Interventions to assist health consumers to find reliable online health information: a comprehensive review

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 9; no. 4; p. e94186
• Main Authors: Lee, Kenneth, Hoti, Kreshnik, Hughes, Jeffery D, Emmerton, Lynne M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.04.2014; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Analysis; Chronic illnesses; Comparators; Consumer behavior; Consumer education; Consumers; Decision making; Documents; Grey literature; Health; Health education; Health Information Systems; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health literacy; Humans; Information literacy; Internet; Intervention; Libraries; Lists; Management; Medical advice systems; Medicine and Health Sciences; Older people; Pharmacy; Research and Analysis Methods; Reviews; Search engines; Search strategies; Studies; Systematic review; Web 2.0; Websites; Western Australia Australia

Health information on the Internet is ubiquitous, and its use by health consumers prevalent. Finding and understanding relevant online health information, and determining content reliability, pose real challenges for many health consumers. To identify the types of interventions that have been implem...