Quality of Health Information: How Does Age, Sex and Education Associate with the Assessment of the Reliability and Usefulness of Health Information

Ágústa Pálsdóttir

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-99885-1_8

Quality of Health Information: How Does Age, Sex and Education Associate with the Assessment of the Reliability and Usefulness of Health Information

Ágústa Pálsdóttir^*

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Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics

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Abstract

The enhancement of media and information literacy has been generally recognized as a crucial factor for lifelong learning about health, with the ability to evaluate the quality of health information at the core of it. The present study explored how people evaluate the quality of health information within a broad network of sources and channels, as well as investigating how it relates to their background. This is a quantitative study using a random sample of 1,800 people aged 18 years and older. The response rate was 39% (N = 698). In addition to background questions, the measurement instrument consisted of questions about the evaluation of the reliability and usefulness of information in a total of 25 information sources. The study revealed differences by socio-demographic groups. The findings provide important knowledge about how people can be reached with knowledge and support that is likely to enhance their abilities to adopt healthier lifestyles.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Information Literacy in a Post-Truth Era - 7th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2021, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Serap Kurbanoğlu, Sonja Špiranec, Yurdagül Ünal, Joumana Boustany, Denis Kos
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	87-95
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	9783030998844
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99885-1_8
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2022
Event	7th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: 20 Sept 2021 → 23 Sept 2021

Publication series

Name	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Volume	1533 CCIS
ISSN (Print)	1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-0937

Conference

Conference	7th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2021
City	Virtual, Online
Period	20/09/21 → 23/09/21

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The study was supported by the University of Iceland Research Fund.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Other keywords

Age
Education
Evaluation of health information
Health information
Lifelong learning
Media and information literacy
Sex

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Pálsdóttir, Á. (2022). Quality of Health Information: How Does Age, Sex and Education Associate with the Assessment of the Reliability and Usefulness of Health Information. In S. Kurbanoğlu, S. Špiranec, Y. Ünal, J. Boustany, & D. Kos (Eds.), Information Literacy in a Post-Truth Era - 7th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2021, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 87-95). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1533 CCIS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99885-1_8

Pálsdóttir, Ágústa. / Quality of Health Information : How Does Age, Sex and Education Associate with the Assessment of the Reliability and Usefulness of Health Information. Information Literacy in a Post-Truth Era - 7th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2021, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Serap Kurbanoğlu ; Sonja Špiranec ; Yurdagül Ünal ; Joumana Boustany ; Denis Kos. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022. pp. 87-95 (Communications in Computer and Information Science).

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Pálsdóttir, Á 2022, Quality of Health Information: How Does Age, Sex and Education Associate with the Assessment of the Reliability and Usefulness of Health Information. in S Kurbanoğlu, S Špiranec, Y Ünal, J Boustany & D Kos (eds), Information Literacy in a Post-Truth Era - 7th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2021, Revised Selected Papers. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 1533 CCIS, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 87-95, 7th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2021, Virtual, Online, 20/09/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99885-1_8

Quality of Health Information : How Does Age, Sex and Education Associate with the Assessment of the Reliability and Usefulness of Health Information. / Pálsdóttir, Ágústa.

Information Literacy in a Post-Truth Era - 7th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2021, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Serap Kurbanoğlu; Sonja Špiranec; Yurdagül Ünal; Joumana Boustany; Denis Kos. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022. p. 87-95 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1533 CCIS).

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Pálsdóttir Á. Quality of Health Information: How Does Age, Sex and Education Associate with the Assessment of the Reliability and Usefulness of Health Information. In Kurbanoğlu S, Špiranec S, Ünal Y, Boustany J, Kos D, editors, Information Literacy in a Post-Truth Era - 7th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2021, Revised Selected Papers. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2022. p. 87-95. (Communications in Computer and Information Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-99885-1_8

Quality of Health Information: How Does Age, Sex and Education Associate with the Assessment of the Reliability and Usefulness of Health Information

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