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17 - Adolescents’ Use of Digital Health Information

from Part III - Activities in Cyber Behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 December 2024

By
Karen M. Scott ,
Jaimie L. Freeman ,
Tiffany B. Allen  and
Patrina H. Y. Caldwell
Edited by
Zheng Yan
Zheng Yan
Affiliation:
University at Albany, State University of New York
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Summary

1 How and Why Adolescents Search for Digital Health Information

 1.1 Why Adolescents Search for Digital Health Information

 1.2 How Adolescents Search for Digital Health Information

 1.3 Barriers to Searching for Digital Health Information

 1.4 Adolescents’ Level of Trust When Accessing Digital Health Information

2 Appraisal of Digital Health Information

 2.1 How Adolescents Appraise Websites: Initial Appraisal

 2.2 How Adolescents Appraise Websites: Appraisal of Language and Text Type

 2.3 How Adolescents Appraise Websites: Appraisal of Content

 2.4 Lack of Appraisal Strategy

 2.5 Future Research in Search and Appraisal

3 Adolescents, Digital Health Information and Social Media

 3.1 Adolescents’ Use of Digital Health Information on Social Media

 3.2 The Role of Trust in Adolescents’ Use of Digital Health Information on Social Media

 3.3 Trust in the Social Media Platform or Service

 3.4 Trust in the Other Social Media Users

 3.5 Trust in Digital Health Content from Social Media

 3.6 The Changing Landscape of Social Media: Future Directions

4 What Adolescents Do with Digital Health Information

 4.1 Accessing Digital Health Information: Changing Health and Help-Seeking Behaviours

 4.2 Emotional Experience of Digital Health Information: Impact on Health and Health Behaviours

 4.3 Digital Health Interventions: Influencing Adolescents’ Choices and Health Behaviours

5 Concluding Thoughts and Future Directions

Keywords

adolescentyoung peopleeHealth literacydigital health literacycritical health literacyhealth educationhealth promotioninformation seeking behaviordigital health informationonline health information
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The Cambridge Handbook of Cyber Behavior , pp. 487 - 516
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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