The Association Between Online Health Information–Seeking Behaviors and Health Behaviors Among Hispanics in New York City: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Young Ji Lee, Bernadette Boden‐Albala, Haomiao Jia, Adam Wilcox, Suzanne Bakken

Journal of Medical Internet Research · 2015 · 64 citations · 72 references

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Abstract

Given the promising, although modest, associations between online health information-seeking behaviors and some health behaviors, efforts are needed to improve Hispanics' ability to access and understand health information and to enhance the availability of online health information that is suitable in terms of language, readability level, and cultural relevance.

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