dc.contributor.author | Usher, Wayne T | |
dc.contributor.editor | Ben Smith and Craig Fry | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T12:24:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T12:24:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.date.modified | 2012-02-10T01:08:36Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1036-1073 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/41890 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study was concerned with indentifying motivations and trends associated with a health website recommendation from eight of Australia's major health professions to the health consumer. Health professions included in this study are: psychiatrists, general practitioners, social workers, dietitians, chiropractors, physiotherapists, optometrists and pharmacists. METHODS: An online survey (www.limesurvey.org) was developed from a common set of questions negotiated between all eight health professions. Survey questions were constructed in an attempt to identify participants' reasons for or against recommending a health website to a patient. A 5-point scale (not, slightly, neutral, moderately, strongly) to measure influence was used throughout the question set. RESULTS: This study indicates that Australian general practitioners (GPs) were the highest Australian health professionals to undertake a health website recommendation (86%), followed by psychiatrists (80%), with the lowest being physiotherapists (42%) and optometrists (33%). A profile of the Australian health professional who recommends a health website is identified as male, aged above 50 years, has had more than 10 years experience, works in a major city, is in private practice and has patient numbers exceeding 500 in a 12-month period (2009). CONCLUSION: Recommendations from this study include the need to develop mechanisms that identify high-quality online medical information and the development and implementation of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses which up-skill health professionals concerning the recommendation of health websites for health care delivery. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Australian Health Promotion Association | |
dc.publisher.place | Australia | |
dc.publisher.uri | http://www.healthpromotion.org.au/journal/journal-downloads/article/hpja/34-hpja-vol-22-no-2-august-2011/412-australian-health-professionals-health-website-recommendation-trends | |
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublication | N | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 134 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 141 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 2 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Health Promotion Journal of Australia | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 22 | |
dc.rights.retention | Y | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Other education not elsewhere classified | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 399999 | |
dc.title | Australian health professionals' health website recommendation trends | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.date.issued | 2011 | |
gro.hasfulltext | No Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Usher, Wayne T. | |