ArticleJournal of research in nursing : JRN2021
Healthcare-seeking behaviours in college students and young adults: a review.
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- Health services and digital technologies used for mental health among a national cross-sectional sample of young people in Australia 2020-2022: Patterns and correlates within geographic regions.The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry · 2026Article
- Physical fitness and health-related quality of life in nursing students: a cross-sectional study with a gender perspective.BMC public health · 2026Article
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- A Mixed Methods Exploration of Social Media Use for Health Information in Under-Resourced Communities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- The relationship between health literacy and health-seeking behavior amongst university students in Ghana: A cross-sectional study.Health science reports · 2024Article
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- Adverse Childhood Experiences and Cardiovascular Risk among Young Adults: Findings from the 2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Health check attendance association with health and study-related factors: a register-based cohort study of Finnish university entrants.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
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aimsTo review the literature on college students' healthcare-seeking behaviours to uncover the current evidence and promote better healthcare-seeking behaviours and essentially better health outcomes in young adults.
methodsThe researchers conducted an extensive literature review using CINAHL, Cochrane, PubMed, EBSCOhost and Google Scholar in the years 2018 and 2019. The search was limited to the past 18 years (2000-2018) and to studies reported in the English language focused on the general healthcare-seeking behaviour of college students. The search was also extended to young adults (aged 18-39 years).
resultsA total of 56 articles were identified for abstract review and only 28 articles met the inclusion criteria for the final review. The following themes emerged to organise our findings: healthcare-seeking behaviour among college students, health information resource utilisation and its influence on healthcare-seeking behaviours and barriers to accessing care among college students.
conclusionsThis review summarises the current body of knowledge related to healthcare-seeking behaviour among college students, health information resource utilisation and its influence on healthcare-seeking behaviour and barriers to accessing care among this population. Important measures further to address the health needs and interventions for addressing these needs among the college student population are discussed.
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