Zhaomeng Niu|Jessica Fitts Willoughby|Rongting Zhou
Associations of Health Literacy, Social Media Use, and Self-Efficacy With Health Information–Seeking Intentions Among Social Media Users in China: Cross-sectional Survey
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey|Washington State University|University of Science and Technology of China
empirical research demonstrated people frequently use social media gathering sharing online health information health literacy social media use selfefficacy important factors may influence peoples health behaviors onlinewe aimed examine associations health literacy healthrelated social media use selfefficacy health behavioral intentions onlinewe conducted crosssectional survey adults 18 years older n449 examine predictors healthrelated behavioral intentions online including health literacy social media use selfefficacy china using 2 moderated mediation models mediation moderation analyses conductedselfefficacy mediated effects health literacy bindirect0213 95 ci 0101 0339 social media use bindirect0023 95 ci 0008 0045 health behavioral intentions social media age moderated effects health literacy selfefficacy p03 previous experience moderated effects social media use selfefficacy p001health literacy healthrelated social media use influenced health behavioral intentions social media via prior effects selfefficacy association health literacy selfefficacy stronger among younger respondents whereas association healthrelated social media use selfefficacy stronger among previously positive experiences health information social media health practitioners target selfefficacy among older populations increase positive media experience related health