Florence Samkange?Zeeb|Liubov Borisova|Beatriz Padilla|Hannah Bradby|Jenny Phillimore|Hajo Zeeb|Tilman Brand
Superdiversity, migration and use of internet-based health information – results of a cross-sectional survey conducted in 4 European countries
Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS|Uppsala University|University of South Florida|Uppsala University|University of Birmingham|Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen|University of Bremen|Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS
abstract background studies factors associated use internetbased health information generally focus general rather migrant populations study looked reasons internetbased health information used effects migrationrelated factors sociodemographic characteristics healthrelated factors tendency consult internet methods crosssectional survey conducted eight superdiverse neighbourhoods two birmingham united kingdom bremen germany lisbon portugal uppsala sweden participants presented six scenarios asked indicate resources relied addressing health concern given list scenarios included establishing underlying causes health concern seeking information prescription drugs treatments services available part public healthcare system list resources included public healthcare system alternative medicine family friends internet frequencies internet consulted different scenario calculated compared across participating cities association consulting internetbased health information migrationrelated factors sociodemographic characteristics well healthrelated factors selfreported health health literacy assessed using multivariable logistic regressions results 2570 participants four cities included analyses 47 migrant background 35 originated noneu countries third reported relying internetbased health information least one given scenarios two frequently chosen scenarios find possible treatments prescription drugs generally using internetbased health information negatively associated first generation migrant 065 95 ci 046093 poor local language competency 025 95 ci 014045 older age 60 years 021 95 ci 015031 low education 035 95 ci 024050 positively associated low trust physicians 213 95 ci 147310 conclusion findings indicate need consider migration background language competency promoting provision healthcare services via internet information services widely accessible