title: Progress on Broadband Access to the Internet and Use of Mobile Devices in the United States.
abstract: Healthy People 2020 (HP2020) aims to improve population health outcomes through several objectives, including health communication and health information technology. We used 7 administrations of the Health Information National Trends Survey to examine HP2020 goals toward access to the Internet through broadband and mobile devices (N = 34 080). We conducted descriptive analyses and obtained predicted marginals, also known as model-adjusted risks, to estimate the association between demographic characteristics and use of mobile devices. The HP2020 target (7.7% of the US population) for accessing the Internet through a cellular network was surpassed in 2014 (59.7%), but the HP2020 target (83.2%) for broadband access fell short (63.8%). Sex and age were associated with accessing the Internet through a cellular network throughout the years (Wald F test, P <.05). The increase in the percentage of people accessing the Internet through mobile devices presents an opportunity for technology-based health interventions that should be explored.
authors.affiliation: 1 Office of the Associate Director, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Katrina J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Serrano
authors.affiliation: 2 Health Communication and Informatics Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Chan L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Thai
authors.affiliation: 2 Health Communication and Informatics Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Alexandra J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.affiliation: 2 Health Communication and Informatics Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Kelly D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Blake
authors.affiliation: 1 Office of the Associate Director, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Richard P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.affiliation: 2 Health Communication and Informatics Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Bradford W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Hesse
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D058015:Health Communication; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D059015:Wireless Technology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Healthy People 2020; health communication; health information national trends survey; health information technology