Corine S. Meppelink|Edith G. Smit|Nicola Diviani|Julia C.M. van Weert
Health Literacy and Online Health Information Processing: Unraveling the Underlying Mechanisms
University of Amsterdam|University of Amsterdam|University of Amsterdam|University of Amsterdam
usefulness internet health information source largely depends receivers health literacy study investigates mechanisms health literacy affects information recall website attitudes using 2 independent surveys addressing different dutch health websites n 423 n 395 tested mediating role cognitive load imagination ease website involvement results showed influence health literacy information recall website attitudes mediated cognitive load imagination ease marginally website involvement thus improve recall attitudes among people lower health literacy online health communication consist information cognitively demanding easy imagine