TY - GEN
T1 - E-health literacy and health information seeking behavior Among University Students in Bangladesh
AU - Islam, Md Mohaimenul
AU - Touray, Musa
AU - Yang, Hsuan Chia
AU - Poly, Tahmina Nasrin
AU - Nguyen, Phung Anh
AU - Li, Yu Chuan
AU - Abdul, Shabbir Syed
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) and IOS Press.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Web 2.0 has become a leading health communication platform and will continue to attract young users; therefore, the objective of this study was to understand the impact of Web 2.0 on health information seeking behavior among university students in Bangladesh. A random sample of adults (n = 199, mean 23.75 years, SD 2.87) participated in a cross-sectional, a survey that included the eHealth literacy scale (eHEALS) assessed use of Web 2.0 for health information. Collected data were analyzed using a descriptive statistical method and t-tests. Finally logistic regression analyses were conducted to determine associations between sociodemographic, social determinants, and use of Web 2.0 for seeking and sharing health information. Almost 74% of older Web 2.0 users (147/199, 73.9%) reported using popular Web 2.0 websites, such as Facebook and Twitter, to find and share health information. Current study support that current Web-based health information seeking and sharing behaviors influence health-related decision making.
AB - Web 2.0 has become a leading health communication platform and will continue to attract young users; therefore, the objective of this study was to understand the impact of Web 2.0 on health information seeking behavior among university students in Bangladesh. A random sample of adults (n = 199, mean 23.75 years, SD 2.87) participated in a cross-sectional, a survey that included the eHealth literacy scale (eHEALS) assessed use of Web 2.0 for health information. Collected data were analyzed using a descriptive statistical method and t-tests. Finally logistic regression analyses were conducted to determine associations between sociodemographic, social determinants, and use of Web 2.0 for seeking and sharing health information. Almost 74% of older Web 2.0 users (147/199, 73.9%) reported using popular Web 2.0 websites, such as Facebook and Twitter, to find and share health information. Current study support that current Web-based health information seeking and sharing behaviors influence health-related decision making.
KW - Cross-sectional studies
KW - Health literacy
KW - Social media
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U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-830-3-122
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-830-3-122
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 29295065
AN - SCOPUS:85040510609
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 122
EP - 125
BT - MEDINFO 2017
A2 - Dongsheng, Zhao
A2 - Gundlapalli, Adi V.
A2 - Marie-Christine, Jaulent
PB - IOS Press
T2 - 16th World Congress of Medical and Health Informatics: Precision Healthcare through Informatics, MedInfo 2017
Y2 - 21 August 2017 through 25 August 2017
ER -