Aim: Studies have shown increasing Internet use for health information. We aimed to broadly
examine parents' utilisation of information sources for their children's health, their trust in …

Aim: We aimed to determine the rate of Internet use for obtaining medical information by
health‐care patients at a tertiary paediatric hospital, whether the Internet may influence …

Background: The use of the Internet to search for medical and health-related information is
increasing and associated with concerns around quality and safety. Objective: We …

Aim The internet has enabled parents to become informed medical consumers and take an
active role in their child's treatment. We aimed to determine parents' online medical …

Abstract Background Using the Internet to seek health information is becoming more
common. Its consequences on health care utilisation are hardly known in the general …

Aims:(1) To establish how many parents of children seen in paediatric outpatient
departments use the internet to find information about their child's medical condition.(2) To …

Background: Pre-natal and post-natal periods are times when many women actively seek
health information from multiple sources, including the Internet. However, little is known …

Background Information perscriptions (IPs) are prescriptions of specific, evidence-based
information to manage health problems. Objective To determine whether a pediatrician …

Aim To assess the reliability and accuracy of medical advice, over a range of types of
websites, found using the Google search engine, thus simulating a patient's experience …

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 …