Affiliations 

  • 1 Universiti Putra Malaysia, Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ahadzadeh1980@gmail.com
J Med Internet Res, 2015;17(2):e45.
PMID: 25700481 DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3564

Abstract

Today, people use the Internet to satisfy health-related information and communication needs. In Malaysia, Internet use for health management has become increasingly significant due to the increase in the incidence of chronic diseases, in particular among urban women and their desire to stay healthy. Past studies adopted the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and Health Belief Model (HBM) independently to explain Internet use for health-related purposes. Although both the TAM and HBM have their own merits, independently they lack the ability to explain the cognition and the related mechanism in which individuals use the Internet for health purposes.

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