Designing Health Websites Based on Users' Web-Based Information-Seeking Behaviors: A Mixed-Method Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Laypeople increasingly use the Internet as a source of health information, but finding and discovering the right information remains problematic. These issues are partially due to the mismatch between the design of consumer health websites and the needs of health information seekers, particularly the lack of support for "exploring" health information.

Objective

The aim of this research was to create a design for consumer health websites by supporting different health information-seeking behaviors. We created a website called Better Health Explorer with the new design. Through the evaluation of this new design, we derive design implications for future implementations.

Methods

Better Health Explorer was designed using a user-centered approach. The design was

SUBMITTER: Pang PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4914778 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature