Global search trends on common vaccine-related information in English on the Internet.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The knowledge about Internet search trends helps to know the information-seeking behavior of the Internet users and this would help in formulating Information Education and Communication strategy.

Aim

The aim of this study was to explore the global Internet search trends about vaccine-related information in English.

Materials and methods

First, we conducted a pilot interview with 15 participants (convenience sample from a tertiary care hospital) to make a list of five common query keywords (viz., When, Where, Cost, Side effect, Schedule) for vaccine-related search. Then, we obtained the search trends from "Google trends" for 5 years with the five query keywords prefixed with vaccine (e.g. vaccine when). In the second phase, individual vaccine search was con

SUBMITTER: Rampally V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7113945 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature