Health Information Sourcing and Health Knowledge Quality: Repeated Cross-sectional Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People's health-related knowledge influences health outcomes, as this knowledge may influence whether individuals follow advice from their doctors or public health agencies. Yet, little attention has been paid to where people obtain health information and how these information sources relate to the quality of knowledge.

Objective

We aim to discover what information sources people use to learn about health conditions, how these sources relate to the quality of their health knowledge, and how both the number of information sources and health knowledge change over time.

Methods

We surveyed 200 different individuals at 12 time points from March through September 2020. At each time point, we elicited participants' knowledge about causes, risk factors, and preven

SUBMITTER: Korshakova E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9557754 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature