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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"online health information"”.
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Age differences in making credibility judgments of online health information
… among the exponentially growing population of online health information consumers. To better support their consumption of high quality health information on the Internet, it is important to understand how older adults make credibility judgments of online health information. For this purpose, I …
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Online Health Information Seeking Behaviors of Hispanics in New York City
… underserved population in terms of access to online health information. The specific aims of this descriptive, correlational study were to examine factors associated with online health information seeking behaviors of Hispanics and to examine the association between online health information …
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The Gekko Effect: The Media's Framing of Michael Douglas' Ambiguous Public Health Disclosure and the Public's Online Health Information Seeking
… study investigated the presence and frequency of online media frames and frame combinations in stories related to Michael Douglas' public health disclosure, and the frames' relationship with the public's online information seeking of "Michael Douglas", "HPV", "throat cancer", and "oral sex". The …
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"It gave me relief...it gave me confidence" - the online health information seeking experiences of adults with chronic health conditions.
… of the United Kingdom (UK) National Health Service (NHS) has included a number of sizeable reforms that have emphasised partnership relationships between patients and professionals, and the importance of individuals taking a more active role in their care. Many of these changes have …
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Evaluation of Food Assistance Programs and Implications of Patients' Health Information Seeking
… potential impacts of patient's widespread use of online health information. In particular, the essay employs a principal agent model and focuses on the quality of online health information. The model shows that when the quality of health information improves, since medical consultations become …
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Helping Those Who Help Themselves: a Critical Discourse Analysis Of CNN's 'Indepth: Empowered Patient'
<p>Internet Web sites are overwhelming health consumers with an abundance of health related advice, tips and education. In order for a patient to gain more autonomy in the patient – physician relationship, we assume they need more knowledge because they have traditionally relied on the physician …
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The Value of Online Medication Rating Systems to Older Adults and Their Association with Self-Reported Outcomes
… popular vehicle for distributing judgment-free health information to patients. Multiple studies have examined the role of online health information as well as physician-rating websites in health care. Studies have examined the value of online drug information for patients and the value of the …
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A Mixed-Method Examination of Primary Care Physician Message Strategies to Correct Patient-Held Health Misinformation: An Application of Goals-Plans-Action Theory
<p>Given the prevalence of health misinformation (i.e., inaccurate health messaging that lacks scientific evidence), there is a need for successful communication strategies to combat this detrimental health issue (Krishna & Thompson, 2021). Guided by goals-plans-action theory (Dillard, 1990), which …
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Assessing the effectiveness of the ART programme in the Western Cape Province of South Africa through triangulation of context-appropriate population level routine monitoring and surveillance systems
… in resource-limited settings with fragile health systems. Key questions underpinning this thesis were how to robustly develop, implement, monitor and use routine health information systems to explore pertinent epidemiological questions, including real-world effectiveness of the ART …