The Internet Use for Health Information Seeking among Ghanaian University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT: The aim of the study was to investigate university students' use of the Internet for health purpose in the Ghanaian context. The study employed a quantitative cross-sectional design. A total of 650 out of 740 students selected from 3 different universities participated, giving a response rate of 87.7% (650/740). Data were obtained using questionnaires and frequency and percentages were used to analyze data. The results show that university students are active users of the Internet as 78.3% (509/650) used Internet daily and 67.7% (440/650) use Internet for health purposes, for reasons including availability and ease of accessing information, privacy, confidentiality, and affordability. Use of Internet was constrained by unreliable and slow connection, high cost of Internet, and unreliable p

SUBMITTER: Osei Asibey B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5684546 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature