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題名 Understanding the relationships between mHealth apps` characteristics, trialability, and mHealth literacy
作者 林翠絹
Lin, Trisha T. C.
Bautista, J. R. R
貢獻者 廣電系
日期 2017
上傳時間 4-Sep-2017 17:18:05 (UTC+8)
摘要 The widespread adoption of mobile phones has increased the potential of mHealth to improve health communication and health outcomes because these devices could serve as a ubiquitous and affordable means to disseminate health information to large populations. Given that mHealth apps offer free or limited trials as part of promotional strategies, potential users` trialability is a critical step of the preadoption process. Drawing from Rogers` diffusion of innovation theory, this study examines the relationships of adopters` perceived characteristics of mHealth apps (i.e., relative advantage, complexity, compatibility, and observability) with their trialability. It further investigates how the perceived control of mobile devices and trialability of mHealth apps influence two dimensions of mHealth literacy, namely seeking and appraisal of health information. This web survey recruited 295 young mHealth app users from a Singaporean university. Results of partial least squares regression show that the observability of mHealth apps is the only factor positively related to mHealth trialability. Perceived control of mobile devices and trialability of mHealth apps are positively associated with seeking and appraisal of health information. Practical and theoretical implications to mHealth are discussed.
關聯 Journal of Health Communication, 22(4), 346-354
資料類型 article
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2017.1296508
dc.contributor 廣電系zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) 林翠絹zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) Lin, Trisha T. C.en_US
dc.creator (作者) Bautista, J. R. Ren_US
dc.date (日期) 2017
dc.date.accessioned 4-Sep-2017 17:18:05 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 4-Sep-2017 17:18:05 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 4-Sep-2017 17:18:05 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/112511-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) The widespread adoption of mobile phones has increased the potential of mHealth to improve health communication and health outcomes because these devices could serve as a ubiquitous and affordable means to disseminate health information to large populations. Given that mHealth apps offer free or limited trials as part of promotional strategies, potential users` trialability is a critical step of the preadoption process. Drawing from Rogers` diffusion of innovation theory, this study examines the relationships of adopters` perceived characteristics of mHealth apps (i.e., relative advantage, complexity, compatibility, and observability) with their trialability. It further investigates how the perceived control of mobile devices and trialability of mHealth apps influence two dimensions of mHealth literacy, namely seeking and appraisal of health information. This web survey recruited 295 young mHealth app users from a Singaporean university. Results of partial least squares regression show that the observability of mHealth apps is the only factor positively related to mHealth trialability. Perceived control of mobile devices and trialability of mHealth apps are positively associated with seeking and appraisal of health information. Practical and theoretical implications to mHealth are discussed.en_US
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dc.relation (關聯) Journal of Health Communication, 22(4), 346-354en_US
dc.title (題名) Understanding the relationships between mHealth apps` characteristics, trialability, and mHealth literacyen_US
dc.type (資料類型) article
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1080/10810730.2017.1296508
dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2017.1296508