Journal
INFORMATION SOCIETY
Volume 34, Issue 3, Pages 183-193Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2018.1438550
Keywords
Digital inequalities; e-health literacy; mobile health apps; privacy concerns; preventive health
Funding
- University of Amsterdam Research Priority Area 'Personalised Communication'
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This article provides a more differentiated understanding of mobile health consumers, and considers whether health app use may contribute to new digital inequalities. It focuses on factors associated with mobile health app use, and identifies which factors explain the use of different types of health apps. Data from a large representative sample of the Dutch population (N = 1,079) show that mobile health app users were generally younger, higher educated, and had higher levels of e-health literacy skills than non-users. Interestingly, different usage patterns were found for specific types of health apps. Theory and policy implications are discussed.
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