Background: The Internet has revolutionized the way in which many Americans search for
health care information. Unfortunately, being able to use the Internet for this purpose is …

Background: Electronic health resources are helpful only when people are able to use them,
yet there remain few tools available to assess consumers' capacity for engaging in eHealth …

Background.—The “digital divide” is the gap between those with access to information tools
such as the Internet and those without access. The gap has been described by income …

Background: The Internet represents an increasingly common source of health-related
information, and it has facilitated a wide range of interactions between people and the health …

Objectives For children with life‐threatening illnesses we sought to (1) understand the
associations between parental characteristics and preferred health information sources, and …

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 …

PURPOSE: Adolescents are well served by the Internet through school access, but they will
only derive maximum benefit from this information resource if they are able to search for …

Background: Adolescents' access to health information on the Internet is partly a function of
their ability to search for and find answers to their health-related questions. Adolescents may …

Background Electronic health (eHealth) literacy has become an important topic in health
fields. Studies have found that individuals with higher eHealth literacy are more likely to use …

Background Parents of children with rare conditions increasingly use the Internet to source
information on their child's condition. This study reports on part of a larger study whose …