Trust and sources of health information: the impact of the Internet and its implications for health care providers: findings from the first Health Information National Trends Survey.

By B. Hesse, D. Nelson, Gary L. Kreps, R. Croyle, Neeraj Arora, B. Rimer, K. Viswanath. Archives of Internal Medicine, 2005

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, General Health Professions

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Using the Internet for Health-Related Activities: Findings From a National Probability Sample (2009, background): “Although people may prefer to go to their clinicians first, they have reported that they actually go online first for health information [27].”
Health information seeking in the digital age: An analysis of health information seeking behavior among US adults (2017, background): “Healthcare professionals have traditionally been the primary source of health information (Hesse et al., 2005).”
Effectiveness of Web-based Psychological Interventions for Depression: A Meta-analysis (2013, background): “The Internet is also increasingly becoming acceptable as a means to access health information and communicate with others on health topics (Andersson et al. 2007; Hesse et al. 2005; Marks and Cavanagh 2009).”
Cardiovascular disease risk prediction using automated machine learning: A prospective study of 423,604 UK Biobank participants (2019, background): “Individuals in developed countries tend to seek out health information through online resources and web-based risk calculators [38].”
Social support in an Internet weight loss community (2009, neutral): “Not only has the Internet supplanted clinicians as the primary source of health information for the American public [33], but the primacy of read-only Web resources created by a central core of experts (“Web 1.”
Acceptance and Use of Health Information Technology By Community-Dwelling Elders (2014, neutral): “[102] B.”
eHealth Literacy: Extending the Digital Divide to the Realm of Health Information (2012, background): “eHealth literacy, which includes the component of health literacy [3-5], effectively links health consumers to the outcomes typical of Internet use—that is, opportunities, possible harm [6], and inequalities (eg, being part of a minority or disenfranchised group [7-9], education [10-13], age [13-15]”
What Science Communication Scholars Think About Training Scientists to Communicate (2011, background): “…medical and health personnel primarily interact with the public directly and are seen as highly credible sources of information (Freimuth, 1987; Hesse et al., 2005), many experts contend that it is this group that should be involved more heavily in science communication (Covello, McCallum, &…”