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. 2020 Oct;110(Suppl 3):S348–S355. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305900

TABLE 3—

Associations Between Theme and Source Type: San Diego County, CA; October–December 2017

Policy/Government (n = 281)
Medical Information Specific to Hepatitis A (n = 90)
General Medical Information (n = 177)
Risk Perception of Hepatitis A Outbreak (n = 111)
Homeless (n = 151)
Other (n = 137)
Source Type No. (%) P φ No. (%) P φ No. (%) P φ No. (%) P φ No. (%) P φ No. (%) P φ
Individual (n = 574)a 203 (27.3) .02 –0.09 59 (7.9) .01 –0.10 126 (18.3) .92 < −0.01 78 (10.5) .07 –0.07 128 (17.2) .01 0.09 121 (16.3) .01 0.13
Celebrity (n = 40) 26 (3.5) .01 0.13 5 (0.7) .99 < 0.01 1 (0.1) .01 –0.12 16 (2.2) .01 0.17 11 (1.5) .23 0.04 2 (0.3) .02 –0.08
Organization
 Business (n = 112) 55 (7.4) .01 0.10 13 (1.8) .99 < −0.01 27 (3.6) .99 < 0.01 24 (3.2) .05 0.08 14 (1.9) .03 –0.08 9 (1.2) .01 –0.11
 Health (n = 12) 4 (0.5) .99 –0.01 12 (1.6) .05 0.08 7 (0.9) .01 0.10 2 (0.3) .70 < 0.01 1 (0.1) .48 –0.04 1 (0.1) .71 –0.03
 Government (n = 7) 5 (0.7) .11 0.07 4 (0.5) .01 0.13 0 (0.0) .21 –0.05 0 (0.0) .60 –0.04 2 (0.3) .64 0.02 0 (0.0) .21 –0.05
 News (n = 64) 48 (6.5) .01 0.24 6 (0.8) .69 –0.03 2 (0.3) .01 –0.15 18 (2.4) .01 0.11 8 (1.1) .14 –0.06 3 (0.4) .01 –0.11
 Education (n = 5) 0 (0.0) .16 –0.06 3 (0.4) .01 0.12 2 (0.3) .34 0.03 0 (0.0) .99 –0.03 0 (0.0) .59 –0.04 0 (0.0) .59 –0.04
 Information (n = 11) 3 (0.4) .55 –0.03 2 (0.3) .63 0.02 7 (0.9) .01 0.11 2 (0.3) .67 0.01 1 (0.1) .70 –0.03 1 (0.1) .70 –0.03
 Health care (n = 11) 0 (0.0) .01 –0.10 4 (0.5) .03 0.09 5 (0.7) .14 0.06 1 (0.1) .99 –0.02 1 (0.1) .70 –0.03 1 (0.1) .70 –0.03
 Nonhealth (n = 31) 12 (1.6) .99 < 0.01 9 (1.2) .01 0.11 5 (0.7) .39 –0.04 5 (0.7) .80 0.01 7 (0.9) .82 0.01 5 (0.7) .99 –0.01
Individual
 Parent (n = 52) 20 (2.7) .99 < 0.01 7 (0.9) .67 0.01 14 (1.9) .61 0.02 5 (0.7) .32 –0.04 13 (1.8) .37 0.03 9 (1.2) .99 < −0.01
 Child (n = 2) 0 (0.0) .53 –0.04 1 (0.1) .23 0.06 0 (0.0) .99 –0.03 0 (0.0) .99 –0.02 0 (0.0) .99 –0.03 1 (0.1) .34 0.04
 Student (n = 16) 4 (0.5) .44 –0.04 2 (0.3) .99 < 0.01 5 (0.7) .55 0.03 1 (0.1) .49 –0.04 0 (0.0) .06 –0.07 4 (0.5) .34 0.03
 First person (n = 90) 34 (4.6) .99 < 0.01 19 (2.6) .01 0.10 11 (1.5) .01 –0.10 5 (0.7) .01 –0.10 20 (2.7) .68 0.02 22 (3.0) .08 0.06
 Spiritual (n = 47) 15 (2.0) .44 –0.03 4 (0.5) .64 –0.03 11 (1.5) .99 < −0.01 8 (1.1) .67 0.02 11 (1.5) .58 0.02 7 (0.9) .34 –0.02
 Political (n = 148) 78 (10.5) .01 0.15 18 (2.4) .99 < 0.01 21 (2.8) .01 –0.11 20 (2.7) .70 –0.02 51 (6.9) .01 0.18 22 (3.0) .13 –0.05
 Journalist (n = 63) 34 (4.6) .01 0.10 9 (1.2) .55 0.02 2 (0.3) .01 –0.15 20 (2.7) .01 0.14 17 (2.3) .19 0.05 3 (0.4) .01 –0.11
 Doctor (n = 16) 3 (0.40) .13 –0.06 3 (0.4) .43 0.03 12 (1.6) .01 0.18 0 (0.0) .15 –0.06 3 (0.4) .99 < −0.01 0 (0.0) .06 –0.07
 Practitioner (n = 20) 9 (1.2) .49 0.02 2 (0.3) .99 –0.01 5 (0.7) .99 < 0.01 2 (0.3) .75 –0.02 5 (0.7) .58 0.02 2 (0.3) .56 –0.04

Note. The population size was n = 744.

a

Organization = Ref.