Yu Lo, Wan-Ting Chen, I-An Wang, Chieh-Yu Liu, Wei J Chen, Chuan-Yu Chen
Family and school social capitals in late childhood predict youthful drinking behaviors and problems
Drug and alcohol dependence
examine relationships among health literacy risk perceptions covid19 information overload health information seeking raceethnicity crosssectional nonprobability community survey conducted december 2020 january 2021 questionnaire developed collaboration local minority health task force albany new york usa 331 adults residing albany ny neighboring areas 803 completion rate multiitem scales used measure health literacy perceived severity perceived susceptibility information overload health information seeking frequency types conducted multivariate regression analysis health literacy standardized 33 p 001 perceived severity 23 p 001 negatively associated information overload information overload negatively associated health information seeking frequency 16 p 05 types 19 p 01 analysis shows several factors including information overload race african americans negatively related seeking specific types information find low health literacy perceived severity contribute information overload information overload adversely affects health information seeking black individuals less likely search certain types information crosssectional study design limits ability determine causality future research employ panel data determine directionality observed relationships