The Quality of Online Health-Related Information – an Emergent Consumer Health Issue

The Internet has become one of the main means of communication used by people who search for health-related information. The quality of online health-related information affects the users’ knowledge, their attitude, and their risk or health behaviour in complex ways and influences a substantial numb...

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Main Author: Nădăşan Valentin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-12-01
Series:Acta Medica Marisiensis
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/amma-2016-0048
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spelling doaj-5c90b5d7c2b9435d97f30f8133afa57b2021-09-06T19:39:52ZengSciendoActa Medica Marisiensis2247-61132016-12-0162440842110.1515/amma-2016-0048amma-2016-0048The Quality of Online Health-Related Information – an Emergent Consumer Health IssueNădăşan Valentin0University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tirgu Mures, RomaniaThe Internet has become one of the main means of communication used by people who search for health-related information. The quality of online health-related information affects the users’ knowledge, their attitude, and their risk or health behaviour in complex ways and influences a substantial number of users in their decisions regarding diagnostic and treatment procedures.https://doi.org/10.1515/amma-2016-0048consumer healthhealth-related informationquality assessment criteriae-health codes of conductautomatic assessment of health-related information
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The Quality of Online Health-Related Information – an Emergent Consumer Health Issue
Acta Medica Marisiensis
consumer health
health-related information
quality assessment criteria
e-health codes of conduct
automatic assessment of health-related information
author_facet Nădăşan Valentin
author_sort Nădăşan Valentin
title The Quality of Online Health-Related Information – an Emergent Consumer Health Issue
title_short The Quality of Online Health-Related Information – an Emergent Consumer Health Issue
title_full The Quality of Online Health-Related Information – an Emergent Consumer Health Issue
title_fullStr The Quality of Online Health-Related Information – an Emergent Consumer Health Issue
title_full_unstemmed The Quality of Online Health-Related Information – an Emergent Consumer Health Issue
title_sort quality of online health-related information – an emergent consumer health issue
publisher Sciendo
series Acta Medica Marisiensis
issn 2247-6113
publishDate 2016-12-01
description The Internet has become one of the main means of communication used by people who search for health-related information. The quality of online health-related information affects the users’ knowledge, their attitude, and their risk or health behaviour in complex ways and influences a substantial number of users in their decisions regarding diagnostic and treatment procedures.
topic consumer health
health-related information
quality assessment criteria
e-health codes of conduct
automatic assessment of health-related information
url https://doi.org/10.1515/amma-2016-0048
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