Venkata Ratnadeep Suri1, Shaheen Majid2, Yun-Ke Chang3, Schubert Foo4. 1. The Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, 31, Nanyang Link, Singapore 637718, Singapore. Electronic address: Ratnadeep.Suri@gmail.com. 2. The Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, 31, Nanyang Link, Singapore 637718, Singapore. Electronic address: Asmajid@ntu.edu.sg. 3. The Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, 31, Nanyang Link, Singapore 637718, Singapore. Electronic address: Ykchang@ntu.edu.sg. 4. The Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, 31, Nanyang Link, Singapore 637718, Singapore. Electronic address: sfoo@ntu.edu.sg.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between five domain-specific skills of health literacy: Find Health Information (FHI), Appraise Health Information (AHI), Understand Health Information to act (UHI), Actively Manage One's Health (AMH), and E-health literacy (e-Heals), and health information seeking behaviors and three categories of health outcomes. METHODS: A survey was implemented and data was collected from 1062 college going adults and analyzed using bivariate tests and multiple regression analysis. RESULTS: Among the five domain-specific Health Literacy skills, AHI and e-Heals were significantly associated with the use of traditional sources and the Internet for healthcare information respectively. Similarly and AMH and e-Heals were significantly associated with the use of traditional sources and the Internet for health lifestyle information respectively. Lastly AHI, AMH and e-Heals were significantly associated with the three categories of outcomes, and AFH was significantly associated with cognitive and instrumental outcomes, but not doctor-patient communication outcomes. CONCLUSION: Consumers' ability to use different health sources for both healthcare and health lifestyle information, and the three categories of health outcomes are associated with different domain-specific health literacy skills. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Health literacy initiatives may be improved by focusing on clients to develop domain-specific skills that increase the likelihood of using health information sources and accrue benefits.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between five domain-specific skills of health literacy: Find Health Information (FHI), Appraise Health Information (AHI), Understand Health Information to act (UHI), Actively Manage One's Health (AMH), and E-health literacy (e-Heals), and health information seeking behaviors and three categories of health outcomes. METHODS: A survey was implemented and data was collected from 1062 college going adults and analyzed using bivariate tests and multiple regression analysis. RESULTS: Among the five domain-specific Health Literacy skills, AHI and e-Heals were significantly associated with the use of traditional sources and the Internet for healthcare information respectively. Similarly and AMH and e-Heals were significantly associated with the use of traditional sources and the Internet for health lifestyle information respectively. Lastly AHI, AMH and e-Heals were significantly associated with the three categories of outcomes, and AFH was significantly associated with cognitive and instrumental outcomes, but not doctor-patient communication outcomes. CONCLUSION: Consumers' ability to use different health sources for both healthcare and health lifestyle information, and the three categories of health outcomes are associated with different domain-specific health literacy skills. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Health literacy initiatives may be improved by focusing on clients to develop domain-specific skills that increase the likelihood of using health information sources and accrue benefits.
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