Exploring Health Information Sharing Behavior Among Chinese Older Adults: A Social Support Perspective

Liu, Miao; Yang, Yuqiao; Sun, Ye

doi:10.1080/10410236.2018.1536950

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“…Fulfilling emotional needs through social interaction is similar to but not entirely identical with the coping strategy of emotional support seeking in the Integrated Crisis Mapping Model (Brummette & Fussell Sisco, 2015). In addition to what Brummette and Fussell Sisco (2015) described as seeking emotional support, our participants also want to offer emotional support to their social media contacts by sharing information with them, which is similar to what is described in Liu et al (2019). Resource mobilization is another goal of information sharing.…”

Section: Information Sharing and Self-censorshipsupporting

confidence: 57%

“…Individuals not only look for health information but also share the information they have through interpersonal channels and on social media. People share health information to inform others (De Choudhury et al, 2014), gain more information (Griffin et al, 1999), build one's social capital (Chiu et al, 2006), and provide social support (Liu et al, 2019). Researchers have studied information sharing during EID outbreaks.…”

Section: Health Information Sharingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Health Information Consumption under COVID-19 Lockdown: An Interview Study of Residents of Hubei Province, China

Tang

Zou

2020

Health Communication

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Section: Information Sharing and Self-censorshipsupporting

confidence: 57%

Section: Health Information Sharingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Health Information Consumption under COVID-19 Lockdown: An Interview Study of Residents of Hubei Province, China

Tang

Zou

2020

Health Communication

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“…Moreover, older people use WeChat not only to obtain health information, but also for purposes of socializing [ 55 , 56 , 57 ], such as receiving healthcare suggestions from someone with similar health conditions and sharing useful health tips with families and friends on WeChat. This finding also echoes prior studies indicating that social media platforms are identified as places where elderly people can get together and make social contacts to overcome loneliness, get the latest information about family members and acquaintances, and establish or consolidate their social relationships e.g., [ 58 , 59 ]. For older Chinese, the one-child policy and the new urban migration policy have both led to them living far away from their children, causing a more stratified social structure.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 83%

WeChatting for Health: What Motivates Older Adult Engagement with Health Information

Zhang

Jiang

2021

Healthcare

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Although WeChat has become increasingly popular among Chinese elderly people as a tool to engage with health information, little research has examined their motivations for health purposes and their engagement with health information on the site. By applying the two-stage Use and gratification (U&G) approach, we first conducted in-depth interviews (n = 20) to explore older adults’ distinctive motives. Based on the 22 motives found in the qualitative research, we developed a questionnaire for an online survey (n = 690) to further investigate how these motives affect older adults’ engagement with health information on WeChat. As the result, six motive typologies were identified: information needs, social support, surveillance, social interaction, self-agency building, and technological convenience. Together, these six types of motivations jointly account for 59.9% of the variance in older adults’ engagement with health information (M = 2.71, SD = 0.79, adjusted R2 = 0.59, p < 0.001). Social support and information needs were significant predictors, suggesting that the older WeChat users’ active engagement is driven by personal instrumental gratification. This study examines the explanation power of U&G theory in a health context, as well as provides the practical implication for leveraging mobile social media to improve older people’s healthcare management.

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“…During the Covid-19 pandemic, Millennials might be able to contribute by consistently communicating high-quality and credible healthy food information. Online healthy food information-sharing behaviour might increase the social pressure to consume healthy foods (Liu et al, 2018; Lin and Chang, 2018; Husman et al , 2020a, b). All the while, healthy food consumption was sorely needed to reduce the adverse effects of Covid-19 (Aman and Masood, 2020; Butler et al, 2020; Naja and Hamadeh, 2020).…”

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“…Based on the SCT, people would be more likely to share health information if they have sufficient capability to share health information (Lin and Chang, 2018;Wang et al, 2020). Someone's capability to share health information can be represented by his/her ability to find Millennials' online food information behaviour 2777 credible online health information (Lin and Chang, 2018;Liu et al, 2018). Qualitative research by Husman et al (2020a) shared the notion and found that people were reluctant to share health information because they felt like they did not have sufficient capability on health issues.…”

Section: The Perceived Threat Of Covid-19mentioning

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Factors influencing millennials' online healthy food information-sharing behaviour during the Covid-19 pandemic

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Sumardjo

Saleh

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PurposeDuring Covid-19 pandemic, Millennials, which are familiar with the Internet, may contribute in facing the pandemic by consistently sharing healthy food information. Thus, it is important to improve Millennials online healthy food information-sharing behaviour during the Covid-19 pandemic. This research aims to examine the simultaneous effects of e-health literacy, knowledge of the digital health communication media (DHCM) use, facilitating conditions, information quality and source credibility on Millennials' online healthy food information-sharing behaviour during the Covid-19 pandemic.Design/methodology/approachA survey was performed to collect the data. The respondents of the survey are 205 DHCM millennial users who lived in Tangerang Regency and Tangerang City, Indonesia. This research performed a multiple regression analysis to test the conceptual model and proposed hypotheses.FindingsMillennials' online healthy food information-sharing behaviour during the Covid-19 pandemic was significantly affected by perceived threat of Covid-19, knowledge of the DHCM use and the facilitating conditions. However, it was not significantly affected by e-health literacy, information quality and source credibility.Research limitations/implicationsThis research employed a purposive sampling technique. This research also was conducted only in Tangerang Regency and Tangerang City, Indonesia. In order to test the stability of the research findings, future research should be conducted in other contexts.Practical implicationsIn order to improve Millennials' online healthy food information-sharing behaviour during the Covid-19 pandemic, it was essential to educate Millennials on the importance of healthy food consumption during the Covid-19 pandemic and their relationships. It is also important to enrich Millennials' knowledge of reliable and trustworthy online health information sources, such as the DHCM, and the search method. Furthermore, the facilitating conditions of online healthy food information-sharing behaviour should be improved.Originality/valueIt is well known that online healthy food information-sharing behaviour is important during Covid-19 pandemic. However, there is lack of study that specifically focused on Millennials' online healthy food information-sharing behaviour during the Covid-19 pandemic. This paper is the first that develops and tests a model of Millennials' online healthy food information-sharing behaviour during the Covid-19 pandemic. The model can be used to understand the behaviour and develop intervention strategy.

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Exploring Health Information Sharing Behavior Among Chinese Older Adults: A Social Support Perspective

Cited by 23 publications

References 54 publications

Health Information Consumption under COVID-19 Lockdown: An Interview Study of Residents of Hubei Province, China

Health Information Consumption under COVID-19 Lockdown: An Interview Study of Residents of Hubei Province, China

WeChatting for Health: What Motivates Older Adult Engagement with Health Information

Factors influencing millennials' online healthy food information-sharing behaviour during the Covid-19 pandemic

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