) | 18.8 (2.1) | 11.1 (3.2) | 4.9 (2.4) ** | 14.1 (2.2) |
Health handbook | 37.7 (6.6) | 36.9 (5.4) | 32.0 (2.4) | 21.2 (5.4) | 17.2 (4.4) | 24.3 (2.9) |
Health phone messages | 13.8 (5.3) *, a | 0.8 (0.8) | 2.6 (0.1) | 3.6 (2.0) | 2.4 (2.3) | 1.2 (0.6) |
Information from a website | 9.5 (3.9) | 2.0 (1.7) **** | 17.1 (1.9) | 0.3 (--) **** | 2.8 (1.6) **** | 17.1 (2.5) |
Health education programs | 5.5 (2.5) *** | 2.7 (3.8) ** | 16.2 (2.0) | 6.5 (3.3) | 7.7 (3.6) | 8.1 (1.6) |
Preferred Methods | ||||||
Small group appointments with a clinician/educator | 29.4 (6.4)a | 12.9 (4.0) | 17.8 (20.0) | 30.9 (6.1) **, a | 14.4 (4.7) | 10.7 (1.8) |
Individual counseling | 33.4 (6.2) | 39.9 (5.3) | 41.6 (2.5) | 34.7 (6.0) | 25.3 (5.0) ** | 42.7 (3.2) |
Brief telephone counseling | 26.3 (5.1)b | 9.4 (3.1) ** | 19.6 (2.1) | 36.7 (6.6) **, d | 48.4 (2.8) * | 16.7 (2.5) |
1/2- full day workshop | 20.4 (5.4) *, a | 7.1 (3.6) | 7.4 (1.3) | 12.5 (4.1) | 10.2 (3.8) | 8.4 (1.8) |
Multi-session program | ||||||
Traditional class | 10.8 (4.7) | 7.1 (2.8) | 8.7 (1.5) | 4.0 (2.2) | 7.4 (3.0) | 5.5 (1.2) |
Group program by phone | 4.5 (2.2) | 2.7 (1.6) | 1.6 (0.6) | 7.4 (3.5) *, a | 0 (0) | 1.4 (0.6) |
Internet-based | 2.3 (1.6) * | 8.5 (3.5) | 7.2 (1.3) | 7.4 (3.3) | 3.6 (2.2) | 8.8 (2.0) |
Information from a website | 11.0 (4.5) ** | 7.3 (3.1) **** | 25.3 (2.2) | 12.8 (4.1) ** | 8.4 (3.1) **** | 28.7 (3.0) |
Computer program | 10.7 (3.3) | 8.6 (3.0) | 13.7 (1.7) | 15.1 (4.3) | 10.4 (3.4) | 17.5 (2.6) |
Health phone messages | 21.5 (4.8) **, b | 3.5 (2.1) | 5.2 (1.1) | 19.0 (5.5) **, a | 4.8 (2.3) | 4.1 (1.3) |
Health videos | 44.9 (6.5) ****, a | 21.5 (4.5) | 16.6 (1.9) | 57.2 (6.6) ****, d | 22.4 (5.1) | 19.8 (2.5) |
Health programs on TV | 49.5 (6.9) ****, d | 18.0 (3.8) | 18.9 (2.0) | 29.3 (5.1) | 25.4 (5.3) | 22.3 (2.7) |
Health newsletters | 56.2 (6.7) *, c | 24.6 (4.9) ** | 39.8 (2.5) | 54.2 (6.7) **, c | 22.9 (5.3) | 30.9 (3.1) |
Short handouts or articles | 59.7 (6.6)b | 31.7 (5.3) * | 46.5 (2.6) | 46.3 (6.6) | 30.5 (5.6) | 36.7 (3.1) |