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Characterizing the Digital Health Citizen: Mixed-Methods Study Deriving a New Typology.

John PowellUlrike Deetjen
Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2019)
This research supports a shift in the understanding of the digital divide in health, away from only access and usage issues, toward also conceptualizing an outcomes divide, whereby different types of health behavior result from the differing orientations of internet users accessing online health information. This new typology can be used to inform digital inclusion policies in health systems.
Keyphrases
  • health information
  • social media
  • public health
  • healthcare
  • mental health
  • clinical trial
  • study protocol
  • randomized controlled trial
  • metabolic syndrome
  • health promotion
  • human health
  • climate change