Health information we searches by low-literacy adults.

我们由文化水平较低的成年人搜索健康信息。

• 批准号: 6901062
• 负责人: RICHARD A STEINMAN
• 金额: $ 7.43万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-07-01 至 2007-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6901062
• 关键词: Internet; adult human (21+); clinical research; computers; educationally disadvantaged; health; human subject; information systems; library; reading disorder

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this research study is to determine how adults with low literacy skills access and evaluate health information on the Internet. Although the Internet is a powerful vehicle for disseminating health information, most health websites require at least a high-school reading proficiency for optimal access. The ability of low literacy adults to navigate the Internet to find health information and their responses to that information are largely unknown. In order to further our understanding of Internet usage by low-literacy adults seeking health information, this project aims to: 1. Identify strategies used by low literacy individuals to search for health information on the Internet and to navigate within and between health websites. Subjects will search for information on the Internet in response to short health-related vignettes. Screen capture software and observational logs will be used during these one-on-one sessions. Results of this aim will reveal strategies that website creators may use in order to ensure that low-literacy individuals access information of greatest importance on their sites. 2. Categorize responses of low SES individuals towards online health information. This study will establish whether low-literacy individuals are able to read the health information they find online and successfully answer questions based on website content. Analyses will include length of time spent at sites, the ability of subjects to navigate toward useful information, and the subjective responses of subjects. 3. Identify evaluation criteria used by low-literacy individuals in rating health websites. Common themes revealing website features which subjects view as particularly helpful or unhelpful will be extracted. These will be compared to published reports of criteria used by Internet users in rating mainstream health sites. 4. Develop a prototype website incorporating identified preferences of low literacy individuals and test subjects' ability to navigate the site and recall key knowledge points presented on it. Subjects' interactions with this site will be compared to interactions with a control site presenting the same information in a standard format and language level. This aim will facilitate the development of web resources that provide accessible health information to individuals from low incomes and low literacy levels and may ultimately augment the health literacy of members of this population.

描述（由申请人提供）： 这项研究的目的是确定识字能力低下的成年人如何访问并评估互联网上的健康信息。尽管互联网是传播健康信息的强大工具，但大多数健康网站至少需要高中阅读能力才能获得最佳访问。低识字成年人在互联网上浏览健康信息及其对该信息的反应的能力在很大程度上是未知的。为了进一步了解我们寻求健康信息的低素养成年人对互联网使用的理解，该项目的目的是：1。识别低识字人使用的策略，以在互联网上搜索健康信息，并在健康网站内和健康网站之间进行导航。 受试者将在互联网上搜索信息，以响应与健康相关的短插图。在这些一对一会话期间，将使用屏幕捕获软件和观察日志。此目标的结果将揭示网站创建者可能会使用的策略，以确保低素养的人访问其网站上最重要的信息。 2。对低SES个人对在线健康信息的响应进行分类。这项研究将确定低素养的人是否能够阅读他们在网上找到的健康信息并根据网站内容成功回答问题。分析将包括在网站上花费的时间，受试者导航到有用信息的能力以及受试者的主观反应。 3。确定低素养个人在评级健康网站中使用的评估标准。揭示主题功能的常见主题将被提取为特别有用或无助的主题。这些将与互联网用户在主流健康站点评级中使用的标准的已发表报告相提并论。 4。开发一个原型网站，其中包含了低识字个人的偏好，并测试了受试者浏览该网站并回忆到其上介绍的关键知识点的能力。受试者与本网站的互动将与与控制站点的互动进行比较，该网站以标准格式和语言级别提供相同的信息。这个目标将促进网络资源的发展，这些资源为低收入和低识字水平的个人提供可访问的健康信息，并最终可能会增强该人群成员的健康素养。