Article: Parental use of the Internet to seek health information and primary care utilisation for their child: a cross-sectional study.(Research article)

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 ...

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