Does online health information seeking act like a health behavior?: A test of the behavioral model

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 154-160

  Chisolm, Deena J ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance learning; E health; Telehealth

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL MODEL; COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISTANCE LEARNING; EHEALTH; HEALTH CONDITION; HEALTH CRISIS; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH-SPEED ACCESS; HISPANICS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; INTERNET ACCESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MENTAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIOS; ONLINE HEALTH INFORMATION; PREDISPOSING FACTORS; TELEHEALTH; USER PROFILE;

DISTANCE EDUCATION; INFORMATION USE; INTERNET; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICINE; NUTRITION;

HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONLINE SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ODDS RATIO; ONLINE SYSTEMS; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949878371     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2009.0102     Document Type: Article

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