Adolescent cybersurfing for health information - A new resource that crosses barriers
Adolescent cybersurfing for health information - A new resource that crosses barriers
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DOI：
10.1001/archpedi.155.7.813
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发表时间：
2001-07-01
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Rickert, VI
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作者：
Borzekowski, DLG;Rickert, VI
目标：调查青少年对通过互联网获取健康信息的使用和态度。设计：横断面、以学校为基础的调查。参与者：412 名纽约郊区 10 年级学生（平均 [SD] 年龄，15.8 [0.68] 岁）在社会经济和种族上的多样化样本。主要结果指标：通过互联网获取健康信息。结果：一半 (49%) 的抽样青少年使用过互联网互联网获取健康信息。最常通过互联网探讨的话题包括性传播疾病；饮食、健身和运动；和性行为。青少年发现互联网信息具有很高的价值（使用综合衡量价值、可信度、用途和相关性），与性别、种族或母亲的教育程度没有显着差异。在考虑 11 个独立的健康主题时，女孩发现了解有关节育、饮食和营养、锻炼、身体虐待、性虐待和约会暴力的信息更有价值。只有替代医学存在种族差异，并且对于通过互联网获取特定健康信息的价值而言，基于母亲的教育程度没有差异。结论：对于青少年来说，互联网是一系列敏感健康问题的可访问且有价值的信息来源。
Objective: To examine adolescents' use of and attitudes toward accessing health information through the Internet.Design: Cross-sectional, school-based survey.Participants: A socioeconomically and ethnically diverse sample of 412 suburban New York 10th graders (mean [SD] age, 15.8 [0.68] years).Main Outcome Measures: Accessing the Internet for health information.Results: Half (49%) of the sampled adolescents had used the Internet to get health information. Topics most often explored through the Internet included sexually transmitted diseases; diet, fitness, and exercise; and sexual behaviors. Adolescents found Internet information to be of high value (using a composite gauging worth, trustworthiness, use, and relevance), with no significant differences related to sex, ethnicity, or mother's education. When considering 11 separate health topics, girls found it more valuable to have information on birth control, diet and nutrition, exercise, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and dating violence. Only for alternative medicine were there differences by ethnicity, and there were no differences based on mother's education for the value of having specific health information available through the Internet.Conclusion: For adolescents, the Internet is an accessed and valued information source on a range of sensitive health issues.