Parental education and children's online health information seeking: Beyond the digital divide debate

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1501-1505

  Zhao, Shanyang ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Digital divide; Digital empowerment; Health information seeking; Internet; Socioeconomic status (SES); USA

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT EDUCATION; CHILD HEALTH; EMPOWERMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MULTIPLE REGRESSION;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARENT; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71149097251     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.08.039     Document Type: Article

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