Communication Assessment of the Most Frequented Breast Cancer Websites: Evaluation of Design and Theoretical Criteria.
Communication Assessment of the Most Frequented Breast Cancer Websites: Evaluation of Design and Theoretical Criteria.
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10.1111/j.1083-6101.2008.00423.x
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2008-07-01
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LaPlante C
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Whitten P;Smith S;Munday S;LaPlante C
互联网是公众健康信息的重要来源。这项研究评估了基本的使用和设计原则，以及理论成分的存在，以激励最常访问的乳腺癌网站的用户的健康乳腺癌行为。每个网站用两组问题进行评估。第一个是网站的基本使用和设计原则。第二种编码形式评估了网站对3种行为改变理论的使用。大多数网站在使用基本原则和设计原则方面表现良好。大多数网站很少使用理论成分。目前，最常访问的乳腺癌网站都具备基本的使用和设计原则。然而，它们缺乏行为改变的成分，可能会阻碍用户保护自己免受乳腺癌的动机。
The internet is a prominent source of health information for the public. This research evaluated both basic use and design tenets and the presence of theoretical components to motivate healthy breast cancer behavior for users of the most frequented breast cancer websites. Each website was evaluated with 2 sets of questions. The first attends to the basic use and design tenets of the website. The second coding form assessed the websites use of 3 behavior change theories. The majority of the websites fared well with regards to their use of basic tenet and design principles. Theoretical components were used sparingly on the majority of websites. The most frequented breast cancer websites are currently well equipped with basic use and design tenets. However, their lack of behavioral change components is likely to impede users’ motivations to protect themselves against breast cancer.