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Searching for health information online for my child: A perspective from South East Asia

Inthiran, Anushia; Soyiri, Ireneous

Authors

Anushia Inthiran



Contributors

Robert B. Allen
Editor

Jane Hunter
Editor

Marcia L. Zeng
Editor

Abstract

Research studies investigating online health information searching behavior are abundant. While there is research pertaining to the online health information seeking behavior of parents in developed countries, similar information for countries with developing economies in the South East Asia region is not available. In this research study, we focus on information searching behavior of parents with children under the age of eighteen. This study describes the information searching behavior of 50 parents. Results indicate participants are motivated to search for information online for doctor visit and non-doctor visit purposes. Google is the most popular search engine used. Results provide insights on the information searching behavior of parents in South East Asia.

Citation

Inthiran, A., & Soyiri, I. Searching for health information online for my child: A perspective from South East Asia

Presentation Conference Type Conference Paper (published)
Acceptance Date Dec 9, 2015
Online Publication Date Dec 18, 2015
Publication Date 2015
Deposit Date May 15, 2019
Journal Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Print ISSN 0302-9743
Publisher Springer Verlag
Volume 9469
Pages 76-81
Series Title Lecture notes in computer science
Series Number 9469
Series ISSN 0302-9743
Book Title Digital Libraries: Providing Quality Information. ICADL 2015.
ISBN 9783319279732
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27974-9_8
Keywords Children; Information searching; Online health; Parents; South East Asia
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/1756238
Publisher URL https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-27974-9_8
Additional Information 17th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2015, Seoul, Korea, December 9-12, 2015. Proceedings