title: Measuring media use in college students with and without human immunodeficiency virus infection.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Media applications have shown promise for health education. The aims of this study were to develop and evaluate a media survey measure and compare media use among college students with and without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using a cross-sectional, descriptive design, a convenience sample of college students (N = 53) were recruited. Psychometric testing of the media instrument was performed, and the tool was then used to compare media use among HIV-infected undergraduates (n = 15), other undergraduates (n = 23), and nursing students (n = 15).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Psychometric testing of the media instrument demonstrated a high degree of reliability (intraclass correlation = .998; 95% confidence intervals = .997, .999). All respondents had computers with Internet access and cellular phones. Among HIV-infected undergraduate students, 86.7% reported spending 5 minutes or more viewing television during the previous 24 hours outside of school and or work, in comparison with 34.8% of the other undergraduate students with no known chronic illness and 46.7% of the nursing students (p = .002 and .05, respectively). Preferred modes to access health information and communicate with health care providers for all respondents were the Internet (86.8%) and telephone (62.3%), respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Assessment of media use among adolescents and young adults will aid in planning for their health education needs.
authors.forename: Ann-Margaret
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Dunn-Navarra
authors.forename: Sima S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Toussi
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cohn
authors.forename: Natalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Neu
authors.forename: Elaine L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Larson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D061108:Social Media; D013334:Students; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: HIV; Media activites; chronic illness; college-age; media ownership; media use survey