Availability and Quality of Web Resources for Parents of Children With Disability: Content Analysis and Usability Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The internet is a valuable resource for parents of typical children, who are looking for information about their children's growth and development and how to boost them. However, for parents of children with special needs, especially for non-English-speaking parents, there are anecdotal reports stating that specific and accurate information is not available on the internet.

Objective

This study aims to describe the type of information available on the internet for French-speaking parents of children with disability as well as assess the quality of the information collected.

Methods

We carried out a search of the existing relevant websites targeted at parents of children with disability. We used a validated instrument to extract structural, textual, and visu

SUBMITTER: Buteau-Poulin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7685918 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature