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Understanding the factors associated with this behavior can inform sexual health communication and education.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A cross-sectional online survey was conducted with 283 Chinese college students. Structural equation modeling was used to examine the associations among perceived direct or vicarious experience with sexual health issues, risk-oriented salience, beliefs, perceived information carrier characteristics, perceived utility of sexual health information (SHI), and sexual health information-seeking behavior (SHISB).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Perceived direct or vicarious experience, risk-oriented salience, beliefs, and perceived information carrier characteristics were positively associated with the perceived utility of social media for SHI. Perceived information carrier characteristics and perceived utility of SHI were positively associated with SHISB. 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