Online Health Information Seeking Behaviors and Infant Feeding Practices: A Social Cognitive Theory Perspective

Breastfeeding benefits infants, but support is often needed to meet breastfeeding goals. Social media may help disseminate infant feeding information to caregivers. The relationship between parents’ health information-seeking behaviors (HISB) on social media and infant feeding practices remains unde...

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Autores principales:	Yexinyu Yang, Kathryn L. Krupsky, Sarah A. Keim, Rebecca J. McAdams, Kristin J. Roberts, Lara B. McKenzie
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Publicado:	New Prairie Press 2021
Materias:	social cognitive theory breastfeeding health information-seeking behavior social media Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0b8ac6aad7b84799bc77906751229a202021-11-18T18:35:03ZOnline Health Information Seeking Behaviors and Infant Feeding Practices: A Social Cognitive Theory Perspective10.4148/2572-1836.11022572-1836https://doaj.org/article/0b8ac6aad7b84799bc77906751229a202021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://newprairiepress.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1102&context=hbrhttps://doaj.org/toc/2572-1836Breastfeeding benefits infants, but support is often needed to meet breastfeeding goals. Social media may help disseminate infant feeding information to caregivers. The relationship between parents’ health information-seeking behaviors (HISB) on social media and infant feeding practices remains understudied. Based on social cognitive theory (SCT), parents’ self-efficacy and outcome expectations are two potential factors for improving online HISB. We aimed to use SCT to describe associations between outcome expectations, self-efficacy (eHealth literacy), and online HISB across infant feeding groups among a nationally representative sample of U.S. parents. Eligible participants (N = 580) completed a cross-sectional online survey assessing infant feeding practices (never breastfed, only pumped, only fed-at-the-breast, and both pumped and fed-at-the-breast), self-efficacy (using eHealth literacy as a proxy), outcome expectations in online HISB, parents’ online HISB on social media, and demographic information. Survey weighted linear and logistic regression models were constructed. No online activities differed by infant feeding practices. Parents who pumped only had significantly lower eHealth literacy than parents who never breastfed (adjusted β = -2.63, 95% CI: -4.73, -0.53). Parents who used both methods had 1.78 times greater odds of considering online tools useful for making health-related decisions (95% CI: 0.96, 3.28) and 1.49 times greater odds of considering online tools important for accessing health information (95% Cl: 0.70, 3.15) than parents who never breastfed, though neither association was statistically significant. Understanding these associations between infant feeding practices and online HISB, as well as the two potential factors of parents’ self-efficacy and outcome expectations, may offer implications for tailoring online social media resources to promote breastfeeding outcomes.Yexinyu YangKathryn L. KrupskySarah A. KeimRebecca J. McAdamsKristin J. RobertsLara B. McKenzieNew Prairie Pressarticlesocial cognitive theorybreastfeedinghealth information-seeking behaviorsocial mediaSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENHealth Behavior Research, Vol 4, Iss 2 (2021)
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topic	social cognitive theory breastfeeding health information-seeking behavior social media Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
spellingShingle	social cognitive theory breastfeeding health information-seeking behavior social media Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Yexinyu Yang Kathryn L. Krupsky Sarah A. Keim Rebecca J. McAdams Kristin J. Roberts Lara B. McKenzie Online Health Information Seeking Behaviors and Infant Feeding Practices: A Social Cognitive Theory Perspective
description	Breastfeeding benefits infants, but support is often needed to meet breastfeeding goals. Social media may help disseminate infant feeding information to caregivers. The relationship between parents’ health information-seeking behaviors (HISB) on social media and infant feeding practices remains understudied. Based on social cognitive theory (SCT), parents’ self-efficacy and outcome expectations are two potential factors for improving online HISB. We aimed to use SCT to describe associations between outcome expectations, self-efficacy (eHealth literacy), and online HISB across infant feeding groups among a nationally representative sample of U.S. parents. Eligible participants (N = 580) completed a cross-sectional online survey assessing infant feeding practices (never breastfed, only pumped, only fed-at-the-breast, and both pumped and fed-at-the-breast), self-efficacy (using eHealth literacy as a proxy), outcome expectations in online HISB, parents’ online HISB on social media, and demographic information. Survey weighted linear and logistic regression models were constructed. No online activities differed by infant feeding practices. Parents who pumped only had significantly lower eHealth literacy than parents who never breastfed (adjusted β = -2.63, 95% CI: -4.73, -0.53). Parents who used both methods had 1.78 times greater odds of considering online tools useful for making health-related decisions (95% CI: 0.96, 3.28) and 1.49 times greater odds of considering online tools important for accessing health information (95% Cl: 0.70, 3.15) than parents who never breastfed, though neither association was statistically significant. Understanding these associations between infant feeding practices and online HISB, as well as the two potential factors of parents’ self-efficacy and outcome expectations, may offer implications for tailoring online social media resources to promote breastfeeding outcomes.
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author	Yexinyu Yang Kathryn L. Krupsky Sarah A. Keim Rebecca J. McAdams Kristin J. Roberts Lara B. McKenzie
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title	Online Health Information Seeking Behaviors and Infant Feeding Practices: A Social Cognitive Theory Perspective
title_short	Online Health Information Seeking Behaviors and Infant Feeding Practices: A Social Cognitive Theory Perspective
title_full	Online Health Information Seeking Behaviors and Infant Feeding Practices: A Social Cognitive Theory Perspective
title_fullStr	Online Health Information Seeking Behaviors and Infant Feeding Practices: A Social Cognitive Theory Perspective
title_full_unstemmed	Online Health Information Seeking Behaviors and Infant Feeding Practices: A Social Cognitive Theory Perspective
title_sort	online health information seeking behaviors and infant feeding practices: a social cognitive theory perspective
publisher	New Prairie Press
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/0b8ac6aad7b84799bc77906751229a20
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Online Health Information Seeking Behaviors and Infant Feeding Practices: A Social Cognitive Theory Perspective

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