Gençlerin E-Sağlık Okuryazarlığı ve İnternet İçin Eleştirel Bakma Durumlarının Belirlenmesi-Determining the e-Health Literacy and Critical Thought Status for the Internet in Adolescents

Year 2022, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 154 - 167, 31.05.2022

Türkan Kadiroğlu , Gamze Akay

https://doi.org/10.52538/iduhes.1074864

Abstract

This research was conducted to determine the e-health literacy of adolescents, their critical thought status for the Internet, the relationship between them, and the factors affecting them. The design of the research is descriptive and correlational. The population of the research consisted of adolescents enrolled in a total of 6 state-affiliated high schools in a city centre. It was attempted to reach the entire population without using the sampling method in the study, and a total of 1470 adolescents were reached. The mean score of the E-health Literacy Scale of the adolescents was 27.67±7.61, and the mean score of the Critical Literacy Scale for the Internet was 91.74±22.23. It was found that the e-health literacy of adolescents was affected by gender, family type, economic status, and father's educational status. It was determined that the critical literacy of adolescents for the Internet was affected by family type, economic status, and mother's educational status. Adolescents' e-health literacy and the critical literacy mean score for the Internet were found to be positively and moderately correlated. Adolescents, who are a high-risk group in terms of health protection and development, should be made aware of critically consider to e-health literacy.

Keywords

adolescent, e-health literacy, critical thought, nursing

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Thanks

We wish to thank teens who kindly agreed to participate in this study. This study was presented as an oral presentation at the 2nd International Congress on Pediatric Nursing between 27-30 November 2019 in İzmir.

Gençlerin E-Sağlık Okuryazarlığı ve İnternet İçin Eleştirel Bakma Durumlarının Belirlenmesi

Abstract

This research was conducted to determine the e-health literacy of adolescents, their critical thought status for the Internet, the relationship between them, and the factors affecting them. The design of the research is descriptive and correlational. The population of the research consisted of adolescents enrolled in a total of 6 state-affiliated high schools in a city centre. It was attempted to reach the entire population without using the sampling method in the study, and a total of 1470 adolescents were reached. The mean score of the E-health Literacy Scale of the adolescents was 27.67±7.61, and the mean score of the Critical Literacy Scale for the Internet was 91.74±22.23. It was found that the e-health literacy of adolescents was affected by gender, family type, economic status, and father's educational status. It was determined that the critical literacy of adolescents for the Internet was affected by family type, economic status, and mother's educational status. Adolescents' e-health literacy and the critical literacy mean score for the Internet were found to be positively and moderately correlated. Adolescents, who are a high-risk group in terms of health protection and development, should be made aware of critically consider to e-health literacy.

Keywords

adolescent, e-health literacy, critical thought, nursing

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