Consumer Health Information Literacy and Information Behavior of Young Adults

Young Adults' Online Sexual Health Information Seeking and Evaluating Skills: Implications for Everyday Life Information Literacy Instruction

“…In fact, young adults ages 18-20 are more likely to search for health information online than to consult with a medical professional (Basch et al, 2018). Research shows that young adults tend to search for health information online, including sexual health information, because it is private (Mitchell et al, 2014;Selkie et al, 2011), anonymous (Charest et al, 2016;Mustanski et al, 2012), accessible (Charest et al, 2016;Selkie et al, 2011), and/or because they may feel uncomfortable discussing their health information needs with others (Bartlett, 2020;Bartlett et al, 2019;Buhi et al, 2009;Delmonaco et al, 2020). However, LGBTQ+ young people have additional reasons as to why they may perform sexual health information seeking online.…”