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COVID-19 health information sources and their associations with preventive behaviors: A typological study with older residents in Seoul, South Korea

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  • Yuri Jang
  • Jieun Jung
  • Nan Sook Park
  • Miyong T Kim
  • Soondool Chung

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Considering that individuals’ health information can enable their adoption of health behaviors, we examined the use of health information sources related to COVID-19 and its association with preventive behaviors in a sample of older residents in Seoul, South Korea (N = 400, M age = 76.1 years). Latent profile analysis of 12 sources of health information representing conventional media, online sources, interpersonal networks, and health professionals or authorities yielded a 4-group typology: limited, moderate/traditional, moderate/digital, and diverse. In a multivariate model with the diverse group as a reference, the limited group (B = −4.48, SE = 1.14, p

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  • Yuri Jang & Jieun Jung & Nan Sook Park & Miyong T Kim & Soondool Chung, 2023. "COVID-19 health information sources and their associations with preventive behaviors: A typological study with older residents in Seoul, South Korea," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 18(8), pages 1-11, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0290824
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0290824
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