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Understanding their level of eHealth literacy augments practice of health care, efficiency in education, and use of eHealth technologies.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Objective\u2003This research study aims to determine eHealth literacy level and identify its associated factors among medical and health science students in University of Gondar (UoG).<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Methods\u2003An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from March to May 2019 among undergraduate medical and health science students in the UoG. Stratified multistage sampling was used. The eHealth literacy scale was used to measure eHealth literacy. A binary logistic regression model was fitted to measure association between eHealth literacy and the independent variables.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Results\u2003A total of 801 students participated in this study with a 94.6% of response rate. The majority (60%) were male and previously lived-in urban areas (68%). The mean eHealth literacy score was 28.7 and 60% of the participants possessed high eHealth literacy. Using health-specific Web sites (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]\u2009=\u20092.84, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.86\u20134.33), having higher Internet efficacy (AOR\u2009=\u20092.26, 95% CI: 1.56\u20133.26), perceived usefulness of the Internet (AOR\u2009=\u20093.33, 95% CI: 1.95\u20135.69), medical app use (AOR\u2009=\u20091.70, 95% CI: 1.13\u20132.55), being female (AOR\u2009=\u20091.55, 95% CI: 1.08\u20132.22), and being health informatics student (AOR\u2009=\u20092.02, 95% CI: 1.149\u20133.148) affect a high eHealth literacy level.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Conclusion\u2003The level of eHealth literacy in this study was moderate. Using specific reputable health Web sites, using smartphone medical applications, and Internet efficacy determine eHealth literacy significantly.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0041-1727154","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,7]],"date-time":"2021-04-07T22:41:25Z","timestamp":1617835285000},"page":"301-309","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["eHealth Literacy of Medical and Health Science Students and Factors Affecting eHealth Literacy in an Ethiopian University: A Cross-Sectional Study"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Nebyu Demeke","family":"Mengestie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Informatics, Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia"}]},{"given":"Tesfahun Melese","family":"Yilma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Informatics, Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia"}]},{"given":"Miftah 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