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A study on Singaporean women's acceptance of using mobile phones to seek health information
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Lin, S and Xue, L and Yen, CC and Chang, L and Chan, HC and Tai, BC and Duh, B and Choolani, M, A study on Singaporean women's acceptance of using mobile phones to seek health information, International Journal of Medical Informatics, 80 pp. 189-202. ISSN 1386-5056 (2011) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2011 Elsevier
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.08.007
Abstract
Objective: This paper is an exploratory study that investigates Singaporean women’s acceptance
of using mobile phones to seek health information.
Method: A mobile web containing health topics was developed to track Singaporean women’s
actual use of their mobile phones to seek health information. A survey questionnaire measured
variables hypothesized to predict Behavioural Intention. The survey responses were
then matched to the data collected on actual use. Correlation analysis and hierarchical
regression were used to analyze the data collected.
Results: Findings revealed that Perceived Usefulness and Self-efficacy positively predicted
the intention to use mobile phones to seek health information. The study also confirmed
the presence of an intention–behaviour gap among participants. The conversion of intention
to actual behaviour hinges on technical concerns and design factors. Prior experiences with
health information seeking reinforced women’s evaluations of the usefulness of the mobile
web application and helped them to feel more self-efficacious about using their mobile
phones to seek health information. Using mobile phones to seek health information was
found to be complementary to online health information seeking and can be regarded as an
alternative source to the internet for seeking health information.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Health information Mobile phone Mobile healthcare Technology Acceptance Model Women |
| Research Division: | Information and Computing Sciences |
| Research Group: | Library and information studies |
| Research Field: | Human information interaction and retrieval |
| Objective Division: | Information and Communication Services |
| Objective Group: | Information systems, technologies and services |
| Objective Field: | Information systems, technologies and services not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Duh, B (Professor Henry Duh) |
| ID Code: | 89978 |
| Year Published: | 2011 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 124 |
| Deposited By: | Information and Communication Technology |
| Deposited On: | 2014-03-21 |
| Last Modified: | 2014-12-08 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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