Anna Costello, Marinka Twilt, Melissa A Lerman
Provider assessment of the temporomandibular joint in Juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a retrospective analysis from the CARRA database
Pediatric rheumatology online journal
background internet revolutionized way many americans search health care information unfortunately able use internet purpose predicated access internet able understand comprehend online health information especially important parents children special health care needs forced make many medical decisions throughout lives children yet information available vulnerable group objective parents children special health care needs sought 1 describe internet access use 2 determine child household factors associated internet use 3 describe ehealth literacy internet users 4 determine child household factors associated greater ehealth literacy methods crosssectional telephone survey 2371 parents whose children special health care needs enrolled florida8217s medicaid state childrens health insurance plan schip programs 4072 parents approached enrolled program families must incomes less equal 200 federal poverty level ehealth literacy scale eheals used measure ehealth literacy descriptive multivariate analyses conducted address study objectives results survey response rate 582 participating parents mainly female 21542371 91 white nonhispanic 9152371 39 english speaking 18272371 77 high school graduates 7212371 30 married 12522371 53 living twoparent household 12122371 51 additionally 82 parents 19452371 sample reported used internet 49 parents used daily 11582371 almost threequarters internet users access internet home onehalf access work parents african american nonenglish speaking older college graduates less likely use internet referent groups p 60 001 74 internet users 14481945 reported knew find health information children however onehalf 10301945 reported tell high quality low quality resources online feel confident using information accessed online make health decisions multivariate regression results consistently showed nonenglish speaker less high school education older significantly associated lower ehealth literacy p 60 001 conclusion lowincome parents children special health care needs access use internet source information childrens health however parents unable distinguish high low quality information confident using internet information timely pressure use internet empower consumers exchange information increases issues related access disparities must better understood