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Article: Internet use for health information among college students.
- Article from:
- Journal of American College Health
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
- Author:
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Internet use to locate health information is increasingly common. The Pew Internet and American Life Project reported that 52 million adults (55% of adults in the United States with Internet access) used the Internet in 2000 to get medical or health information. (1) Those researchers also found that 70% reported that Internet information affected their health decisions, and 48% said that the advice from the Internet improved their self-care.
Previous studies have found that a majority of college students use the Internet. In a survey of 1,302 college students at 8 institutions, Anderson (2) found that 83% indicated that they used the Internet. In his report, The ...