Christian Kubb|Heather M. Foran
Online Health Information Seeking by Parents for Their Children: Systematic Review and Agenda for Further Research
University of Klagenfurt|University of Klagenfurt
background parents commonly use internet search information childs healthrelated symptoms guide parental healthrelated decisions despite impact parental online health seeking offline health behaviors area research remains understudied previous literature adequately distinguished searched behaviors searching oneself ones child objective purpose review examine prevalences associated variables parentchild online health information seeking investigate parents healthrelated online behavior regarding find use evaluate information identify barriers concerns experience search based analysis develop conceptual model potentially important variables proxy online health information seeking focus building agenda research methods conducted comprehensive systematic literature review psycinfo jmir pubmed electronic databases studies january 1994 june 2018 considered conceptual model developed using inductive mixed methods approach based investigated variables study sample results total 33 studies met inclusion criteria findings suggest parents worldwide heavy online users healthrelated information children across highly diverse circumstances total 6 studies found high parental health anxiety prevalences ranging 14 52 although parents reported wishing guidance pediatrician find reliable information rarely discussed retrieved information web conceptual model proxy online health information seeking includes 49 variables conclusions systematic review identifies important gaps regarding influence healthrelated information parents health behavior outcomes followup studies required offer parents guidance use web health purposes effective way well solutions multifaceted problems online health information seeking child conceptual model number studies model category listed highlights previous studies hardly considered relational variables parent child agenda future research presented