Associations of eHealth Literacy With Health Behavior Among Adult Internet Users
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Associations of eHealth Literacy With Health Behavior Among Adult Internet Users
BACKGROUND In the rapidly developing use of the Internet in society, eHealth literacy-having the skills to utilize health information on the Internet-has become an important prerequisite for promoting healthy behavior. However, little is known about whether eHealth literacy is associated with health behavior in a representative sample of adult Internet users. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study w...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Internet Research
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1438-8871
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.5413