ReviewJournal of medical systems2002
Health benefits and risks of the Internet.
Review in Journal of medical systems, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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Who cites it
32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Determinants of Infodemics During Disease Outbreaks: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in public health · 2021Pooled it
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- eHealth Literacy and Cyberchondria Severity Among Undergraduate Students: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- The impact of Internet use and involvement on residents' attitudes to healthcare in China: A propensity score matching analysis.PloS one · 2024Article
- Online resources as a source of information for exercise and physical activity in solid organ transplant recipients.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- Effects of the Fear of COVID-19 and Efficacy of Coping Behavior for Infectious Diseases after the End of COVID-19: Moderating Effects of Cyberchondria and eHealth Literacy.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Assessing the Role of Social Bots During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Infodemic, Disagreement, and Criticism.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Article
- A Web-Based Public Health Intervention for Addressing Vaccine Misinformation: Protocol for Analyzing Learner Engagement and Impacts on the Hesitancy to Vaccinate.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
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- Reliability of information about the use of antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy from three major web search engines in China.PloS one · 2018Article
- Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Clinical Practice Related to the Treatment of Pain. Influence on the Professional Activity and the Doctor-Patient Relationship.Journal of medical systems · 2017Article
- Chinese Internet Searches Provide Inaccurate and Misleading Information to Epilepsy Patients.Chinese medical journal · 2015Article
- The association between internet addiction and disordered eating attitudes among Turkish high school students.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2015Article
- Risk, Activism, and Empowerment: Women's Breast Cancer in Venezuela.International journal of civic engagement and social change · 2015Article
- Web-based self-assessment health tools: who are the users and what is the impact of missing input information?Journal of medical Internet research · 2014Article
- Support from the Internet for Individuals with Mental Disorders: Advantages and Disadvantages of e-Mental Health Service Delivery.Frontiers in public health · 2014Review
- Ethical challenges with welfare technology: a review of the literature.Science and engineering ethics · 2013Review
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Abstract
The linking of the Internet with health and medicine involves all levels of society, including individuals, health care providers, professional organizations, communities, and local and federal governments. A growing body of evidence suggests that despite the benefits of the Internet, this means of communication also figures into the creation of new forms of health risk for some users. This paper examines the effects of the Internet on the promotion of both health and illness. The discussion focuses on those factors of online communication that produce positive health outcomes and also the potential for health risk. Implications for health providers and for better serving patients are analyzed together with recommendations for improving services for those who go online to access health information.
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