TY - JOUR
T1 - The communications revolution and health inequalities in the 21st century
T2 - Implications for cancer control
AU - Viswanath, K.
AU - Nagler, Rebekah H.
AU - Bigman-Galimore, Cabral A.
AU - McCauley, Michael P.
AU - Jung, Minsoo
AU - Ramanadhan, Shoba
PY - 2012/10
Y1 - 2012/10
N2 - The radical and transformative developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) offer unprecedented opportunities to promote cancer control and enhance population and individual health. However, the current context in which these technologies are being deployed-where cancer incidence and mortality and communication are characterized by inequalities among different racial/ethnic and socioeconomic status groups-raises important questions for cancer communication research, policy, and practice. Drawing on illustrative data, this essay characterizes the communications revolution and elucidates its implications for cancer control, with a particular focus on communication inequalities and cancer disparities.
AB - The radical and transformative developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) offer unprecedented opportunities to promote cancer control and enhance population and individual health. However, the current context in which these technologies are being deployed-where cancer incidence and mortality and communication are characterized by inequalities among different racial/ethnic and socioeconomic status groups-raises important questions for cancer communication research, policy, and practice. Drawing on illustrative data, this essay characterizes the communications revolution and elucidates its implications for cancer control, with a particular focus on communication inequalities and cancer disparities.
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U2 - 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0852
DO - 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0852
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 23045545
AN - SCOPUS:84867291947
SN - 1055-9965
VL - 21
SP - 1701
EP - 1708
JO - Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention
JF - Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention
IS - 10
ER -
