Authors : Sun-Mun Park and Ah-Young Lee
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of health awareness of internet health communication users on their health belief and health promotion behaviors. To prove the purpose of this study, total 200 college students in Seoul in 2017 including 100 males and 100 females who participate in health campaign through internet were selected with the convenience sampling method. Prior to the survey, whether they participated in health campaign through internet was confirmed. For the questionnaire completion method, self-administration method was used. The results of the study are as follows. First, health awareness of inter health communication participants has a partial influence on health promotion behaviors. Second, the health awareness of internet health communication participants has a partial effect on health belief. Third, the health promotion behaviors of internet health communication participants have a partial effect on health belief.
Sun-Mun Park and Ah-Young Lee, 2018. The Effects of Health Awareness Through Social Media on Health Belief and Health Promotion Behavior. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 13: 8277-8280.