Chinese older adults' internet use for health information

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 316-335

  Wong, Carmen K M ^a   Yeung, Dannii Y ^a   Ho, Henry C Y ^a   Tse, Kin Po ^a   Lam, Chun Yiu ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese older adults; health information; Internet use; technology acceptance model

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CHINESE; CHINESE MEDICINE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; BEHAVIOR; CHINA; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMATION SEEKING; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CHINA; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTENTION; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84898938249     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464812463430     Document Type: Article

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