Pathway Linking Internet Health Information Seeking to Better Health: A Moderated Mediation Study

Health Communication

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1024-1031

  Jiang, Shaohai ^a   Street, Richard L ^a,b,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THEORETICAL MODEL; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; NEGOTIATING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84979984715     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2016.1196514     Document Type: Article

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