개인의 건강정보지향, 인터넷 건강정보에 대한 태도, e-헬스 리터러시 수준과 건강 관련 행위의 관계

As a valuable source of information related to an individual's health, the role of Internet is growing. Many studies have proved the influence of Internet health information on individual’s health-related behavior that brought many changes. When the Internet was introduced, one of the important issues was the access gap. However, the gap has been resolved at this time with the development of new communication and information technology. At this point, the gap in the search for health information, understanding of health information, and the use health information is emerging as a more important issue. Through online survey with 1,200 sample size, this study examined the relationship between e-health literacy and sociodemographic variables . Second, this study explored the influence of various variables including sociodemographic, Internet use, attitude, health consciousness, health information orientation and health status on individual health related behaviors. ANOVA, t-test, and hierarchical regression analysis were used for analysis. According to the results of this study, education, gender, income, frequency of Internet use, health status, health consciousness, health information orientation, attitudes toward Internet health information were no significant difference between high and low e-health literacy group. Online, offline health-related behaviors and sustainable use of the Internet for health information were affected significantly by e-health literacy levels, health information orientation, and health information orientation.