Utilization Behavior of Online Health Information Among Rural Elderly People from the Perspective of Intergenerational Support
Based on the localized context in China,the study explores the utilization behavior of online health information among rural elderly people,and guides them to make rational use of online health information.Twenty-three rural elderly people over the age of 60 are selected as study participants,and semi-structured interviews are conducted to code and analyze the interview data combining grounded theory.The study finds that rural elderly people use online health information for health and emotional needs,access online health information mainly through self-directed browsing and offspring assistance,and process online health information through self-based offspring-supported informal evaluation,which lead to certain changes in cognitive,emotional,and behavioral dimensions.The intergenerational support is achieved through the behavioral pathways of perception triggering,information acquisition,screening and assessment,and adoption and use,resulting in bottom-up intergenerational feedback from children to parents and top-down intergenerational response from parents to children.
Rural Elderly PeopleOnline Health InformationInformation UtilizationIntergenerational Support
国家科技期刊平台
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