The Internet and Managing Boomers and Seniors' Health

2011 ◽  
pp. 68-91
Author(s):  
Christopher G. Reddick
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Health Information ◽  
Kaiser Family Foundation ◽  
Positive Feelings ◽  
Use Of The Internet

This chapter examines the use of the Internet for gathering health information by boomers and seniors. This study attempts to determine whether online health seekers (individuals that have Internet access and have searched for health information online) have changed their behavior from the information they found online. Essentially, has online health information helped them manage their health more effectively? This research analyzes the Kaiser Family Foundation e-Health and the Elderly public opinion dataset of access by boomers and seniors to online health information. The major results indicate that boomers marginally use online health information more than seniors for the management of their health. The most significant results indicated that boomers and seniors who are more aware and have positive feelings towards online health information would use it more to manage their health.

The Internet, Health Information, and Managing Health

2009 ◽  
pp. 297-316
Author(s):  
Christopher G. Reddick
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Health Information ◽  
Kaiser Family Foundation ◽  
Internet Health Information ◽  
Positive Feelings ◽  
Use Of The Internet

This article examines the use of the Internet for gathering health information by boomers and seniors. This study attempts to determine whether online health seekers (individuals that have Internet access and have searched for health information online) have changed their behaviors from the information they found online. Essentially, has online health information helped them to manage their health more effectively? This research analyzes the Kaiser Family Foundation e-Health and the Elderly public opinion dataset of access by boomers and seniors to online health information. The major results indicate that boomers marginally use online health information more than seniors for the management of their health. The most significant results indicated that boomers and seniors who are more aware and have positive feelings toward online health information would use it more to manage their health.

The Internet, Health Information, and Managing Health

2011 ◽  
pp. 1495-1513
Author(s):  
Christopher G. Reddick
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Health Information ◽  
Kaiser Family Foundation ◽  
Internet Health Information ◽  
Positive Feelings ◽  
Use Of The Internet

This article examines the use of the Internet for gathering health information by boomers and seniors. This study attempts to determine whether online health seekers (individuals that have Internet access and have searched for health information online) have changed their behaviors from the information they found online. Essentially, has online health information helped them to manage their health more effectively? This research analyzes the Kaiser Family Foundation e-Health and the Elderly public opinion dataset of access by boomers and seniors to online health information. The major results indicate that boomers marginally use online health information more than seniors for the management of their health. The most significant results indicated that boomers and seniors who are more aware and have positive feelings toward online health information would use it more to manage their health.

The Internet, Health Information, and Managing Health

2010 ◽  
pp. 458-476
Author(s):  
Christopher G. Reddick
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Health Information ◽  
Kaiser Family Foundation ◽  
Internet Health Information ◽  
Positive Feelings ◽  
Use Of The Internet

This article examines the use of the Internet for gathering health information by boomers and seniors. This study attempts to determine whether online health seekers (individuals that have Internet access and have searched for health information online) have changed their behaviors from the information they found online. Essentially, has online health information helped them to manage their health more effectively? This research analyzes the Kaiser Family Foundation e-Health and the Elderly public opinion dataset of access by boomers and seniors to online health information. The major results indicate that boomers marginally use online health information more than seniors for the management of their health. The most significant results indicated that boomers and seniors who are more aware and have positive feelings toward online health information would use it more to manage their health.

The Internet, Health Information, and Managing Health

2009 ◽  
pp. 1687-1706
Author(s):  
Christopher G. Reddick
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Health Information ◽  
Kaiser Family Foundation ◽  
Internet Health Information ◽  
Positive Feelings ◽  
Use Of The Internet

This article examines the use of the Internet for gathering health information by boomers and seniors. This study attempts to determine whether online health seekers (individuals that have Internet access and have searched for health information online) have changed their behaviors from the information they found online. Essentially, has online health information helped them to manage their health more effectively? This research analyzes the Kaiser Family Foundation e-Health and the Elderly public opinion dataset of access by boomers and seniors to online health information. The major results indicate that boomers marginally use online health information more than seniors for the management of their health. The most significant results indicated that boomers and seniors who are more aware and have positive feelings toward online health information would use it more to manage their health.

The internet as a source of health information in three disparate communities

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jared Dart
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Health Information ◽  
Low Socioeconomic ◽  
Socioeconomic Groups ◽  
Future Preference ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
The University

A survey questionnaire was designed and implemented across three different communities to determine the current utilisation, importance, trust and future preference for the internet as a source of health information in three different socioeconomic groups. The following were the key results. Fewer respondents in the low socioeconomic group accessed online health information than the mid-high socioeconomic or university samples. The internet was a much more important source of health information for the university sample. The use of online health information and the importance ascribed to the internet as a source of health information was related to home internet access and the frequency of internet use in all three populations. Most respondents do not bring online health information to their doctor (>70% of those who access online health information). Age alone did not relate to the current use of the internet as a source of health information. Most respondents in all populations did not trust the internet. In all populations the internet was a more preferred source of health information than its current use would suggest, especially among those with home internet access and frequent users of the internet.

scholarly journals Protocol paper for the ‘Harnessing resources from the internet to maximise outcomes from GP consultations (HaRI)’ study: a mixed qualitative methods study

BMJ Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. e024188
Author(s):  
Maureen Seguin ◽  
Laura Hall ◽  
Helen Atherton ◽  
Rebecca Barnes ◽  
Geraldine Leydon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Health Information ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Patient Questionnaires ◽  
Ethical Approval ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Questionnaire Studies

IntroductionMany patients now turn to the internet as a resource for healthcare information and advice. However, patients’ use of the internet to manage their health has been positioned as a potential source of strain on the doctor–patient relationship in primary care. The current evidence about what happens when internet-derived health information is introduced during consultations has relied on qualitative data derived from interview or questionnaire studies. The ‘Harnessing resources from the internet to maximise outcomes from GP consultations (HaRI)’ study combines questionnaire, interview and video-recorded consultation data to address this issue more fully.Methods and analysisThree data collection methods are employed: preconsultation patient questionnaires, video-recorded consultations between general practitioners (GP) and patients, and semistructured interviews with GPs and patients. We seek to recruit 10 GPs practising in Southeast England. We aim to collect up to 30 patient questionnaires and video-recorded consultations per GP, yielding up to 300. Up to 30 patients (approximately three per participating GP) will be selected for interviews sampled for a wide range of sociodemographic characteristics, and a variety of ways the use of, or information from, the internet was present or absent during their consultation. We will interview all 10 participating GPs about their views of online health information, reflecting on their own usage of online information during consultations and their patients’ references to online health information. Descriptive, conversation and thematic analysis will be used respectively for the patient questionnaires, video-recorded consultations and interviews.Ethics and disseminationEthical approval has been granted by the London–Camden & Kings Cross Research Ethics Committee. Alongside journal publications, dissemination activities include the creation of a toolkit to be shared with patients and doctors, to guide discussions of material from the internet in consultations.

Citizens, the Internet, and Terrorism Information

2010 ◽  
pp. 152-165
Author(s):  
Christopher G. Reddick
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Homeland Security ◽  
Terrorist Attack ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Successful Development ◽  
Security Information ◽  
Government Websites ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Made In

This chapter examines the role that citizens play when using the internet for gathering information. It is vital to understand the use of the Internet by citizens to address the issue of access to homeland security information. This chapter also provides information on how terrorism information is presented online and citizens’ use of this information is discussed. Jones, Hackney, and Irani (2007) believe that the key to the successful development of e-government is its citizens. There needs to be efforts to engage citizens in the adoption of e-government. These authors believe that this engagement will truly create a transformation of e-government that was envisioned by earlier writers in the field. This chapter discusses this level of engagement and shows that citizens are the least likely to use Internet for homeland security information if a terrorist attack occurs. Existing research on the adoption of e-government tends to focus on the supply of e-government in terms of the breadth and sophistication of government Websites. However, Streib and Navarro (2006) have examined the role the internet plays in public organizations using public opinion data, examining the demand for e-government. There is a need for more research on the demand for e-government and that is the focus of this chapter. The argument made in this chapter is that you need to understand citizens, and why they go online, to more effectively cater homeland security information to their needs. This chapter first discusses the important issue of the digital divide, the disparity between those that have Internet access and those that do not. This is followed by a discussion of citizen trust and satisfaction with e-government Websites. Followed this, there is a discussion of the citizen-initiated contacts literature as a framework that helps us understand why citizens contact government for information and services.

Do otolaryngology out-patients use the internet prior to attending their appointment?

2004 ◽  
Vol 118 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Tassone ◽  
Christos Georgalas ◽  
Nimesh N. Patel ◽  
Esther Appleby ◽  
Bhik Kotecha
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Information Resource ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
The Web

The Internet has become a very important source of health information. We wanted to determine otolaryngology patients’ access to, and use of, the Internet as a medical information resource, to identify factors that make patients more likely to use it, and to determine how useful they find this information.A questionnaire survey was completed by patients while waiting for their consultation in the out-patient department of the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital in London. Five hundred and thirty-five questionnaires were completed. Sixty-four per cent (344/535) reported having access to the Web. Of the 344 with access, 62 (18 per cent) had searched the Web for medical information prior to their consultation. Higher education (p <0.001) and age between 18 and 40 years (p = 0.001) correlated significantly with higher Internet use. Ninety-five per cent planned to use the Internet again.Approximately one out of five otolaryngology out-patients with Internet access reported having obtained medical information from the Web before their consultation. The majority found it helpful to some degree and were planning to use it again. As clinicians we should be aware ofthis use and the onus should be on ourselves to review these sites in order to guide our patients to sources of reliable and helpful medical information on the Internet.

scholarly journals USAGE OF INTERNET FOR HEALTH INFORMATION SEEKING AMONG ELDERLY IN MALAYSIA

2020 ◽  
pp. 187-193
Author(s):  
Normawati Ahmad ◽  
Abu Bakar Rahman ◽  
Noorlaile Jasman ◽  
Kamarul zaman Salleh ◽  
Siti Nur Farhana Harun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Senior Citizens ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Health Information Seeking ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Activity Centre

Introduction: The Internet is rapidly growing and becoming an easier to access to technology. It functions as important part of almost everyone’s daily life including elderly. Objective: The study was aimed to investigate the patterns of internet usage among elderly. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 23 Elderly Activity Centre throughout Malaysia from August 2017 to October 2017. This centre is a place for senior citizens to conduct routinely/daily activities in the community. It is an oriented service especially for senior citizens. Results: A total of 1400 individuals were sampled in this study, unfortunately the elderly turned up only 799 (57.1%) which aged 60 and above. A self-administered with minimal guidance and face to face interview by trained research assistants were used in this study. The study showed of the total 799 respondents, only 258 (33.0%) who use the internet. Those using the Internet are 89 (30.2%) male and 169 (69.8%) female, respectively. Most of them are government retirees (47.7%). The study found that the reasons of the elderly seeking health information through the internet because it was free (66.3%) as well as easy and fast (56.2%). The study also found that the type of health information sought is information on certain diseases such as cancer, diabetes, hypertension and others (20.9%). With regards to the places of internet access, about 86.8% of the respondents having the internet access at home, followed by internet service provider 42.6% and by Elderly Activity Centre, itself 14.7%. Only 3.5% and 5.8% of respondents access internet at Cyber Cafe and friend’s house respectively. The highest showed that respondents access internet several times in a month 25.5% followed by everyday 22.5% and twice or thrice in a week 17.4%. Overall, 53.5% of elderly claimed internet can be a very helpful resource for finding health information. Discussion: Elderly in Malaysia are becoming more tech-savvy. This change is advantage as it can be used to address and manage health issues and geriatrics care for elderly through strategic dissemination of health information as well as to motivate positive health behaviour through use of technology. KEYWORDS: Elderly, Internet Use, Health Information Seeking.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document