Health Information Seeking Behavior and Sexual Literacy: Insights from Iranian Medical College Students
Journal of Medical Library and Information Science,
Vol. 5 (2024),
8 January 2024
https://doi.org/10.22037/jmlis.v5i.46557
Abstract
Introduction: It is necessary to pay more attention to the web-based health information seeking behavior of the youth group, especially students, in order to improve their sexual health literacy level. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between sexual health literacy level and web-based health information seeking behavior of Iranian medical students.
Methods: The current research is a descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study. The research samples included 387 students of Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran. Data were collected using the normalized questionnaires of web-based health information seeking behavior and sexual health literacy of Iranian adults and were analyzed using SPSS 22 software.
Results: The research results showed that students have relatively higher sexual health literacy and web-based health information seeking behavior. Also, the research results showed that there is a direct and meaningful relationship between web-based health information seeking behavior and sexual health literacy (p<.001). All components of Web-based health information-seeking behavior, but familiarity with the Internet, predicted sexual health literacy (p<.001).
Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that despite the desirability of sexual health literacy and Web-based health information-seeking behavior, as a whole, the analysis and evaluation component of sexual health literacy and the sharing and application components of Web-based health information-seeking behavior of students are at an average level.
- Sexual health literacy
- Web-based health-information seeking behavior
- College students
- Iran
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