Answers to health questions: Internet search results versus online health community responses

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Kanthawala, Shaheen ^a   Vermeesch, Amber ^b   Given, Barbara ^a   Huh, Jina ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Health communication; Health related internet behavior use; Internet; Online health communities; Question types classification; Risk of misinformation; Self management

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; SEARCH ENGINE; SELF HELP; STANDARDS;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; SEARCH ENGINE; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 84973333129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.5369     Document Type: Article

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