Mansoreh Feizabadi; Hamideh Gohari; Ayoub sakhaei; Mohammadreza Vasfi
Volume 24, Issue 6 , March and April 2018, , Pages 51-62
Abstract
Background & Objectives: Now days the Internet has become one of the most important source of information for searching health information. One group of the users who using it for searching health information are women. Materials & Methods: This research is a descriptive – analytical work. ...
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Background & Objectives: Now days the Internet has become one of the most important source of information for searching health information. One group of the users who using it for searching health information are women. Materials & Methods: This research is a descriptive – analytical work. In this study, using Internet for searching health information among women has been investigated by using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). The data of this study have collected from 200 employed women at the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. LISREL software is used to analyze the data. Results: The results showed that positive attitude of users towards the Internet leads to using Internet to get health information and management. On the other hand, attitude toward the Internet totally mediates the relationship between perception of the usefulness of the Internet and its use. Conclusion: Despite effectiveness of the perception of easy use of the Internet and perception of the usefulness of it to find health information, perception of the usefulness of the Internet in compare with the perception of the usefulness of the Internet have stronger relation by using the Internet to get information. So it can be concluded that on the Internet and digital literacy of women as well as e-health of them should be worked.