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Disparities in Family Health-Related Internet and Email Use in the General Pediatrics Setting.

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Title: Disparities in Family Health-Related Internet and Email Use in the General Pediatrics Setting.
Authors: Zuckerman, Katharine E.1, Mattox, Kimber M.2, Sinche, Brianna K.1, Blaschke, Gregory S.1
Source: Clinical Pediatrics. Nov2014, Vol. 53 Issue 13, p1295-1298. 4p.
Subject Terms: *Communication, *Health services accessibility, *Access to information, Chi-squared test, Confidence intervals, Health status indicators, Internet, Multivariate analysis, Pediatrics, Questionnaires, Research funding, Email, Logistic regression analysis, Descriptive statistics, Odds ratio
Abstract: The article reports on a study that was conducted in the U.S. to identify disparities in family health-related Internet and electronic mail (e-mail) use in general pediatrics setting. It discusses the parents' unequal access to health information technology (HIT) as using such technologies requires money and computer literacy, a survey of parents seeking care for their children that was conducted as part of the study and the use of descriptive statistics in measuring parent's Internet use.
Database: Education Research Complete
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Abstract:The article reports on a study that was conducted in the U.S. to identify disparities in family health-related Internet and electronic mail (e-mail) use in general pediatrics setting. It discusses the parents' unequal access to health information technology (HIT) as using such technologies requires money and computer literacy, a survey of parents seeking care for their children that was conducted as part of the study and the use of descriptive statistics in measuring parent's Internet use.
ISSN:00099228
DOI:10.1177/0009922814540203