Satisfaction With Internet Access, Cancer Information-Seeking, and Digital Health Technology: Cross-Sectional Survey Assessment.

ABSTRACT: Access to high-quality internet plays an increasingly important role in supporting care delivery and health information access. Although internet access has the potential to alleviate some inequities in health care, the digital divide negatively impacts cancer across the continuum. While subscription to high-speed internet has been previously assessed, satisfaction with home internet to meet the health needs of users is a lesser-known, important indicator of satisfactory access to internet-based health information and digital health technology use. This study aimed to assess differences in perceptions of quality of at-home internet connection and its association to cancer health information-seeking experiences and use of digital health technologies in a nationally representative sample of

SUBMITTER: Rincon MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12384670 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature