|
|
Article: Parental use of the Internet to seek health information and primary care utilisation for their child: a cross-sectional study.(Research article)
- Article from:
- BMC Public Health
- Article date:
- August 28, 2008
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2008 BioMed Central Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Authors: Gauthier Bouche (corresponding author) [1]; Virginie Migeot [1]
Background
Using the Internet to seek health information is becoming more common in Europe [1] as well as in the USA [2]. In France little data is available on the proportion of people who have ever used the Internet to seek health information [3] but this proportion seems to be increasing rapidly (from 15% in 2002 [1] to 37% in 2005 [4]).
People use the Internet to seek health information because of its advantages. The Internet is widely available (home, work, libraries), convenient (24 h a day) and anonymous. A recent review highlighted the main reasons of using the ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: Gallup Survey Finds Most Americans Shun Using Internet for ...
PR Newswire;
November 13, 2000 ;
700+ words
... ... transmit personal health information over the Internet, according to ... more wary than Internet users of online ... violations of personal health information. In the national ... transmit personal health information on the Internet, and only 8 ...
|
|