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dc.contributor.authorKummervold, Per Egil
dc.contributor.authorWynn, Rolf
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-26T12:57:08Z
dc.date.available2013-02-26T12:57:08Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to summarize and analyse findings from four prior studies on the use of the Internet as a source of health information in five European countries (Norway, Denmark, Germany, Greece, and Portugal). A cross-study comparison of data was performed. All the studies included fit with a trend of a sharp and continuous growth in the use of the Internet for health information access in the major part of the last decade. Importantly, the Internet has become an important mass media source of health information in northern Europe. While the use of the Internet for health information is somewhat less common in the south European countries, its use is also clearly increasing there. We discuss the advantages of cross-study comparisons of data and methodological challenges. As the use of the Internet for health information is likely to peak in some countries in the near future, new population surveys on health information access should focus more on the details of information that is accessed and which sites that are most used and trusted.en
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Telemedicine and Applications (2012), Article ID 297416, 3 pagesen
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 962344
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/297416
dc.identifier.issn1687-6415
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/4856
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_4569
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherHindawi Publishing Corporationen
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Community medicine, Social medicine: 801en
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin, sosialmedisin: 801en
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Health service and health administration research: 806en
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Helsetjeneste- og helseadministrasjonsforskning: 806en
dc.titleHealth information accessed on the Internet: the development in 5 European countriesen
dc.typeJournal articleen
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dc.typePeer revieweden


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