Use of and satisfaction with sources of health information among older internet users and nonusers

Gerontologist

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 663-673

  Taha, Jessica ^a,b   Sharit, Joseph ^b   Czaja, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Health information seeking; Internet; Satisfaction with health information

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH BELIEF; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70349448626     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp058     Document Type: Article

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