Deena J. Chisolm|Lauren Johnson|Ann Scheck McAlearney
What Makes Teens Start Using and Keep Using Health Information Web Sites? A Mixed Model Analysis of Teens with Chronic Illnesses
The Ohio State University|Nationwide Children's Hospital|Nationwide Children's Hospital|The Ohio State University
objectivepublicly available health web sites may able provide support teens chronic disease transition autonomy study examines teen use health web sites identifies barriers promoters usematerials methodsone hundred eighty n180 teens aged 1318 recruited asthma diabetes specialty clinics given resource sheet listing selected publicly available web sites web sites categorized general health teen health disease specific asthma diabetes disease management one hundred twentynine n129 participants completed 3month followup semistructured telephone interview assessed subsequent use resource sheet web sites collected verbatim comments regarding useresultssixty percent visited least one web site resource sheet general health 388 teen health web sites 380 likely visited reasons visiting site categorized lack time lack interest lack internet access lack medical need teen health sites highest intention continued use comments associated willingness continue use categorized following themes usefulness ease medical need teenspecific features frequency updates neither health literacy demographic factors significantly associated useconclusionsmaking first web site visit generally leads desire continued use teens make first effort visiting web site unless engaged interested health management teens willing become regular users web sites perceive useful targeted toward