Background Parents commonly use the internet to search for information about their child's
health-related symptoms and guide parental health-related decisions. Despite the impact of …

Resumen The World Health Organization (2011) has emphasized communication as one of
the biggest challenges and places risk communication among the essential competencies …

Background High-quality online health information (OHI) can reduce unnecessary visits to
health professionals and improve health. One of the ways that people use OHI is to support …

The 2016 Zika virus epidemic presented a serious threat to public health and left publics
confused and anxious about their risks. A survey (n= 370) was distributed in late Summer …

Patients' participation in healthcare requires comprehensive health knowledge and can
benefit from online health information seeking behaviours (O-HISB). The internet is a …

Patient empowerment is seen as the capability to understand health information and make
decisions based on it. It is a competence that can improve self-care, adherence and overall …

Background Scholars demand more focus on context-related factors of health literacy as the
management of health information is seen as a social practice. One prominent factor is …

A significant proportion of online health information seeking is related to the health of others,
such as the one of family members and friends, instead of an individual's own health …

Background The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has also emerged as an infodemic,
thereby worsening the harm of the pandemic. This situation has highlighted the need for a …

Auf dem Weg bis zum Abschluss meiner Promotion haben mich viele Menschen unterstützt,
sowohl fachlich als auch persönlich, sodass ich diese Gelegenheit nutzen möchte, um mich …