Susan Quinn|Raymond Bond|Chris Nugent
Quantifying health literacy and eHealth literacy using existing instruments and browser-based software for tracking online health information seeking behavior
University of Ulster|University of Ulster|University of Ulster
citizens increasingly using internetbased resources obtain understand health information point need ability locate evaluate use online health information may influenced individuals level health literacy ehealth literacy advanced ehealth literacy skills may utilise efficient online search strategies identify higher quality health information resources paper describes study investigated associations health literacy ehealth literacy actual online health information seeking behavior accurately quantifying online health information seeking behavior difficult integrated software web browser objectively monitor online interactions search queries uniform resource locators recruited 54 participants search information related common health topics received 307 answers 752 correct however despite adequate health ehealth literacies participants relied search engine results guide locating information resources furthermore 963 participants utilised unaccredited health information answer questions findings suggest ehealth literate individuals may always utilise effective online searching strategies pearsons productmoment correlation indicated relationship health ehealth literacy scores statistically significant