Determinants of adoption of smartphone health apps among college students

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 860-870

  Cho, Jaehee ^a   Quinlan, Margaret M ^b   Park, Dongjin ^c   Noh, Ghee Young ^c  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Health consciousness; Health information orientation; Internet health information use efficacy; Smartphone health apps; Technology acceptance model (TAM)

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; STUDENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY;

CELL PHONES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84907025348     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: 19457359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.38.6.8     Document Type: Article

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