Electronic Health Information Literacy: An Investigation of the Electronic Health Information Knowledge and Skills of Health Education Majors
dc.contributor.advisor | Eddy, James | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Pruitt, Buster | |
dc.creator | Hanik, Bruce Walter | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-07-16T15:57:06Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-07-16T20:21:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-07-16T15:57:06Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-07-16T20:21:25Z | |
dc.date.created | 2011-05 | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-07-16 | |
dc.date.submitted | May 2011 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9366 | |
dc.description.abstract | Health educators are expected to serve as resource of health knowledge and being e-health literate enable health educators to perform that function. However, the e-health literacy level of health education undergraduate students is rarely explored. A systematic literature review was conducted in order to investigate the e-health literacy levels of undergraduate students. The Research Readiness Self-Assessment-health (RRSA-h) was used to measure the ability of health education majors to find and evaluate electronic health information and a Q-study was conducted to investigate student characteristics that distinguish between those with high, middle, and low levels of e-health literacy. A convenience sample of 77 health education majors completed the RRSA-h. A MANOVA revealed that e-health literacy levels differed among classification level [F(4,140) = 2.597, p = .039]. Thirteen health education majors participated in the Q-study. An exploratory factor analysis revealed three types of e-health literate students exist among the majors. The literature revealed that college students have limited ability to find and evaluate electronic health information. The RRSA-h indicated that lower-level college students have less ability to find and evaluate e-health information than upper level students. The Q-study suggested that three types of health education majors exist and could be differentiated by their scores on the RRSA-h. The results of the study have implications for the development of instructional techniques to improve the e-health levels of health education majors. Specifically, the RRSA-h can be used to measure e-health literacy levels among health education majors and learning opportunities can be tailored to improve their e-health literacy levels. | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.subject | health education | en |
dc.subject | e-health literacy | en |
dc.subject | college students | en |
dc.title | Electronic Health Information Literacy: An Investigation of the Electronic Health Information Knowledge and Skills of Health Education Majors | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
thesis.degree.department | Health and Kinesiology | en |
thesis.degree.discipline | Health Education | en |
thesis.degree.grantor | Texas A&M University | en |
thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en |
thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | en |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Ballard, Danny | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Hall, Robert | |
dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
dc.type.material | text | en |
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