Online health information-seeking behaviors and skills of Chinese college students.
Dangui ZhangWeixin ZhanChunwen ZhengJinsheng ZhangAnqi HuangShuan HuWilliam Ba-TheinPublished in: BMC public health (2021)
This study reveals Chinese college students' heavy reliance on OHI to manage their own and others' health without sufficient knowledge/skills to identify misinformation and disinformation. The apparent risky information-seeking behaviors of Chinese college students warrant the provision of regulated, accurate, and actionable health information; assurance of cybersecurity; and health information literacy promotion in colleges by concerned authorities.