Deena J. Chisolm|Dana S. Hardin|Karen McCoy|Lauren Johnson|Ann Scheck McAlearney|William Gardner
Health Literacy and Willingness to Use Online Health Information by Teens with Asthma and Diabetes
Nationwide Children's Hospital|The Ohio State University|The Ohio State University|Nationwide Children's Hospital|Nationwide Children's Hospital|The Ohio State University|Nationwide Children's Hospital|The Ohio State University
objectivethis study measured health literacy population teens treatment asthma diabetes tested association health literacy willingness use online health resourcesmaterials methodsabout 180 patients aged 1318 years treated asthma diabetes specialty care clinics completed assessments demographic characteristics health literacy internet access use teens provided resource page listing selected publicly available healthrelated web sites asked perceived ease use perceived usefulness intent use listed web sites relationship demographic characteristics health literacy online health information use tested using chisquared fishers exact test predictors intent use resource page web sites assessed using bivariate multivariate ordinal logistic regressionresultsabout 92 participants adequate health literacy 50 participants previously searched online health information older age significant predictor health information search teens 79 reported intent use least one web site resource page least occasionally within next 3 months higher health literacy odds ratio or624 p001 stronger perceived usefulness or174 p001 associated greater intent regular use controlling demographic internet access variablesconclusionsteens lower health literacy searched online health information often peers higher literacy less likely express intent use recommended sites belief usefulness web site strongest attitudinal predictor intended future use