Table 2.

Odds of using information and communication technology (ICT) by race/ethnicity.^a

ICT use	Latino, OR (95% CI) n=69	African American, OR (95% CI) n=98
SMS text message	0.18 (0.02-1.61)	0.08 (0.01-0.67)
Internet useb	0.15 (0.03-0.78)	0.54 (0.10-3.04)
Email use	0.17 (0.05-0.61)	0.52 (0.14-1.91)
Social networking	0.27 (0.09-0.75)	0.58 (0.20-1.66)
Internet used to obtain health Informationb	0.38 (0.14-1.07)	0.90 (0.32-2.54)
Internet used to find others with similar concerns	0.16 (0.06-0.43)	0.86 (0.39-1.89)
High (vs low) self-efficacy for Internet usec	0.26 (0.10-0.68)	0.62 (0.26-1.49)

^a Reference=white race. Model adjusted for age and education.

^b Includes accessing Internet via mobile phone or computer.

^c Self-efficacy assessed using question “How confident are you in your ability to find helpful and useful health information on the Internet?” and categorized as high=extremely confident and somewhat confident vs low=neutral, not very, and not at all confident.