{"id":1676,"date":"2023-08-14T08:04:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T12:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/?p=1676"},"modified":"2023-08-15T15:32:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T19:32:56","slug":"dossani-completes-summer-research-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/2023\/08\/dossani-completes-summer-research-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"Dossani Completes Summer Research Fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Saher Dossani in front of her poster at the CURO Summer Research Final Forum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This summer I had the opportunity to continue my work in Dr. Alexa Lamm<\/a>\u2019s lab as a summer research fellow for UGA\u2019s Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities<\/a> (CURO). As a CURO fellow, I completed over 300 hours of research, attended several workshops, and presented my work at CURO\u2019s Summer Research Final Forum.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The research I presented focused on determining if social media health information seeking behaviors predict self-efficacy regarding healthy eating behaviors. Information was gathered via an online survey from 780 rural Georgia residents in 2022. Examples of statements regarding social media health information included, \u201cI rely on social media to get the majority of my health information\u201d and \u201cSocial media makes it easy for accessing health information\u201d. Examples of statements regarding self-efficacy of eating behaviors included, \u201cUsing nutrition labels to choose healthy foods\u201d and \u201cChoosing foods that lower my chances of getting heart disease, diabetes, and\/or cancer\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study findings were that the mean level of confidence for self-efficacy was 3.54, while the mean level of agreement for social media health information was 3.06, indicating that respondents averaged in the neutral range. In addition, the study found that 67.7% of respondents received their health information from health professionals, 53.1% received their health information from websites, but only 32.2% received their information from word of mouth. Considering rural areas are more community based, the word-of-mouth percentage was expected to be higher. In addition, website usage was lower than expected, as many respondents may have opted to not select websites since the example of websites was the CDC website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would like to thank Dr. Lamm<\/a> and Kristin Gibson<\/a> for all their guidance and support this summer, as well as CURO for providing me with this opportunity. I am excited to continue my work in the Lamm Lab this upcoming fall. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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