Abstract
Our study proposes a Multilevel E-health Engagement Model (MEEM), an overarching theoretical framework guiding our trend analysis of immigrants’ e-health engagement over time. MEEM emphasizes consumers’ engagement with e-health tools on multiple levels (i.e., individual-, interpersonal-, and community-levels) and the influence of salient contextual characteristics (i.e., cultural context) on immigrant subgroups’ e-health engagement over time. Using three iterations of Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) conducted between 2008 and 2013, our results showed that U.S. immigrants engaged with individual-level and interpersonal-level e-health tools, mainly for the purpose of health information seeking and tracking and doctor-patient communication. Furthermore, by using two cultural proxy variables (race/ethnicity and length of residence), our results demonstrated the distinctive e-health engagement patterns for different immigrant subgroups.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 29 May 2017 |
| Event | 67th Annual International Communication Association Conference, ICA 2017: Interventions. Communication Research and Practice - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: 25 May 2017 → 29 May 2017 https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/ica/ica17/ |
Conference
| Conference | 67th Annual International Communication Association Conference, ICA 2017 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | San Diego, CA |
| Period | 25/05/17 → 29/05/17 |
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