Myung Nam Ha’s research while affiliated with Pukyong National University and other places

... It is now widely acknowledged that low eHL is strongly associated with lower use of health resources and services [13,14], negative health outcomes, and higher healthcare costs [15,16], and this, in turn, is associated with poor self-management of disease, increased rates of hospitalization, burdens on the healthcare systems [17][18][19], and higher mortality rates [17,20]. Several research studies established a positive impact of eHL on health belief [21], physical selfcare [21][22][23][24][25][26], psychological self-care [27][28][29], emotional self-care [30,31], and preventive health behaviors [32][33][34]. ...

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Electronic Health (eHealth) Literacy and Self-Care Behaviors—Results from a Survey of University Students in a Developing Country