Jie Wang|Xin Wang|Wang Lei|Yan Peng
Health Information Needs of Young Chinese People Based on an Online Health Community: Topic and Statistical Analysis
Capital Normal University|Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications|Stony Brook University|State University of New York|Capital Normal University|Capital Normal University
internet widely accessible well accepted young people however limited understanding internet usage patterns characteristics issues related health problems contents posted online health communities ohcs valuable resources learn youths health information needsin study concurrently exploited statistical analysis topic analysis online health information needs explore distribution impact factors topics interest relevant chinese young peoplewe collected 60478 healthrelated data sets posted young people wellknown chinese ohc named xywycom descriptive statistical analysis correlation analysis applied find distribution influence factors information needs chinese young people furthermore general 4step topic mining strategy presented sparse short texts included sentence vectorization dimension reduction clustering keyword generationin chinese ohc chinese young people high demand information areas gynecology obstetrics internal medicine dermatology plastic surgery surgery focused topics treatment symptoms causes pathology diet females accounted 6967 4213660478 young adults accounted 8744 5288260478 data gender age disease type significant effect young peoples information needs topic preferences p001we conducted comprehensive analyses discover online health information needs chinese young people research findings great practical value carry health education health knowledge dissemination inside outside schools according interests youth enable innovation information services ohcs improve health literacy young people