Parental digital health information seeking behavior in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital media are increasingly abundant and used to seek health information, however, to date very little is known on parents' seeking behavior in the context of child's health and development outside English-speaking and Scandinavian countries. By investigating the prevalence of, and reasons for use, we studied parents' perception of the Internet as a resource for improving their health-related knowledge.

Methods

The survey was conducted in a random sample of 2573 Swiss-German parents with at least one child aged less-than 2 years old. Parents received a mailed invitation to fill in an online questionnaire. Two reminders were sent, the later with a paper questionnaire attached. The questionnaire included questions on use of print, digital, and personal informatio

SUBMITTER: Jaks R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6385444 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature