title: Relationship Between Parental and Adolescent eHealth Literacy and Online Health Information Seeking in Taiwan.
abstract: This study examined the relationship between parental and adolescent eHealth literacy and its impact on online health information seeking. Data were obtained from 1,869 junior high school students and 1,365 parents in Taiwan in 2013. Multivariate analysis results showed that higher levels of parental Internet skill and eHealth literacy were associated with an increase in parental online health information seeking. Parental eHealth literacy, parental active use Internet mediation, adolescent Internet literacy, and health information literacy were all related to adolescent eHealth literacy. Similarly, adolescent Internet/health information literacy, eHealth literacy, and parental active use Internet mediation, and parental online health information seeking were associated with an increase in adolescent online health information seeking. The incorporation of eHealth literacy courses into parenting programs and school education curricula is crucial to promote the eHealth literacy of parents and adolescents.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Health Promotion and Health Education, National Taiwan Normal University , Taipei, Taiwan .
authors.forename: Fong-Ching
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: 2 Graduate Institute of Information and Computer Education, National Taiwan Normal University , Taipei, Taiwan .
authors.forename: Chiung-Hui
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.affiliation: 3 The Graduate Institute of Mass Communication, National Taiwan Normal University , Taipei, Taiwan .
authors.forename: Ping-Hung
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: 4 Department of Nursing, Taipei Medical University , Taipei, Taiwan .
authors.forename: Nae-Fang
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Miao
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Health Promotion and Health Education, National Taiwan Normal University , Taipei, Taiwan .
authors.forename: Ching-Mei
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: 5 Department of Statistics, National Chengchi University , Taipei, Taiwan .
authors.forename: Jeng-Tung
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Chiang
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Health Promotion and Health Education, National Taiwan Normal University , Taipei, Taiwan .
authors.forename: Ying-Chun
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Pan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003197:Computer Literacy; D005260:Female; D057220:Health Literacy; D006801:Humans; D057226:Information Seeking Behavior; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D013334:Students; D013624:Taiwan; D017216:Telemedicine