Health literacy and the internet: An exploratory study on the 2013 HINTS survey

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Highlights：

• A multi-stage model for the effects of Internet use on health literacy is derived.

• Heath-related Internet use helps people build health literacy.

• Perceived health information overload discourages building health literacy.

• Internet use mediates the effects of Internet use motivation on health literacy.

• Health information overload mediates the effects of motivation on health literacy.

摘要

•A multi-stage model for the effects of Internet use on health literacy is derived.•Heath-related Internet use helps people build health literacy.•Perceived health information overload discourages building health literacy.•Internet use mediates the effects of Internet use motivation on health literacy.•Health information overload mediates the effects of motivation on health literacy.

论文关键词：Motivation,Internet use,Information overload,Health literacy,Cognitive mediation model

论文评审过程：Received 20 October 2015, Revised 2 January 2016, Accepted 6 January 2016, Available online 14 January 2016, Version of Record 14 January 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.01.007