Ethnicity, digital divides and uses of the Internet for health information

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 51, Issue PA, 2015, Pages 216-223

  Lin, Carolyn A ^a   Atkin, David J ^a   Cappotto, Celeste ^b   Davis, Carrie ^b   Dean, Julie ^b   Eisenbaum, Jennifer ^b   House, Kenyetta ^b   Lange, Robert ^b   Merceron, Alexandra ^a   Metzger, Jacqueline ^b   Mitchum, Ariane ^b   Nicholls, Heidi ^b   Vidican, Simona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Internet use efficacy; Online health information; Search outcome expectancies and motivations

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; INTERNET; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

COGNITIVE FACTORS; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; DIGITAL DIVIDE; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; INTERNET USE; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; ONLINE HEALTH INFORMATION; RANDOM SAMPLE;

PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84929583865     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.04.054     Document Type: Article

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