Health information, the Internet, and the digital divide.

By M. Brodie, R. Flournoy, A. De, R. Blendon, J. Benson, Marcus D. Rosenbaum. Health Affairs, 2000

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Understanding Health Literacy for Strategic Health Marketing: eHealth Literacy, Health Disparities, and the Digital Divide (2008, methodology): “This argument has been applied by in the realm of eHealth (Bertot, 2003; Brodie et al., 2000; Dutta-Bergman, 2004a, 2004d; Dutta and Bodie, in press; Dutta et al., in press; Hsu et al., 2005; Skinner et al., 2003; Wagner et al., 2005) such that even within patient populations with equal access to…”
Social capital and social support on the web: the case of an internet mother site. (2005, background): “Although some predicted that the internet would reduce inequality because the information playing field would be more level, others contended that inequality would merely be reproduced because people of higher socioeconomic status would use it more quickly and efficiently, hence creating a ‘digital ”
Dynamic Consent – A Patient Interface for 21st Century Research Networks (2014, background): “33 Access to the internet is not equally distributed throughout (or between) populations and is inﬂuenced by a range of factors, including age, socio-economic status and health.”
Shortcomings of health information on the Internet. (2003, background): “Furthermore, while available information is often valid, in many cases it is incomplete.”