What Do We Mean by Internet Access? A Framework for Health Researchers

Much is written about Internet access, Web access, Web site accessibility, and access to online health information. The term access has, however, a variety of meanings to authors in different contexts when applied to the Internet, the Web, and interactive health communication. We have summarized tho...

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Autores principales: Bush, Nigel E., Bowen, Deborah J, Wooldridge, Jean, Ludwig, Abi, Robbins, Robert, Meischke, Hendrika
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004
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Special Topics in Public Health
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1277955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15670447
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Robbins, Robert
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description Much is written about Internet access, Web access, Web site accessibility, and access to online health information. The term access has, however, a variety of meanings to authors in different contexts when applied to the Internet, the Web, and interactive health communication. We have summarized those varied uses and definitions and consolidated them into a framework that defines Internet and Web access issues for health researchers. We group issues into two categories: connectivity and human interface. Our focus is to conceptualize access as a multicomponent issue that can either reduce or enhance the public health utility of electronic communications.
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spelling pubmed-12779552005-12-27 What Do We Mean by Internet Access? A Framework for Health Researchers Bush, Nigel E. Bowen, Deborah J Wooldridge, Jean Ludwig, Abi Robbins, Robert Meischke, Hendrika Prev Chronic Dis Special Topics in Public Health Much is written about Internet access, Web access, Web site accessibility, and access to online health information. The term access has, however, a variety of meanings to authors in different contexts when applied to the Internet, the Web, and interactive health communication. We have summarized those varied uses and definitions and consolidated them into a framework that defines Internet and Web access issues for health researchers. We group issues into two categories: connectivity and human interface. Our focus is to conceptualize access as a multicomponent issue that can either reduce or enhance the public health utility of electronic communications. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC1277955/ /pubmed/15670447 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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