Women's health education and the internet: consumerism or mutuality?
| dc.contributor.advisor | Baker, Judith A. | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Doyle, Eva | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Cissell, William B. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Suggs, L. Suzanne | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-10T14:25:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-04-10T14:25:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 5/30/1999 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to extend the application of the patient-provider framework, specifically the mutuality and consumerism models, to women's on-line health resources. A convenience sample of 139 women's health Internet sites gathered from the New York Times index of Women's Health Resources on-line was utilized to evaluate the presence of the mutuality and consumerism models. Those sites containing e-mail contact information were included in the survey of Web site authors, which collected data about health education components, author characteristics, and operating guidelines. This study extended the patient-provider framework to a new environment, the Internet, and found support that early health-oriented Web sites were characterized by the mutuality model. The findings indicated that consumerism was not a characteristic of women's health Web sites. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11274/9511 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.subject | Health education | en_US |
| dc.subject | Information systems | en_US |
| dc.subject | Public health | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mass media | en_US |
| dc.subject | Health and environmental sciences | en_US |
| dc.subject | Communication and the arts | en_US |
| dc.subject | Education | en_US |
| dc.title | Women's health education and the internet: consumerism or mutuality? | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |