Egyptian women's seeking health information through smart phone applications and its relationship to their level of health awareness - A field study.

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Alazhar university

Abstract

           The study aimed to identify the relationship between strategies for seeking health information through smartphone applications and the level of health awareness among Egyptian women. In its theoretical framework and building its measurements, the study relied on two theories in the field of communication, namely: the theory of seeking information and the theory of relying on media, and the study used the survey method and the electronic questionnaire form as a tool for collecting data on a deliberate sample of 400 Egyptian women who use the smartphone applications. The study was conducted during the period from 29/11/2022 to 30/01/2023 AD, and the study concluded with several results:
           The vast majority of the respondents have a positive attitude towards smart phone applications as a source of health information, and The procedures used during the search process (the search strategy) occupied the first place among the strategies followed in seeking health information through mobile applications, and The level of health awareness among women increased by 53% of the total sample, and The study demonstrated the validity of hypothesis stating that there is a statistically significant correlation between the rate of seeking health information through the smartphone applications and the level of health awareness, and The validity hypothesis stating that there is a statistically significant correlation between the motives for seeking health information through the smartphone applications and the effects resulting from this seeking was proven.

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