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"To protect my health or to protect my health privacy?" A mixed‐methods investigation of the privacy paradox.
- Source :
- Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology; Sep2020, Vol. 71 Issue 9, p1015-1029, 15p, 5 Diagrams, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- This paper examines the role of privacy in the health context by investigating the influence of privacy concerns and perceived benefits on individuals' acceptance of health technologies used by healthcare providers and their own adoption of mobile health technologies. The study adopts a two‐stage sequential mixed‐methods design. The first stage is a quantitative survey of 447 citizens from two countries. The second stage involves 50 qualitative interviews which further untangle the roles of privacy concern and benefits. The integrated findings provide evidence that a privacy paradox exists. While individuals continue to express a high desire for privacy, their consideration of the benefits and privacy concerns prior to adoption is largely skewed toward the benefits, due to a lack of privacy knowledge, emphasis on immediate gratification, overestimation of the benefits, and underestimation of the risks. The study further extends the privacy calculus theory to the health context and acknowledges the factors impacting this comparison of benefits and privacy concerns prior to and postadoption of a new technology. The study provides actionable insights for practice, highlighting the importance of privacy education to foster awareness and control mechanisms to negate the potential negative effects of privacy concern. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- FACTOR analysis
HEALTH
HEALTH attitudes
INTERVIEWING
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL ethics
PRIVACY
QUESTIONNAIRES
REGRESSION analysis
RESEARCH funding
TECHNOLOGY
INFORMATION resources
HEALTH Insurance Portability & Accountability Act
STRUCTURAL equation modeling
ELECTRONIC health records
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23301635
- Volume :
- 71
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 145037211
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24369