Diffusion of innovations theory applied to global tobacco control treaty ratification
| Autor: | Thomas W. Valente, Stephanie R. Dyal, Heather Wipfli, Kayo Fujimoto, Kar-Hai Chu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Economic growth
Diffusion of innovations Health (social science) International Cooperation Health Behavior Smoking Prevention Tobacco Industry Health Promotion World Health Organization Tobacco industry Article Social Networking Health(social science) Social network analysis Convention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Behavior change History and Philosophy of Science Political science Tobacco 050602 political science & public administration Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Treaty Ratification Models Statistical 05 social sciences Tobacco control Smoking Opinion leadership International economics 0506 political science Policy Health Diffusion of Innovation |
| Zdroj: | Social Science & Medicine. 145:89-97 |
| ISSN: | 0277-9536 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.10.001 |
| Popis: | This study applies diffusion of innovations theory to understand network influences on country ratification of an international health treaty, the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC). From 2003 to 2014 approximately 90% of United Nations member countries ratified the FCTC. We hypothesized that communication between tobacco control advocates on GLOBALink, a 7000-member online communication forum in existence from 1992 to 2012, would be associated with the timing of treaty ratification. We further hypothesized dynamic network influences such that external influence decreased over time, internal influence increased over time, and the role of opinion leader countries varied over time. In addition we develop two concepts: Susceptibility and influence that uncover the micro-level dynamics of network influence. Statistical analyses lend support to the influence of co-subscriptions on GLOBALink providing a conduit for inter-country influences on treaty ratification and some support for the dynamic hypotheses. Analyses of susceptibility and infection indicated particularly influential countries. These results have implications for the study of policy diffusion as well as dynamic models of behavior change. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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