Influencing Factors of Online Health Information Seeking in Selected European Countries

Influencing Factors of Online Health Information Seeking in Selected European Countries

Patients’ participation in healthcare requires comprehensive health knowledge and can benefit from online health information seeking behaviours (O-HISB). The internet is a particularly vital source for seeking health-related information in many regions of the world. Therefore, we take a European cro...

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Main Authors:	Elena Link, Eva Baumann, Annemiek Linn, Andreas Fahr, Peter J. Schulz, Muna E. Abuzahra
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Zurich, IKMZ – Department of Communication and Media Research 2021-05-01
Series:	European Journal of Health Communication (EJHC)
Subjects:	online health information seeking influencing factors Europe cross-country perspective eHealth literacy
Online Access:	https://ejhc.org/article/view/2337

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