Evaluating psychometric determinants of willingness to adopt sexual health patient portal services among black college students: A mixed-methods approach
Year: 2019
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Objectives: To describe, using mixed-methods, perceptions of access to sexually transmitted infection test results via electronic personal health record (PHR) and correlates of willingness to adopt its use. Participants: Students at a mid-Atlantic historically black college. Methods: Focus-groups and interviews were conducted to explore themes on sexual health-related PHR-use (N = 35). Codes were operationalized into survey measures assessing beliefs in a cross-sectional sample (N = 354). Exploratory factor analysis identified latent factors among survey items. Multiple logistic regression models measured correlates of adoption willingness. Results: Three qualitative themes emerged on relative advantages, barriers, and functionality of PHRs. 57.6% of survey participants were willing to use PHRs for sexual health services. Reliable latent factors, centering on PHR convenience and functionality, were positively associated with adoption willingness. Conclusions: Data highlights interest among black college-age youth in adopting PHRs for comprehensive sexual health-related services. Adoption may be boosted with tailored designs responsive to expressed service needs.
Language: English
Subfield: Health Information Management
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, National Institute on Aging, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Awards: G1964372959, USE OF ELECTRONIC PERSONAL HEALTH RECORDS AS A HEALTH RISK-REDUCTION DISCUSSION T, G830126741, The Johns Hopkins Center for AIDS Research (JHU CFAR), Training for Scientists Conducting Research to Reduce HIV/AIDS Health Disparities, Johns Hopkins HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Sciences Training Program
OpenAlex ID: W2988893935