title: Determinants of adoption of smartphone health apps among college students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the effects of cognitive and contingent factors on the adoption of smartphone health apps, focusing on the technology acceptance model (TAM).
  
  
  METHODS
  American college students (N = 422), who currently owned smartphones but were not using health apps, completed an online survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results from a path analysis mostly supported the proposed hypotheses, showing that subjective norm, health consciousness, health information orientation, and Internet health information use efficacy significantly affected the main components of TAM.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Study findings provide scholars and practitioners with an empirical model of explaining the cognitive and micro-mechanisms of determining the adoption of health apps, especially among younger populations.
authors.affiliation: Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jaehee
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC.
authors.forename: Margaret M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Quinlan
authors.affiliation: Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon, Republic of Korea. dongjinpark@hallym.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Dongjin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ghee-Young
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Noh
mesh_terms: D040421:Cell Phone; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D057220:Health Literacy; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D063731:Mobile Applications; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013334:Students; D014495:Universities