Quantifying health literacy and eHealth literacy using existing instruments and browser-based software for tracking online health information seeking behavior

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Highlights：

• Our subjects searched online for information related to popular health topics.

• We assessed the health literacy and eHealth literacy skills of each subject.

• Subjects used both accredited and uncertified information to complete search tasks.

• The most common method for locating information was through search engine results.

摘要

•Our subjects searched online for information related to popular health topics.•We assessed the health literacy and eHealth literacy skills of each subject.•Subjects used both accredited and uncertified information to complete search tasks.•The most common method for locating information was through search engine results.

论文关键词：Health literacy,eHealth literacy,Online health information seeking behavior

论文评审过程：Received 8 August 2016, Revised 17 October 2016, Accepted 12 December 2016, Available online 18 December 2016, Version of Record 25 December 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.12.032