Evaluation of a web portal for improving public access to evidence-based health information and health literacy skills: a pragmatic trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Using the conceptual framework of shared decision-making and evidence-based practice, a web portal was developed to serve as a generic (non disease-specific) tailored intervention to improve the lay public's health literacy skills.

Objective

To evaluate the effects of the web portal compared to no intervention in a real-life setting.

Methods

A pragmatic randomised controlled parallel trial using simple randomisation of 96 parents who had children aged <4 years. Parents were allocated to receive either access to the portal or no intervention, and assigned three tasks to perform over a three-week period. These included a searching task, a critical appraisal task, and reporting on perceptions about participation. Data were collected from March through June 201

SUBMITTER: Austvoll-Dahlgren A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3365121 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature