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ConferencesAttended Medicine 2.0'10 (Maastricht, NL) Is registered to attend Medicine 2.0'12 (Boston, USA) Accepted AbstractsMedicine 2.0'10 (Maastricht, NL)Investigating Cyberchondriac Behaviors on the Internet: Implications for E-Health 2.0 Background: As more people go online for health care information, it is pertinent to question the trustworthiness of online health care information in Web 2.0, and investigate whether continued usage will create cyberchondriac behaviours (CB), leading to negative implications for e-health. Objectives: Compared to middle-aged and senior adults, young adults (18-35 years), the most internet-savvy user group in Singapore, are found to be more knowledgeable and active in accessing online healt... Medicine 2.0'12 (Boston, USA)Socially-Mediated Mobile System for Tuberculosis Public Health Alert, Care and Education (MobiTB-ACE) Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is an airborne disease that accounts for nearly 15% of 2010 deaths in Mumbai and has killed 1.7 million people in 2009 worldwide. Left untreated, the person with active TB infects 10-15 people a year. The recent 2012 TB outbreak in India and particularly in Mumbai has highlighted three salient problems: (i) TB patients are not completing the TB treatment regime and developing resistance to current TB vaccines; (ii) health authorities are not taking active steps/i... Investigating Trusted Sources and Social Media for Patient Care in Infectious Disease Prevention and Control: A Survey of India’s Middle-of-Pyramid Population Segmentation Title: Investigating Trusted Sources and Social Media for Patient Care in Infectious Disease Prevention and Control: A Survey of India’s Middle-of-Pyramid Population Segmentation Background: India may have seen progress in eliminating Tuberculosis (TB), however the country is still contributing a few million active cases every year. Barriers to the complete elimination of the disease include treatment defaults by patients and the lack of reliable information which then perpetuates fals... Assessing Young Adults’ Web Searching for Health Information: An Exploratory Study in Singapore Background: Currently, searching for health information constitutes an important use of the Web. Studies (e.g. Fox & Jones, 2011) have found that online health information significantly impacts consumers’ decisions about their own health or the health of someone whom they care. Hence, it is important to conduct timely exploratory studies to provide a comprehensive picture of the problems and trends in searching for online health information. Objective: Studies (Mokhtar et al. 2009; Siow ... Published WithThis user's work may be related toPrivacy settings prevent us from displaying this information. |
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