User-generated online health content: A survey of internet users in the United Kingdom

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  O'Neill, Braden ^a   Ziebland, Sue ^a   Valderas, Jose ^a,b   Lupiáñez Villanueva, Francisco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Consumer health information; EHealth; Health education; Health promotion; Patient education; Social media; Superusers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; STATISTICS; SUPERUSERS; TELEHEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EHEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; PATIENT EDUCATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SUPERUSERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901473074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3187     Document Type: Article

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