Vader Amanda M, Walters Scott T, Roudsari Bahaman, Nguyen Norma
University of Texas School of Public Health, Dallas, Texas 75390-9128, USA.
Health Promot Pract. 2011 Sep;12(5):713-22. doi: 10.1177/1524839910369995. Epub 2011 Jan 31.
This study aims to identify predictors of use of health information sources among U.S. college students. For this purpose, the Spring 2006 American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment (ACHA-NCHA) database of 94,806 students at 117 colleges and universities was used. Univariate and multivariable analyses of survey data were conducted. The four most believable sources of health information as indicated by survey respondents were health center medical staff, health educators, faculty or coursework, and parents. Health center medical staff, health educators, and faculty or coursework were underutilized in relation to their perceived believability, whereas parents were both used and believed at high frequencies. In general, older students, females, full time students, and Black and Hispanic students were more likely to use information from one of the four health sources. However, there was considerable subgroup variability, especially in the use of parents as a health information source. The authors conclude that information on use and believability of health information sources can help colleges to design more effective health information campaigns.
本研究旨在确定美国大学生使用健康信息来源的预测因素。为此，使用了2006年春季美国大学健康协会-全国大学健康评估（ACHA-NCHA）数据库，该数据库涵盖了117所学院和大学的94,806名学生。对调查数据进行了单变量和多变量分析。调查受访者指出的四个最可信的健康信息来源是健康中心医务人员、健康教育工作者、教师或课程以及家长。健康中心医务人员、健康教育工作者以及教师或课程相对于其可信度而言未得到充分利用，而家长则被高频率使用且被信任。总体而言，年龄较大的学生、女性、全日制学生以及黑人和西班牙裔学生更有可能使用来自这四个健康信息来源之一的信息。然而，存在相当大的亚组差异，尤其是在将家长作为健康信息来源的使用方面。作者得出结论，关于健康信息来源的使用和可信度的信息可以帮助高校设计更有效的健康信息宣传活动。
