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e-Health and new moms: Contextual factors associated with sources of health information.
- Source :
- Public Health Nursing; Nov/Dec2017, Vol. 34 Issue 6, p561-568, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Objective Guided by the Uses and Gratifications approach, to examine mothers' use and preference of e-Health media, and associated contextual factors. Design and Sample Cross-sectional survey of 165 mothers (White, African-American, and Hispanic) from a stratified random sample. Measures Use of online media about mother -baby care; favorite websites about motherhood and best-liked features of Web sites; channel preferences (Web site, postal mail, text) for receiving three types of health information; and contextual factors, e.g., education. Results Media use ranged from 96% for health information searches about babies to 46% for YouTube viewing about mother -baby topics. Contextual factors, such as education, were associated with media use. Babycenter was the most frequently reported favorite Web site and rich, relevant information was the best-liked feature. Across three health topics (weight, stress/depression, parenting) mothers preferred receiving information by Web site, followed by postal mail and least by text messaging (χ<superscript>2</superscript> statistics, p < .001). Stress and race/ethnicity were among factors associated with preferences. Conclusions Mothers widely used e-Health related media, but use was associated with contextual factors. In public health efforts to reach new mothers, partnering with mother-favored Web sites, focusing on audience-relevant media, and adopting attributes of successful sites are recommended strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- REGULATION of body weight
CHI-squared test
CHILDREN'S accident prevention
STATISTICAL correlation
HEALTH education
INFANT care
INTERNET
MEDICINE information services
MOTHERHOOD
MOTHERS
PARENTING
POSTPARTUM depression
PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
PUERPERIUM
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
HEALTH self-care
STATISTICS
PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
SURVEYS
WORLD Wide Web
EMAIL
INFORMATION resources
ELECTRONIC publications
TEXT messages
SOCIAL support
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
INFORMATION-seeking behavior
THEMATIC analysis
SOCIAL media
INFORMATION needs
INTER-observer reliability
CROSS-sectional method
PARENTING education
HEALTH information services
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
FRIEDMAN test (Statistics)
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07371209
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Public Health Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 126113473
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12347