Exploring the role of health literacy in the evaluation of online health information: Insights from a mixed-methods study

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1017-1025

  Diviani, Nicola ^a   van den Putte, Bas ^a,b   Meppelink, Corine S ^a   van Weert, Julia C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EHealth; Health information seeking; Health literacy; Information evaluation; Online health information

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; MALE; ONLINE HEALTH INFORMATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERVIEW; TELEMEDICINE;

ADULT; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84955144544     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2016.01.007     Document Type: Article

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