Ragnhildur I. Bjarnadottir|Mari Millery|Elaine Fleck|Suzanne Bakken
Correlates of online health information-seeking behaviors in a low-income Hispanic community
Columbia University|Columbia University|Columbia University|Columbia University
objective purpose study explore correlates online health informationseeking behaviors among hispanic residents lowincome urban neighborhood methods data collected community survey 1045 unique participants ambulatory care clinics largely hispanic immigrant community northern manhattan new york descriptive correlational analysis conducted using logistic regression results majority participants born outside united states 857 half 503 completed high school logistic regression revealed five independent variables significantly correlated online health informationseeking behaviors age education marital status primary language health literacy age spanish preferred language negatively associated online health informationseeking 093 050 whereas education health literacy positively associated online health informationseeking 428 128 conclusions findings implications designing online health information resources interventions appropriate populations likely reach furthermore findings highlight need special efforts ensure access reliable health information immigrant populations low health literacy