Reducing Negative Outcomes of Online Consumer Health Information: Qualitative Interpretive Study with Clinicians, Librarians, and Consumers.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:There has been an exponential increase in the general population's usage of the internet and of information accessibility; the current demand for online consumer health information (OCHI) is unprecedented. There are multiple studies on internet access and usage, quality of information, and information needs. However, few studies explored negative outcomes of OCHI in detail or from different perspectives, and none examined how these negative outcomes could be reduced. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to describe negative outcomes associated with OCHI use in primary care and identify potential preventive strategies from consumers', health practitioners', and health librarians' perspectives. METHODS:This included a two-stage interpretive qualitative study. In the first stage, we

SUBMITTER: El Sherif R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5960043 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature