The online health care revolution: how the web helps americans take better care of themselves

By S. Fox, Lee Rainie. 2000

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Understanding Health Literacy for Strategic Health Marketing: eHealth Literacy, Health Disparities, and the Digital Divide (2008, background): “In a national survey of Internet users, Princeton Survey Research Associates (2002) found that nearly 70 % of users said being able to identify the sources of information on a site is very important (see also Fox and Rainie, 2000, who found this same result with a more modest 42 % of participants).”
Where the Gates Matter Less: Ethnicity and Perceived Source Credibility in Social Media Health Messages (2013, background): “Although studies have looked at the characteristics of individuals that seek health information online (Fox & Fallows, 2003; Fox & Rainie, 2000), little is known about how individuals make credibility judgments about online health information, and less is known about the intersection of race,…”
Help seeking behavior and the Internet: A national survey (2006, background): “Almost half (48%) of health information seekers indicate that their findings help them to take better care of themselves [7].”
Patients using the Internet to obtain health information: how this affects the patient-health professional relationship. (2006, background): “Fox and Rainie [4] estimated that, at that time, Internet users could search as many as 10,000 medically related web sites.”
Use of the Internet and e-mail for health care information: results from a national survey. (2003, background): “Highly publicized reports have suggested that a majority and, in some reports, even as many as 80% of US adults with Internet access use the Internet for health care purposes.(15,16,18-20) However, our results are consistent with other, perhaps less widely publicized reports of 35% to 37% in recent ”
Exposure to Internet Pornography among Children and Adolescents: A National Survey (2005, background): “A survey of young people attending a private, urban school in the Midwest reports that 21% have ever visited a pornographic site for at least 3 min.”
Why Are Health Care Interventions Delivered Over the Internet? A Systematic Review of the Published Literature (2006, background): “The Internet is still a relatively new medium for seeking and delivering health care, although this use is increasing rapidly [1,2] and includes health information seeking [3], Internet-based peer support groups [4], online health consultations [5], and delivery of health interventions [6].”
Consumer health information seeking on the Internet: the state of the art. (2001, background): “A Health on the Net Foundation (HON) survey (Health on the Net Foundation, 1999a) found that 60% of respondents using the net to locate health information were women [see also (Pennbridge et al., 1999; Pew Internet and American Life Project, 2000b)].”
The Impact of the Internet on Cancer Outcomes (2003, unknown): “In another survey, 52% from a general (healthy) population who have visited health sites think that “almost all” or “most” health information they see on the Internet is credible.(29) Physicians view the quality of health information on the Web slightly more critically: They report that the last tim”
Using the Internet for Health-Related Activities: Findings From a National Probability Sample (2009, background): “The effect of income and age on online health information seeking has been inconsistent across studies [2,7,9,10].”