Health Information Literacy and Competencies of Information Age Students: Results from the Interactive Online Research Readiness Self-Assessment (RRSA)

Authors

Lana Ivanitskaya, Central Michigan University
Irene O'Boyle, Central Michigan University
Anne Marie Casey, Central Michigan UniversityFollow

Submitting Campus

Daytona Beach

Department

Staff Works - Hunt Library

Document Type

Article

Publication/Presentation Date

2006

Abstract/Description

This study aimed to measure the proficiency of college-age health information consumers in finding and evaluating electronic health information; to assess their ability to discriminate between peer-reviewed scholarly resources and opinion pieces or sales pitches; and to examine the extent to which they are aware of their level of health information competency.

Publication Title

Journal of Medical Internet Research

DOI

https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.8.2.e6

Publisher

JMIR Publications

Additional Information

Dr. Casey was not affiliated with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at the time this paper was published.

Scholarly Commons Citation

Ivanitskaya, L., O'Boyle, I., & Casey, A. M. (2006). Health Information Literacy and Competencies of Information Age Students: Results from the Interactive Online Research Readiness Self-Assessment (RRSA). Journal of Medical Internet Research, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.8.2.e6