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Online Health Information Seeking
Journal of Aging and Health, 2011Objectives: The Internet holds great potential to support information gathering and decision making surrounding health education and self-care. Older adults, however, underutilize the Internet for health information searches relative to younger adults. The goal of the present study was to examine age differences in the role of trust and ease of search ...
Lisa M Soederberg, Miller +1 more
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Where people look for online health information
Health Information & Libraries Journal, 2016AbstractObjectivesTo identify health‐related websites Americans are using, demographic characteristics associated with certain website type and how website type shapes users’ online information seeking experiences.MethodsData from the Health Information National Trends Survey 4 Cycle 1 were used.
Susan A, LaValley +2 more
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The complementary and substitutive value of online health information
Health & Social Care in the Community, 2022The Internet plays a significant role in health information searching, sharing and emotional support. However, scholars have devoted little attention to the complementary and substitute value of online health information from diseases, especially chronic diseases, health insurance, barriers to health resources and their interaction effects with income.
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A model for online consumer health information quality
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2009AbstractThis article describes a model for online consumer health information consisting of five quality criteria constructs. These constructs are grounded in empirical data from the perspectives of the three main sources in the communication process: health information providers, consumers, and intermediaries, such as Web directory creators and ...
Besiki Stvilia, Lorri Mon, Yong Jeong Yi
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An Interactive Retrieval Framework for Online Health Information
2016 IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics (ICHI), 2016People and patients are increasingly using the internet to search for health information, but finding the right terms to search requires iterative search and query reformulation [1], which may be difficult for lay persons who do not have much medical knowledge.
Mingkun Gao, Liu Yuan, Wai-Tat Fu
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Using wikis as an online health information resource
Nursing Standard, 2010Wikis can be a powerful online resource for the provision and sharing of information, with the proviso that information found on them should be independently verified. This article defines wikis and sets them in context with recent developments on the internet.
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Accuracy of online health information on amblyopia and strabismus
Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, 2019The internet is a major source of health information for patients and parents. The information found online influences patients' and caregivers' understanding of diagnoses and decision making regarding management. We report the results of a survey completed by 4 fellowship-trained pediatric ophthalmologists evaluating the accuracy and clarity of ...
Sunju, Park +5 more
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Community desires for an online health information strategy
Australian Health Review, 2010Objective. To determine whether the community’s attitudes to components of a community eHealth strategy differ across three different socioeconomic groups. Design.
Dart, Jared M., Gallois, Cindy
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Age differences in credibility judgment of online health information
Proceedings of the 2nd ACM SIGHIT International Health Informatics Symposium, 2012Older adults are a notable group among the exponentially growing population of online health information consumers. In order to better support older adults’ health-related information seeking on the Internet, it is important to understand how they judge the credibility of such information when compared to younger users.
Qingzi Vera Liao, Wai-Tat Fu
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An Evaluation of Community Health Center Adoption of Online Health Information
Health Promotion Practice, 2008Health care providers and patients in community health centers often lack access to online scientific and patient education resources. These resources can improve medical decision making and promote communication between provider and patient. In 2000, a community health information program, Partners for Health Information, provided 10 community health ...
Meredith A, Martinez +3 more
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