What Is the Impact of the Internet on Decision-Making in Pregnancy? A Global Study

Birth

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 336-345

  Lagan, Briege M ^a   Sinclair, Marlene ^a   Kernohan, W George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Information seeking; Internet; Online focus groups; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 82155162028     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2011.00488.x     Document Type: Article

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