OBJECTIVE: Outlines the methods and measures commonly used to study active health
information seeking and prescribes important considerations in advancing the study of …

The high prevalence of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and inefficient preventive
measures taken to curb the disease are significant public health concerns. Rapid and …

Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been a variety of changes identified in
customers' shopping behaviours, and development of new practices as a response to the …

Background Many studies have shown that women use the Internet more often for health-
related information searches than men, but we have limited knowledge about the underlying …

Background: Today, people use the Internet to satisfy health-related information and
communication needs. In Malaysia, Internet use for health management has become …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, people have reduced the frequency of going out, and need
to engage in health behaviors at home. Home-based exercise has aroused people's …

Communicating Social Change: Structure, Culture, and Agency explores the use of
communication to transform global, national, and local structures of power that create and …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to extend the technology readiness and acceptance
model (TRAM) to consider an individual's health consciousness (HC), thereby improving the …

Background Interest in smartphone health apps has been increasing recently. However, we
have little understanding of the cognitive and motivational factors that influence the extent of …

Public health officials (PHOs) are responsible for providing trustworthy information during a
public health crisis; however, there is little research on how the public behaves when their …