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The Associations Among Individual Factors, eHealth Literacy, and Health-Promoting Lifestyles Among College Students.

Shu-Ching YangYi-Fang LuoChia-Hsun Chiang
Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2017)
This study found that participants who majored in medical fields had greater concern with their health and frequently sought health information, exhibited better eHealth literacy, and had a positive health-promoting lifestyle. Moreover, this study showed that college students with a higher critical eHealth literacy engaged better in health-promoting activities than those with functional and interactive literacy.
Keyphrases
  • health information
  • social media
  • healthcare
  • public health
  • mental health
  • metabolic syndrome
  • type diabetes
  • cardiovascular disease
  • physical activity
  • weight loss
  • climate change
  • risk assessment