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Access patterns of a clinic-based health information web site for international travelers.

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A large national telephone survey conducted in 2000 by the Pew Internet & American Life Project estimated that 52 million American adults used the Internet to acquire health information. Based on population estimates, these users comprised 25% of all ... (Full abstract text below)

Published 2002 Nov-Dec in Journal: J Travel Med (Language : eng)

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1. J Travel Med. 2002 Nov-Dec;9(6):315-7

Access patterns of a clinic-based health information web site for international travelers.

Licciardone JC

Department of Family Medicine, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

A large national telephone survey conducted in 2000 by the Pew Internet & American Life Project estimated that 52 million American adults used the Internet to acquire health information. Based on population estimates, these users comprised 25% of all adults. The growth of online health information coupled with increasing Internet access has led to the emergence of consumer informatics as an outbranching from traditional medical informatics. The ease of international communications afforded by the Internet holds great promise for consumers in the realm of travel medicine. For example, an early study found that a Web site hosted by an international travel medicine clinic was accessed by client computers in more than 100 countries. Nevertheless, relatively little research has been conducted on consumer informatics in travel medicine. An important aspect of consumer informatics involves studying consumers' needs for health information. The purpose of this study was to perform a descriptive analysis of overall use and content-specific access patterns for health information provided on a clinic-based Web site for international travelers.

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John C	Licciardone	JC

Affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

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Ambulatory Care Facilities
Communicable Disease Control - statistics & numerical data
Health Education - statistics & numerical data
Health Promotion - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Internet - statistics & numerical data
Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data
Preventive Health Services - statistics & numerical data
Travel - statistics & numerical data
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