Health information seeking, diet and physical activity: An empirical assessment by medium and critical demographics
Health information seeking, diet and physical activity: An empirical assessment by medium and critical demographics
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.04.003
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发表时间：
2011-08-01
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
Hong, Traci
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作者：
Beaudoin, Christopher E.;Hong, Traci
目的：过去十年的研究表明，通过互联网寻求健康信息的人数急剧增加，并阐明了健康信息寻求的各种概况和结果。在这项研究的基础上，当前的研究创新性地考虑了媒体寻求健康信息的预测因素，以及媒体和关键人口统计的健康信息寻求结果。方法：OLS回归和逻辑回归是根据2007年美国成年人电话调查的数据进行的（N = 700）。结果：健康信息寻求者的概况因媒介（互联网、报纸、电视）的不同而差异很大。就结果而言，报纸健康信息搜索与水果和蔬菜消费相关，而电视健康信息搜索与甜软饮料消费相关。这两个健康信息寻求变量与不健康零食消费之间存在四个显着的交互项。互联网健康信息搜索没有显着影响。结论：与互联网相比，报纸和电视媒体与推荐的生活方式行为水平有更有利的关联，这对于美国减少肥胖的努力可能至关重要。 (C) 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. 保留所有权利。
Purpose: Research over the past decade has conveyed a dramatic rise in health information seeking via the Internet and articulated various profiles and outcomes of health information seeking. In building upon this research, the current study is innovative in considering predictors of health information seeking by medium, as well as outcomes of health information seeking by medium and by critical demographics.Methods: OLS regression and logistic regression are conducted on data from a telephone survey of American adults in 2007 (N = 700).Results: Profiles of health information seekers vary dramatically by medium (Internet versus newspapers versus television). In terms of outcomes, newspaper health information seeking is associated with fruit and vegetable consumption, while television health information seeking is associated with sweetened soft drink consumption. There are four significant interaction terms between these two health information seeking variables and unhealthy snack consumption. Internet health information seeking has no significant effects.Conclusions: In comparison to the Internet, newspaper and television media have more favorable associations with recommended levels of lifestyle behaviors that may be critical in efforts to decrease obesity in the United States. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.