Searching health information via the web: Hong Kong chinese older adults' experience.
OBJECTIVE AND SAMPLE: This paper reports on the learning experience of 88 Chinese older adults who attended a health Web-navigating workshop.


METHODS
Through a 3-hr training workshop, participants were guided to browse through seven health Web sites that provide authoritative health information by the Hong Kong government, academic institutions, or professional bodies.


METHODS
Upon completion of the workshop, an evaluation was made of the participants' confidence in navigating health Web sites by themselves at home and in utilizing the health information sources.


RESULTS
The findings indicated that participants' confidence in seeking health information via the Internet was not associated with their age, educational level, or experience of using computers before the workshop but was significantly associated with their satisfaction with the workshop (p<.05). Significant change of source of health information was noted at follow-up, suggesting that the workshop was successful.


CONCLUSIONS
Implications of the results for running health Web-navigating programs among Chinese older adults are discussed.
Leung
Angela
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Department of Nursing Studies, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China. angleung@hku.hk
Ko
Peggy
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Chan
Kin Sun
KS
Chi
Iris
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Chow
Nelson
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D000368:Aged; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D003197:Computer Literacy; D004493:Education; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires