ForewordsLee Rainie
Saulo Sirigatti
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: E-Health Research -- Monica
Murero and
Ronald E. Rice
Motivations for the Book; Audience; Related Sources; Chapter Topics;
Topics
Across the Chapters; Conclusion
II.
E-Health Trends and Theory
Chapter 2: E-Health:
Beyond
Internet Searches -- Laura J. Gurak and Brenda L. Hudson
Introduction; An Overview of E-Health; Clinical Applications;
Healthcare Professional
Education; Privacy; E-Health: The Future; References
Chapter 3: E-Research and E-Learning: Could Online Virtual
Environments Help
Doctors Take Better Care of Patients? -- Monica Murero
New E-Research and E-Learning Environments and Issues; What Are
Learning
Environments?; E-Learning: Medical Education for Students and
Physicians;
E-Research Environments; Are E-REs and E-LEs Growing Phenomena in
Medicine?;
Could Online Virtual Environments Help Doctors Take Better Care of
Patients?;
Barriers to the Diffusion and Use of E-LE and E-RE; Brain Frames for
the Future
of Medical Research; Building the Information Society: the Central Role
of
Research and Education; References
Chapter 4: The State of eCommerce in Health: An Examination,
Diagnosis, and
Prognosis -- Pamela Whitten, Charles Steinfield and
Introduction; An Overview of eCommerce and Healthcare in the U.S.; B2C
eCommerce in Healthcare; B2B eCommerce in Health care; Barriers and
Impediments; The Bottom Line; References
Chapter 5: Media Use Theory and Internet Use for Health Care --Mohan
J.
Dutta-Bergman
Introduction; Functional Approach to Media Use;
Motivation and Health; Internet and Health Communication: Key Issues;
References
III.
Searching,
Discussing and Evaluating Online Health Information
Chapter 6:
Introduction; Aims; Methods; Results; Use of
Information
Sources (RQ1); Motivations of Use (RQ2); Information Quality (RQ3a);
Source
Credibility (RQ3b); Self-Efficacy (RQ4); Conclusion; References
Chapter 7: Patients’ Online Information Seeking Behavior --Ulrika
Josefsson
Introduction; Related Research; Models of
Information
Seeking Behavior; Theoretical Approach; Research Approach; Patients’
Online
Information Seeking Behavior; Discussion; Limitations and Future Work;
Conclusions; References
Chapter 8: Internet Use in Physician Practice and Patient
Interaction -- Ronald
E. Rice and James E. Katz
Introduction; Physician Use of the Internet; Patient Use of the Internet; Physician
Outcomes;
Patient Outcomes; Methodology; Analysis Framework; Results; Conclusion;
References
Chapter 9: Delivering the Goods: Midwives’ Use of the Internet -- Sarah
Stewart
Introduction; Internet and Midwifery Education; Aim of
this
Study; Methods; Results; Discussion; Conclusions; References
Introduction; Consumer Strategies for Navigating Health
Information on
the Web; Proposed Model for Evaluating the Quality of Internet Health
Information; Policy Implications; Future Research Directions;
Conclusion;
References
IV.
Support Groups and Communities
Chapter 11: Online
Communities
for Mutual Help: Fears, Fiction, and Facts -- Gerald Kral
Health Issues and the
Internet; Online
Communities; Online –
Self-Help-Groups in the Health Context; Studying an Online Self-Help
Group for
Eating Disorders; Online Self-Help Groups for Suicidal People; Studying
an
Online Suicide Forum; Facts, Fiction and Fears: A Comparison;
References
Chapter 12: The Use of the Internet for Health
Information
and Social Support: A Content Analysis of Online Breast Cancer
Discussion
Groups --George A. Barnett and Jennie M. Hwang
The Internet and Health, Especially Cancer, Information
and
Support; Content Analysis of Discussion Groups; Data Collection
Procedures;
Data Analysis Procedures; Results; Discussion; References
Chapter 13: Designing and Implementing
Virtual Patient Support Communities: A German Case Study -- Jan Marco
Leimeister and Helmut Krcmar
Introduction; Research
Design and Research Plan; Field Studies; Requirements and the
Development
Process; Design of an Online Platform for Cancer Patients; Summary and
Outlook;
References
V. Practice and Infrastructure
Chapter 14: Technology and Health Information
Privacy: Consumers and the
Adoption of Digital Medical Records Technology -- Kier
Wallis and
Ronald E. Rice
National and Regional Implementations of Digital Medial
Records; Theory: Diffusion of Innovations, Technology and Health
Information
Privacy; Methods: Stakeholder Interviews and Focus Groups; Results from
Stakeholder Interviews and Focus Groups; Methods: Survey Development,
Measurement, and Sample; Results: Descriptive; Results: Bivariate and
Multivariate; Discussion and Implications of Survey Results; References
Chapter 15: Web-based Computer-Tailored Feedback on Alcohol Use:
Motivating
Excessive Drinkers to Consider Their Behavior --Suzanne
Brunsting
and Bas van den Putte
Introduction; Computer-Tailored Interventions on Alcohol
Use;
Theoretical Basis of Computer-Tailored Interventions; Putting Theory
into
Practice: The Drink Test; Theoretical issues; Analysis of the Drink
Test:
Method; Results; Discussion; Conclusion; References
Chapter 16: Telehealth in Indigenous Communities in the Far North:
Challenges for Continued Development -- Lorna Heaton
Introduction; Nunavut and its Telehealth Program; The IIU
Telehealth Network Project; Evaluation Methodology; Integrating
Telehealth in
the Health and Social Services System; Telehealth and the Internet: Is
There an
Opportunity Here?; Lessons Learned and Implications; Conclusion;
References
Chapter 17: Internet in the War against HIV/AIDS in
ICTs, Treatment and
Prevention of HIV/AIDS; The Prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Asia; Internet as a Source of Information and Support
in the War
against HIV/AIDS; Internet for HIV/AIDS Monitoring; Use of the
Internet
in HIV/AIDS Research; The Networking Effects of Internet in HIV/AIDS
Interest
Groups; Implications and
Challenges for Asian Countries; Conclusion; References