The quality of online health information for consumers has been a critical issue that
concerns all stakeholders in healthcare. To gain an understanding of how quality is …

Background The popularity of the Internet has enabled unprecedented access to health
information. As a largely unregulated source, there is potential for inconsistency in the …

Entertainment-Education and Social Change introduces readers to entertainment-education
(EE) literature from multiple perspectives. This distinctive collection covers the history of …

ContextThe Internet has attracted considerable attention as a means to improve health and
health care delivery, but it is not clear how prevalent Internet use for health care really is or …

PURPOSE: The purpose of this inter-disciplinary literature review was to explore renewed
concerns about the reliability of online health information in light of the increasing popularity …

OBJECTIVE:: To find and assess quality-rating instruments that can be used by health care
consumers to assess websites displaying health information. DATA SOURCES:: Searches of …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore how vulnerable healthcare consumers foster
social support through visual storytelling in social media in navigating healthcare …

The third edition of this popular introductory textbook has been revised to provide a totally up-
to-date and hands-on guide to the practical aspects of health promotion. Focusing on the …

Background: Adults with low literacy may encounter informational obstacles on the Internet
when searching for health information, in part because most health Web sites require at …

This week's theme issue attempts to provide a framework for thinking about the quality of
health information on the internet—a source of anxiety almost since its first appearance. Five …