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Health Problems and Help Seeking Behavior at the Internet

Author(s) -

Nuray Turan,

Nurten Kaya,

Gülsün Özdemir Aydın

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

procedia - social and behavioral sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1877-0428

DOI - 10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.06.248

Subject(s) - the internet , health information , information seeking , information seeking behavior , internet privacy , psychology , relation (database) , health communication , internet users , health care , world wide web , computer science , political science , communication , information retrieval , database , law

Interest in the internet as a communication tool for health-related information is growing rapidly. The profile of online health consumers can be broadly defined as patients, patients’ friends/relatives, and citizens in general. Health information-seeking behavior varies depending on type of information sought, reasons for, and experience of, searching. However, little is known about how people use the internet in relation to other sources for health information

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