Diffusion of innovations theory applied to global tobacco control treaty ratification

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4593763
AutoresT W Valente (0000-0002-8824-5816, University of Southern California, autor de correspondencia), Stephanie R Dyal (University of Southern California), Kar-Hai Chu (0000-0002-2486-8846, University of Southern California), Heather Wipfli (0000-0001-9020-2033, University of Southern California), K Fujimoto (0000-0002-8445-2711, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston)
Año2015
Volumen145
Páginas89-97
Fecha de publicación2015-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Science & Medicine (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347
EditorialElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.10.001
PMID26460508
OpenAlexW2174265204
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13
Referencias citadas41

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

Arms control · Business · Convention · Diffusion of innovations · Economics · International trade · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Public health · Ratification · Tobacco control · Tobacco industry · Treaty · Advanced Causal Inference Techniques · Law · Medicine · Policy Transfer and Learning · Social Media and Politics · Marketing