eHealth literacy: Extending the digital divide to the realm of health information

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Neter, Efrat ^a   Brainin, Esther ^a  

^a RUPPIN ACADEMIC CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Digital literacy; EHealth literacy; Health information search; Health literacy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; MALE; TELEMEDICINE;

COMPUTER LITERACY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TELEMEDICINE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84860547811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1619     Document Type: Article

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