Spring Journal Club: How Children Search for Health Information Online: An Observational Study

Spring Journal Club: How Children Search for Health Information Online: An Observational Study is organized by Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) and will be held on May 01, 2023.

Description:
Health literacy related to finding, interpreting, and using health information on the Internet is a growing field in public health.  A new and innovative approach toward evaluating digital health literacy is the use of computer software programs to record a user’s search strategy in real time.  In this presentation I will review efforts that have been done in the past to evaluate digital health literacy, and present a study that was done among children (9-11 years old) to understand and observe their search strategies for finding obesity-related health information.

SNEB Nutrition Educator Competencies:
• 8.1. Assess the nutritional and behavioral needs of the population (to establish behavior change goals).
• 10.1. Analyze, evaluate, and interpret nutrition education research and apply it to practice.
• 9.4. Advocate effectively for action-oriented nutrition education and healthy diets in various sectors and settings.

CDR Performance Indicators:
• 6.1.1 Identifies gaps in evidence to determine research priorities.
• 6.2.2 Selects and uses appropriate tools and skills to collect and interpret research data.
• 9.2.2 Determines and takes into consideration the literacy and readability needs of individuals, groups and populations

CDR Learning Need Codes
• 9020 Evaluation and application of research  
• 6060 Learning needs assessment, learning plan development, & evaluation
• 3010 Assessment methodology