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ERIC Number: EJ1467237
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Feb
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1090-1981
EISSN: EISSN-1552-6127
Available Date: 0000-00-00
The Indirect Effects of Health Information Seeking on Health Lifestyle: Health Literacy Matters
Wufan Jia1; Mengru Sun2; Guanxiong Huang1; Brett Payton3; Wenting Yu4
Health Education & Behavior, v52 n1 p113-121 2025
To unpack the process of how health information seeking influences health behaviors, we examined the mediating roles of interpersonal discussion and online information sharing in the associations between health information seeking and healthy lifestyle behaviors and the moderating role of health literacy in the associations among health information seeking, interpersonal discussion, online information sharing, and healthy lifestyle behaviors. Data from a large-scale, representative survey (N = 916) revealed that interpersonal discussion and online information sharing mediated the associations between health information seeking and healthy lifestyle behaviors. The associations between health information seeking and interpersonal discussion and between health information seeking and online information sharing were stronger for individuals with high health literacy than those with low health literacy. Findings advance the understanding of the influence of health information seeking and provide practical guidance for promoting a healthy lifestyle.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China (Shanghai)
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Author Affiliations: 1City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; 2Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China; 3Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; 4The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China