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Volume 3: No. 2, April 2006
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
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| Type of Web Site Visited | % of Internet Users Reporting Type |
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| Health-related chat rooms | 6 |
| Universities | 13 |
| Online newsletters | 17 |
| Scientific retrieval systems | 17 |
| Pharmaceutical companies | 20 |
| Hospitals or health centers | 27 |
| Nonprofit organizations | 29 |
| Government agencies | 31 |
| Health information portals | 58 |
Figure 1. Types of Web sites frequently visited by survey respondents who reported using the Internet to seek health-related information (n = 2966) and percentage of respondents who reported using the type. Source: HealthStyles data from 2002 and 2003.
| Feature of Internet | % of Internet Users Reporting Feature |
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| Health information is available in other languages | 2 |
| Internet connection is faster | 28 |
| Health sites have information about people like me | 28 |
| Health sites have less advertising | 37 |
| Health information is from a trusted source | 43 |
| No need to pay or register to use the health site | 53 |
| Health information is clear and easy to use | 60 |
| Easy to find the desired information | 68 |
Figure 2. Features of the Internet that would encourage using the Web as a source for health-related information and the percentage of respondents (n = 2966) who reported them. Source: HealthStyles data from 2002 and 2003.
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The opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors’ affiliated institutions. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by any of the groups named above.
| This page last reviewed October 25, 2011
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