Internet access for delivery of health information to South Australians older than 50

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 174-176

  Wilson, Carlene ^a   Flight, Ingrid ^a   Hart, Elizabeth ^a   Turnbull, Deborah ^b   Cole, Steve ^c   Young, Graeme ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumer health information; Health services accessibility; Internet utilisation

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AGED; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 42549123297     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00196.x     Document Type: Article

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