Online health information seeking and digital health literacy among information and learning resources undergraduate students

Abdoh, Esra Seddiq

doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2022.102603

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“…Not only that, technology-assisted learning increases students' creativity and independence in learning (Wiyanto et al, 2022;İncİk & İncİk, 2022;Serin & Bozdağ, 202). Furthermore, teachers are more helpful if their students can access information more quickly about the subject matter being taught (Abdoh, 2022;.…”

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Effectiveness of STEM-Based Learning in Teaching 21 st Century Skills in Generation Z Student in Science Learning: A Meta-Analysis

Ichsan

Suharyat²,

Santosa³

et al. 2023

jppipa, pendidikan ipa, fisika, biologi, kimia

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This study aims to determine the effectiveness of STEM-based learning to train Z generation students' 21st century skills in science learning. This research is a kind of meta-analysis research. The research sample came from an analysis of 16 reputable national and international journals. Data search was obtained through the Google Scholar database, Springer, Hindawi and Eric. Data screening was carried out strictly and thoroughly. The sampling technique is a purposive sampling technique. The data used as the research sample has a relationship with the independent variable and the dependent variable, namely the effectiveness of STEM-based learning on the 21st century skills of Generation Z students in learning science. Data analysis is a qualitative and quantitative data analysis technique by calculating the value of the effect size (ES), the average value and the N-Gain assisted by the JSAP application with the sig value criteria. 0.05. The results showed that the application of STEM-based learning was effective in training the 21st century skills of Genera Z students in science learning with an effect size (ES) value of 1.47 and an N-gain of 0.86 in the high category

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Effectiveness of STEM-Based Learning in Teaching 21 st Century Skills in Generation Z Student in Science Learning: A Meta-Analysis

Ichsan

Suharyat²,

Santosa³

et al. 2023

jppipa, pendidikan ipa, fisika, biologi, kimia

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“…The study findings indicate that a significant majority (60%) of the university students used a variety of digital platforms (73 to 94%) to search for COVID-19 information, such as search engines, social media, news portals, health portals, Wikipedia, websites of public institutions, YouTube, blogs on health, and websites of doctors or health insurance companies, which was also reported among medical students in Iran [48]. Similarly, studies in the USA [9], Portugal [10], Slovenia [11], China/Malaysia/Philippines [12], Saudi Arabia [13], and Vietnam [14] established that university students often used the internet, search engines (e.g., Google, Bing, Yahoo), Wikipedia, social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter), news portals (e.g., newspapers, TV stations), and websites of public bodies/official institutions to obtain information about COVID-19 during the pandemic. These observations were similarly reported in a study among undergraduate college students in America [49] who also used various search engines and multiple websites to find health information, albeit not specifically for COVID-19related information.…”

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“…Some topical or thematic areas that the students searched during the COVID-19 period were the current spread of the disease, restrictions, recommendations and risk assessments, symptoms of the disease, and the psychological consequences of the epidemic [7]. Similar studies established that university students in America [9], Europe [10,11], and Asia [12][13][14] often used the internet, search engines (e.g., Google, Bing, Yahoo), Wikipedia, social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter), news portals (e.g., newspapers, TV stations), and websites of public bodies/official institutions. Some of the information searched during the pandemic were the latest updated news on the pandemic, disease symptoms, restrictions, current spread of the disease, preventions, and vaccines.…”

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“…Particularly, investigators in Germany [7,23], Italy [24], Portugal [10], and East and South-East Asia [China, Malaysia, Philippines] [12] found that their university students had a high level of DHL for online health information seeking. Comparable conclusions were drawn in Slovenia [11], Denmark [15], Vietnam [18], Pakistan [4], Malaysia [19], and Saudi Arabia [13]. The capability to retrieve health information is crucial in preserving good health.…”

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Assessing Internet Surfing Behaviours and Digital Health Literacy among University Students in Ghana during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Britwum

Anin

Agormedah

et al. 2023

COVID

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This study assessed the internet surfing behaviours and digital health literacy (DHL) among university students in Ghana during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research was guided by three major objectives: (1) examine the online information searching behaviours of university students during the COVID-19 pandemic, (2) investigate the thematic areas university students searched during COVID-19, and (3) examine the DHL level of university students. The study conveniently sampled 1014 university students to solicit their responses through questionnaire administration. Using frequency and percent counts, multiple response analysis, as well as mean and standard deviation, the study revealed that the predominant platforms university students used were search engines (n = 954, 94.1%), social media (n = 950, 93.7%), and WhatsApp (n = 950, 93.7%). Predominant themes among the thematic areas university students searched during COVID-19 were symptoms of COVID-19 (n = 701, 81.7%), COVID-19 vaccines (n = 689, 80.3%), and transmission routes of the coronavirus (n = 664, 77.4%). Further, other results showed that students enrolled in health-related programmes showed significantly higher levels of DHL compared to those in non-health-related programmes. The findings suggest the need to implement health education measures to strengthen students’ health literacy capacities and their DHL ability. This finding requires governments and health authorities to implement evidence-informed health communication strategies to provide valid and reliable health information concerning the COVID-19 pandemic and support individuals to make health-promoting decisions.

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“…Students often used satisficing techniques, the tradeoff between time to access and accuracy of information, for health information seeking before the pandemic (Sin, 2015). These satisficing techniques were also observed in students during the early stages of the pandemic (Abdoh, 2022). A key indicator of satisficing, many students did not pay attention to where health information came from or the accuracy of the sources (Bartlett & Bowen-Ziecheck, lth information seeking (Amiri, Moulaei, Bahaadinbeigy, Ghaemi, & Sheikhtaheri, 2022).…”

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The COVID‐19 Pandemic's Impact on Credibility of Health Sources Among Undergraduate Students

Bowen‐Ziecheck,

Bartlett

2023

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Tech

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The following poster reports the preliminary results of a comparison between a 2017 survey on health information and the same survey administered in 2023. The primary research question is: How did the COVID‐19 pandemic impact undergraduate students' judgement of credibility in health information sources? Recent research has shown that student health information seeking has changed around the COVID‐19 pandemic. However, the research has not noted whether the pandemic has had a lasting impact on credibility of sources during health information seeking at the presumptive tail end of the pandemic in 2023. The original study in 2017 surveyed the undergraduate population of McGill University. The same survey was readministered in 2023, with COVID‐19 specific questions added. The preliminary analysis suggests that the COVID‐19 pandemic impacted students' judgement of credibility in health information sources. There were negative changes in the perceived credibility of family/friends, well‐known websites, wiki, blogs/forums, and social media for both everyday life health and COVID‐19 information from 2017 to 2023. Conversely, government/university, scholarly books/journals, and TV/radio all saw increases in perceived credibility for both everyday life health and COVID‐19 information.

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Online health information seeking and digital health literacy among information and learning resources undergraduate students

Cited by 22 publications

References 30 publications

Effectiveness of STEM-Based Learning in Teaching 21 st Century Skills in Generation Z Student in Science Learning: A Meta-Analysis

Effectiveness of STEM-Based Learning in Teaching 21 st Century Skills in Generation Z Student in Science Learning: A Meta-Analysis

Assessing Internet Surfing Behaviours and Digital Health Literacy among University Students in Ghana during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID‐19 Pandemic's Impact on Credibility of Health Sources Among Undergraduate Students

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