Fuzhi Wang|Dan Luo|Sun Wei|Tingting Yan|Dehua Hu|Wei Pan|Aijing Luo
Health Information Literacy and Barriers of Online Health Information Seeking Among Digital Immigrants in Rural China: A Preliminary Survey
Bengbu Medical College|Bengbu Medical College|Bengbu Medical College|Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University|Central South University|Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University|Central South University|Bengbu Medical College|Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University|Central South University
evaluate health information literacy hil level influencing factors among digital immigrants rural china investigate obstacles online health information seeking crosssectional study digital immigrants aged 45 65 rural china selfassessment questionnaires semistructured interview developed measure hil among 1132 participants nonparametric tests multiple linear regression employed explain influencing factors hil level digital immigrants low age education level experience internet use impacted hil digital immigrants primarily accessed internet via mobile terminals poor information skills lack hil education low readability online health information major barriers online health information seeking although respondents recognized positive effects healthrelated information health promotion abilities seek evaluate apply health information weak government incorporate hil national health literacy promotion program strengthen legislative supervision online health information