Exploring Online Health Information Seeking in Scotland

Julia Moreland; Tara French; Grant Cumming

Exploring Online Health Information Seeking in Scotland

Julia Moreland, Tara French, Grant Cumming

UHI Moray

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Abstract

Online Health Information Seeking (OHIS) has become an area of increasing interest over the last decade. The Internet has enabled the democratisation of health information as knowledge which was previously exclusive to health professionals has now become open access for all. The activity of OHIS has also revealed a digital divide in terms of those who access the Internet for health information. The prevalence of OHIS and the impact it has on patient outcomes and the relationship between health professional and patient is the focus of an on-going body of research outlined in this paper.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 3rd European Workshop on Practical Aspects of Health Informatics (PAHI 2015)
Publisher	CEUR Workshop Proceedings (CEUR-WS.org)
Volume	1574
ISBN (Electronic)	16130073
Publication status	Published - 27 Oct 2015

Keywords

online communication
health information
Digital health
healthcare

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Copyright © 2016 by the paper's authors. Copying permitted for private and academic purposes. In: G. Cumming, T. French, H. Gilstad, M.G. Jaatun, E.A A. Jaatun (eds.): Proceedings of the 3rd European Workshop on Practical Aspects of Health Informatics (PAHI 2015), Elgin, Scotland, UK, 27-OCT-2015, published at http://ceur-ws.org
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Julia Moreland, BA (Hons) PgCert
- julia.moreland.morayuhi.acuk
- UHI Moray - Lecturer of Social Sciences
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