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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Trust in and Use of COVID-19 Information Sources Differs by Health Literacy among College Students.

Xuewei Chen, Darcy Jones McMaughan, Ming Li, Gary L Kreps, Jati Ariati, Ho Han, Kelley E Rhoads, Carlos C Mahaffey, Bridget M Miller

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
8.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Xuewei ChenSchool of Community Health Sciences, Counseling and Counseling Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6391-1459
Darcy Jones McMaughanSchool of Community Health Sciences, Counseling and Counseling Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2147-2686
Ming LiDepartment of Health Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6665-8559
Gary L KrepsCenter for Health and Risk Communication, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5980-129X
Jati AriatiSchool of Educational Foundation, Leadership, and Aviation, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA.
Ho HanSchool of Community Health Sciences, Counseling and Counseling Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4241-7317
Kelley E RhoadsSchool of Community Health Sciences, Counseling and Counseling Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7400-2816
Carlos C MahaffeyCollege of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9770-3516
Bridget M MillerArnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
Oklahoma State University · USGeorge Mason University · USPurdue University West Lafayette · USTowson University · USUniversity of South Carolina · US

Funding

Joan Donelson Jacques Endowed Professorship in Health Promotion at Oklahoma State University NA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

People's health information-seeking behaviors differ by their health literacy levels. This study assessed the relationship between health literacy and college students' levels of trust in and use of a range of health information sources of COVID-19. We collected data from August to December 2020 among college students (

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COVID-19 information sourceshealth information trusthealth information usehealth literacy

Identifiers

PMID36981488
PMCPMC10048640
OpenAlexW4324056225

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