Correlates of online health information-seeking behaviors in a low-income Hispanic community

Informatics for Health and Social Care

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 341-349

  Bjarnadottir, R I ^a   Millery, M ^a,b   Fleck, E ^c   Bakken, S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health behavior; health information seeking; Hispanic Americans; Internet

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH LITERACY; HIGH SCHOOL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; RESIDENT; UNITED STATES; ADULT; FEMALE; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MALE; POVERTY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; POVERTY;

EID: 84958550471     PISSN: 17538157     EISSN: 17538165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17538157.2015.1064429     Document Type: Article

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