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Jóvenes, salud e Internet. Percepción, actitud y motivaciones de los jóvenes ante la información de salud
Author(s) -
Carmen Peñafiel Sáiz,
Marı́a M. López,
Lázaro Echegaray-Eizaguirre
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
revista latina de comunicación social
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 16
ISSN - 1138-5820
DOI - 10.4185/rlcs-2017-1221
Subject(s) - humanities , political science , cartography , art , geography
espanolIntroduccion. Los jovenes consumen diariamente Internet y realizan consultas online para acceder a cualquier informacion importante. El objetivo es analizar las actitudes y motivaciones de los jovenes en relacion a la informacion de salud. Metodologia. Se ha trabajado con una muestra de 250 cuestionarios semi-estructurados entre 2014 y 2015 dirigida a jovenes de 18-24 anos de la Comunidad Autonoma Vasca y Navarra. El proceso de encuestacion se ha realizado con un nivel de confianza de dos sigma, +- 95,5% y un error muestral del 3%. Resultados y Conclusiones. Los jovenes utilizan Internet, principalmente, para buscar informacion, contactos con amigos y hacer tareas universitarias. Aunque consultan Internet, prefieren a los padres o amigos para hablar de los problemas de salud que les afectan. En lo referente al rol que adoptan en Internet se autodefinen como troll, provocador, comentarista, observador y creativo. Entre los medios de divulgacion cientifica mas fiables para consultar temas de salud situan a los libros y a las revistas especializadas, desplazando asi a periodicos e Internet a posiciones secundarias. EnglishIntroduction. Young people use the internet on a daily basis to search for different types of information. Objectives. This research article seeks to analyse the attitudes and motivations of young people in relation to health information. Methods. The study is based on a semi-structured questionnaire survey applied to a sample of 250 university students, aged 18 to 24 years, from the Autonomous Communities of the Basque Country and Navarre, between 2014 and 2015. The survey results have a +/- 95.5% confidence interval and a 3% margin of error. Results and Conclusions. Young people use the internet, mainly, to search for information, to communicate with friends and to obtain information to do their homework. Although they consult the internet, they prefer to discuss their health problems with their parents or friends. With regards to the roles they play on the internet, they define themselves as trolls, provocateurs, commentators, observers or creative users. Among the most reliable scientific sources of health information, they rely on books and specialised magazines, displacing newspapers and the internet to secondary positions.

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