BACKGROUND The knowledge about the relationship between health-related activities on the Internet (i.e. informed citizens) and individuals' control over their own experiences of health or illness (i.e. empowered citizens) is valuable but scarce. In this paper, we investigate the correlation between four ways of using the Internet for information on health or illness and citizens attitudes and b...

This narrative review examines assessments of the reliability of online health information retrieved through social media to ascertain whether health information accessed or disseminated through social media should be evaluated differently than other online health information. Several medical, library and information science, and interdisciplinary databases were searched using terms relating to...

BACKGROUND Mental illness may strongly affect relatives' lives. Therefore, it is important to empower relatives by providing health information according to their preferences. METHODS An online cross-sectional survey was conducted using a purpose-designed questionnaire on online health information and decision-support needs. RESULTS Prevalent reasons for online health information search of ...

BACKGROUND Although today's youth are interested in using the internet to access and manage information related to their health, little information exists about parental attitudes towards the release of health information to adolescents. METHODS Structured interviews were conducted with the parents of 83 adolescents detained at a large Northern California juvenile detention facility to examin...