Aslib Proceedings: Volume 55 Issue 5/6
Table of contents
The British and their use of the Web for health information and advice: a survey
David Nicholas, Paul Huntington, Barrie Gunter, Richard Withey, Chris RussellIn the UK, both anecdotal and research evidence points to ever greater and more sophisticated use of the Web to provide health information and advice. The study reported here adds…
Characterising and profiling health Web user and site types: going beyond “hits”
Paul Huntington, David Nicholas, Peter WilliamsIdentifies Internet health user types according to three factors: site attributes most favoured, health topics most sought, and the health sites they visited. Knowing what type of…
Information needs of people with multiple sclerosis and the implications for information provision based on a national UK survey
Mark Hepworth, Janet Harrison, Nicole JamesQualitative and quantitative methods were used to study the information needs of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) in the UK. Categories of information need were identified;…
Health information on the Internet: a qualitative study of NHS Direct Online users
Peter Williams, David Nicholas, Paul HuntingtonExamines the way the general public exploits the Internet for health information, the motives behind usage, attitudes towards issues such as quality concerns, and the extent to…
Seeking alcohol information on the Internet
Adam N. Joinson, Phil BanyardIt has been argued that people may be more willing to seek potentially threatening information on the Internet than they would in “real life”. For alcohol drinkers, potentially…
Availability and use of information touch‐screen kiosks (to facilitate social inclusion)
Markella BoudioniThe availability and the use of touch‐screen systems for accessing a range of information in different settings in the UK, in particular from socially excluded groups, are…
Making health information accessible to patients
Ray JonesMany NHS policy documents state the need to make health information accessible to all. Accessibility comprises physical availability and personal retrievability. Touch‐screen…
The potential for using hospital bedside TV services in England to provide patients with access to health information
Gavin McWhirterThis article is a summary of a report which looks at the potential of using television sets at hospital bedsides to provide patients with access to health information. The report…
Digital interactive television: health information platform of the future?
Barrie Gunter, David Nicholas, Paul Huntington, Peter WilliamsPresents research that was designed to explore the early take‐up of a pilot digital interactive television (DiTV) health information service (Living Health) by cable television…
Public awareness of patient rights, consent forms and advance statements
Julia DandyThe subject of this study is the availability of, and access to, information concerning individuals’ end‐of‐life health situations. The sensitive issues surrounding this subject…
diabCAL: evaluating computer‐aided learning for diabetes patient education
Emma‐Jane Berridge, A.V. RoudsariThe design and development of a computer‐aided learning tool for the education of patients with diabetes and for the training and support of practice nurses providing diabetes…
The publication of cancer research papers in high impact journals
Grant LewisonExamines a set of over 27,000 UK papers in cancer research in order to identify the individual factors that influence the impact category of the journals in which they are…