Online health information seeking, health literacy, and human papillomavirus vaccination among transgender and gender-diverse people.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this study is to describe online health information seeking among a sample of transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people compared with cisgender sexual minority people to explore associations with human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, and whether general health literacy and eHealth literacy moderate this relationship.

Materials and methods

We performed a cross-sectional online survey of TGD and cisgender sexual minority participants from The PRIDE Study, a longitudinal, U.S.-based, national health study of sexual and gender minority people. We employed multivariable logistic regression to model the association of online health information seeking and HPV vaccination.

Results

The online survey yielded 3258 responses. Compared with cisgender

SUBMITTER: Pho AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8757308 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature