Differences in Rural and Urban Health Information Access and Use

Purpose Rural residents may have lower access to and use of certain health information sources relative to urban residents. We investigated differences in information source access and use between rural and urban US adults and whether having low health literacy might exacerbate rural disparities in...

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Published in:	The Journal of rural health Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 405 - 417
Main Authors:	Chen, Xuewei, Orom, Heather, Hay, Jennifer L., Waters, Erika A., Schofield, Elizabeth, Li, Yuelin, Kiviniemi, Marc T.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.06.2019
Subjects:	Access Access to information Adult Adults Aged Blogs business enterprises Chi-Square Distribution Companies Constraints corporations Female Health care Health disparities Health education Health information health information access health information use Health literacy Health services Health Services Accessibility - standards Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data Humans Information Information Dissemination Information sources Internet Literacy Male Mass media Medical personnel Middle Aged Physicians Primary care Regression analysis Regression models Residents Rural areas rural health Rural Population - statistics & numerical data Rural populations Rural urban differences Rurality rural‐urban health disparities Search engines sociodemographic characteristics Sociodemographics surveys Surveys and Questionnaires United States Urban areas Urban population Urban Population - statistics & numerical data Urban populations United States health literacy health information access health information use rural-urban health disparities
ISSN:	0890-765X, 1748-0361, 1748-0361
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