dc.contributor.author | Lam, Mary K. | de |
dc.contributor.author | Lam, Lawrence T. | de |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-08T13:16:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-03-08T13:16:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | de |
dc.identifier.issn | 1446-4381 | de |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/92875 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: This paper investigates the relationship between health information-seeking behaviour on the Internet and health literacy in the population of older Australians. Methods: Data was obtained from the Adults Literacy and Life Skills (ALLS) Survey conducted in 2006. Health literacy was assessed using a specific scale designed to measure health literacy proficiency. Internet usage for health information seeking purposes was elicited from responses to a direct question. Data were analysed using simple unweighted logistic modelling techniques with stratification by education levels. Results: Older people with medium level of education and had a higher health literacy proficiency were 4 times as likely to be frequent users of the Internet for the purposes of searching for health information (OR=3.7, 95%C.I.=1.3-10.3), and about 3 times as likely to be infrequent users, (OR=2.6, 95%C.I.=1.6-4.4) when compared to non-users. For higher education levels, only infrequent usage was significantly associated with health literacy. No relationships were found for lower education levels. It is important that health-related information for older people is offered according to their comprehensive ability. Conclusions: The results obtained suggest that there is a significant interaction effect between health information-seeking behaviour on the Internet and education levels, on health literacy. For those who had attained a post-secondary education level, there were significant associations between the exposure and outcome variables in a progressive manner with the strength of associations increasing from infrequent users to frequent users. This suggested a dose-response relationship between exposure and outcome. | de |
dc.language | en | de |
dc.subject.ddc | Publizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesen | de |
dc.subject.ddc | News media, journalism, publishing | en |
dc.subject.ddc | Soziologie, Anthropologie | de |
dc.subject.ddc | Sociology & anthropology | en |
dc.subject.other | health literacy; health information seeking; PIAAC | de |
dc.title | Health information-seeking behaviour on the Internet and health literacy among older Australians | de |
dc.description.review | begutachtet (peer reviewed) | de |
dc.description.review | peer reviewed | en |
dc.source.journal | Electronic Journal of Health Informatics | |
dc.source.volume | 7 | de |
dc.publisher.country | MISC | de |
dc.source.issue | 2 | de |
dc.subject.classoz | interaktive, elektronische Medien | de |
dc.subject.classoz | Interactive, electronic Media | en |
dc.subject.classoz | Medizinsoziologie | de |
dc.subject.classoz | Medical Sociology | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Australien | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | Australia | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Gesundheitserziehung | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | health education | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Kompetenz | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | competence | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | alter Mensch | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | elderly | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Information | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | information | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Gesundheitsverhalten | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | health behavior | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Internet | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | Internet | en |
dc.identifier.urn | urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-92875-7 | |
dc.rights.licence | Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht-kommerz., Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 3.0 | de |
dc.rights.licence | Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 | en |
ssoar.contributor.institution | FDB | de |
internal.status | formal und inhaltlich fertig erschlossen | de |
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dc.type.stock | article | de |
dc.type.document | Zeitschriftenartikel | de |
dc.type.document | journal article | en |
dc.source.pageinfo | 1-7 | de |
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internal.identifier.journal | 2881 | |
internal.identifier.document | 32 | |
internal.identifier.ddc | 070 | |
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dc.description.pubstatus | Veröffentlichungsversion | de |
dc.description.pubstatus | Published Version | en |
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