Health Literacy, Health Information Seeking Behaviors and Internet Use Among Patients Attending a Private and Public Clinic in the Same Geographic Area

Despite the growing body of health information available online, patients with limited health literacy may lack either internet access or skills necessary to utilize this information. Nonetheless, patients at all health literacy levels may prefer other primary sources to obtain health information. W...

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Published in:Journal of community health 2014-02, Vol.39 (1), p.83-89
Main Authors: Gutierrez, Natalia, Kindratt, Tiffany B., Pagels, Patti, Foster, Barbara, Gimpel, Nora E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adult Literacy
Adults
Ambulatory Care Facilities - statistics & numerical data
Clinics
Communication Skills
Community and Environmental Psychology
Community Relations
Computer literacy
Consumer Health Information - methods
Counties
Cross-Sectional Studies
Education
Ethics
Female
Grade 11
Gynecology
Health behavior
Health care
Health education
Health Literacy - statistics & numerical data
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Higher Education
Humans
Information Seeking
Information Seeking Behavior
Information Sources
Internet
Internet - utilization
Low Income
Male
Mathematical Concepts
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
National Surveys
ORIGINAL PAPER
Patient Participation
Patients
Primary Sources
Private Sector
Public Health
Public Sector
Records (Forms)
Socioeconomic Factors
Spanish Speaking
State Surveys
Young Adult
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Summary:Despite the growing body of health information available online, patients with limited health literacy may lack either internet access or skills necessary to utilize this information. Nonetheless, patients at all health literacy levels may prefer other primary sources to obtain health information. We conducted a cross-sectional study to measure health literacy of patients attending two clinics in Dallas, TX and determine associations between health literacy, health information access and internet usage before and after controlling for confounders. Patients from both clinics (county N = 265; private N = 233) completed a brief survey which included sociodemographics, internet patterns, confidence in filling out medical forms and a self-administered Newest Vital Sign to measure health literacy. In the county clinic, most patients (61.5 %) were Hispanic, had low income (
ISSN:0094-5145
1573-3610
DOI:10.1007/s10900-013-9742-5