Does googling for preconception care result in information consistent with international guidelines: A comparison of information found by Italian women of childbearing age and health professionals

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Agricola, Eleonora ^a   Gesualdo, Francesco ^a   Pandolfi, Elisabetta ^a   Gonfiantini, Michaela V ^a   Carloni, Emanuela ^a   Mastroiacovo, Pierpaolo ^b   Tozzi, Alberto E ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Alessandra Lisi International Centre on Birth Defects and Prematurity   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adverse pregnancy outcomes; Folic acid; Google; Health information; Internet; Preconception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; ITALY; MATERNAL CARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEARCH ENGINE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BLOGGING; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRECONCEPTION CARE; SEARCH ENGINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872793706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-13-14     Document Type: Article

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