Robert Mayes, Joseph Dauer, David Owens
Convergence and transdisciplinary teaching in quantitative biology
Quantitative plant biology
ehealth literacy ability seek obtain decipher online health information ohi health disease management rapid developments ehealth eg health care services online information place increased demands patients high ehealth literacy levels yet greater emphasis ehealth may disproportionately affect groups limited ehealth literacy cultural background language ehealth literacy influential considerations affecting health care information access health care use successful ehealth resource use may influence ohi seeking behavioral change toward cancer prevention study aimed characterize extent ohi seeking ehealth literacy among spanishdominant sd latino adults aged 50 75 years aimed examine potential associations sociodemographic characteristics preventive health model phm constructs ohiseeking behaviors ehealth literacy separately participants n76 selfidentified latino enrolled colorectal cancer crc screening intervention aged 50 75 years average risk crc date crc screening preferred receiving health information spanish describe participants sociodemographic characteristics phm constructs ohiseeking behaviors ehealth literacyamong seeking ohiassessed enrollment descriptive analyses first performed variables next primary univariate logistic analyses explored possible associations ohi seeking finally using data seeking ohi exploratory univariate analyses sought possible associations ehealth literacy majority 5176 67 participants female 62 4776 reported graduated high school 41 3176 reported unemployed annual income less us 10000 additionally 75 5776 participants reported health insurance total 71 5476 participants reported sought ohi others univariate logistic regression suggested higher educational attainment significantly associated increased likelihood sought ohi odds ratio 174 95 ci 201507 p009 among seeking ohi 2276 29 27 622 risk low ehealth literacy based ehealth literacy scale score less 26 among ohi seekers 2276 29 examination associations found higher ehealth literacy associated greater selfefficacy screening fecal immunochemical test 120 95 ci 014226 p02 sd latino participants sought ohi others eg family friends thus potentially limiting access beneficial online resources preliminary findings convey higher ehealth literacy occurs among higher selfefficacy crc screening findings inform areas focus future largerscale investigations including exploration reasons seeking ohi among sd latino adults indepth look ehealth literacy cancer screening behaviors clinicaltrialsgov nct03078361 httpsclinicaltrialsgovct2shownct03078361