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The Criteria People Use in Relevance Decisions on Health Information: An Analysis of User Eye Movements When Browsing a Health Discussion Forum.

Wenjing PianChristopher Sg KhooYun-Ke Chang
Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2016)
Users browsing for their own health issues used mainly case-based relevance criteria to relate the poster's health situation to their own. Participants seeking for others' issues used mostly general knowledge-based criteria, whereas users with no particular issue in mind used general interest- and curiosity-based criteria.
Keyphrases
  • health information
  • healthcare
  • public health
  • mental health
  • social media
  • health promotion