Arts organizations and digital technologies 974 kb a survey of a wideranging mix of u. Survey report nearly a week into the first government shutdown in more than 17 years, most americans express frustration and concern about the situation. March, 20 teens and technology 20 smartphone adoption among teens has increased substantially and mobile access to the internet is pervasive. In addition to the telephone survey, nearly 2,000 internet users answered 20 shortanswer questions in an online survey about whether they use the internet to research symptoms, email loved ones, connect to online support groups, and communicate with their doctors. Respondents to a pew internet project survey in 2004 were very prescient about both the expansion of. Arts organizations and digital technologies grantmakers. Internet health information seeking is a team sport. The pew research centers internet and american life project published a study on monday that shows online dating has become more mainstream than the last. The health reform monitoring survey hrms was launched in 20 as a mechanism to obtain timely information on the affordable care act aca during the period before federal government survey data. New research from the pew internet and american life project shows that adults who are unpaid caregivers for a parent or child use online and mobile health tools considerably more than the average american, but only 59 percent of connected caregivers find internet tools helpful in giving care. A surprising number of americans use the internet for selfdiagnosis and triage. National health interview survey, julydecember 2016 stephen j.
Techsavvy seniors seek digital tools to manage health, according to accenture survey. You may have heard about the health insurance portability and accountability act hipaa. The pew internet and american life project external icon reports that more older adults are beginning to use the internet to access health information. A podcast from the pew charitable trusts after the fact after the fact is a podcast from the pew charitable trusts that brings you data and analysis on the issues that matter to youfrom our environment and the sciences, to larger economic trends and public health. Pew research center staff are available to answer questions and to provide limited assistance in importing and analyzing the data. These findings are excerpted from a previously released report as debt limit deadline nears, concern ticks up but skepticism persists, published october 15, 20.
Typically, survey data are released two years after the reports are issued. Download the state employee health plan spending report pdf frequently asked questions about the report methodology. Total yes yes, online yes, offline yes, both not a source a doctor or other health care professional 70% 1% 61% 8% 28% friends and family 60 1 39 20 39 others who have the same health condition 24 2 15 7 73 source. Interviews were done in english and spanish by princeton data source from august 7 to september 6, 2012. The california healthcare foundation recently released a national survey of phr use and users. Techsavvy seniors seek digital tools to manage health. Previous research has found that a webpush approach to data collection, which involves contacting people by mail to request an internet survey response while withholding a paper response option until later in the contact process, consistently achieves lower response rates than a paperonly approach, whereby all respondents are contacted and requested to respond by mail. Be sure to use a usercentered design ucd external icon approach if you decide to develop online health information. Use of the internet as a health information resource among french young adults. To search and download pew research internet project survey dataincluding data sets in spss and commadelimited format, crosstab files and questionnairesplease visit our data sets page.
Pew internet and american life project, january 28, 20. Survey finds rising reliance on libraries as a gateway to the web. A national survey, shows that phr use continues to be less than 1 out of 10 but is increasing slowly more so on the west coast. In particular, pew internet and american life survey, using a smaller sample size of 3,014 adults living in the u. Health information is one of the hottest topics online today, with 80 percent of americans using the internet to research areas including diseases, procedures, doctors, hospitals, drugs, test results and insurance, according to a new survey by the pew internet project and california healthcare foundation. How to keep your health information private and secure. Our study is an initial foray intended to start a conversation on addressing the needs of caregivers online.
According to this report, one in three us adults have gone online to diagnose a condition and about half consulted a medical professional about what they. If you have questions about the datasets, or if the information. Many of their stories, insights, and questions are detailed in this report. The pew research center is a nonpartisan american think tank referring to itself as a fact tank based in washington, d. Analysis of the pew internet survey article in international journal of medical informatics 823 november 2012 with 46 reads. January 22, 20 library services in the digital age. Use of online health information health literacy cdc. Thats the conclusion of a pew research center survey entitled family caregivers are wired for health released in june 20 that surveyed 3,014 u. Pew research centers internet and american life project doctor, taking an online health survey, or using a variety of digital apps or devices to monitor your health. Luke division of health interview statistics, national center for health statistics. Many have now added the internet to their personal health toolbox.
Telephone interviews were conducted by landline 1,808 and cell phone 1,206, including 624 without a landline phone. Most teens take steps to protect their privacy podcast even though teenagers are sharing more information than before, a pew study finds that few teens embrace a. Internet experts and highly engaged netizens participated in answering an eightquestion survey fielded by elon university and the pew internet project from. Health tracking survey 2012 data for august 7september 6. Accentures analysis shows at least threefourths of. Mary madden senior researcher, pew internet project amanda lenhart. Census of population and housing 2010, ipums subset. A ucd approach involves older adults in helping design a web site or test other digital products. It also conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis, and other empirical social science research. Overview the second 6 months of 2016 was the first time that a majority of american homes had only wireless telephones. For findings related to the shutdown and debt limit debate, views of the parties and party leaders and information about the survey and survey topline, see the full report.
Survey questions web1a please tell me if you ever use the internet or a mobile app to do any of the following things. Findings are consistent with prior studies showing users perceive benefit in seeing their health information, like to make. Data were extracted from the national french health barometer survey conducted in 2010 by the french institute for prevention and. The pew research center redoubles its focus on the role of information and trust in democratic societies. The results reported in health online 20 come from a nationwide survey of 3,014 adults living in the united states.
Smartphones and access to health information, results of a. Our findings, based on analysis of the pew internet and american life project novemberdecember 2008 health survey, provide further evidence that additional research is needed to address the unmet informational needs of caregivers. But many still want printed books to hold their central place kathryn zickuhr research analyst, pew internet project lee rainie director, pew internet project kristen purcell associate director, research, pew internet project. Survey report concerns about public health are widespread in subsaharan africa, and there is considerable support in the region for making public health challenges a top national priority. One in four teens are cellmostly internet users, who say they mostly go online using their phone. Pew internet and american life project mobihealthnews. January 22, 20 library services in the digital age patrons embrace new technologies and would welcome more. Will there be better connections that enable new capabilities. How the web helps americans take better care of themselves. It provides information on social issues, public opinion, and demographic trends shaping the united states and the world. New survey reveals importance of online health communities.
See this post for information on how to access and download our datasets. For example, one can see that while internet use increased by 380% between 2000 and 2009, only about 25. S adults have gone online to figure out a medical condition of these half followed up with a visit to a. The survey was conducted by princeton survey research associates international. State employee health plan spending the pew charitable. This survey has been realised by the pew and internetin 2010. A nationwide survey was conducted of 3,014 adults across the us from august 7 through september 6, 2012. Survey data overview we are pleased to provide our raw data to scholars for their own research, and hope it. The pew charitable trusts the pew charitable trusts. Use of the internet as a health information resource among. These numbers expound on the findings of the 20 pew research center survey on the social life of health information, which found that 73% of u. Pew survey of americans online health habits california. The pew internet project, an initiative of the pew research center, recently released the results of a largescale survey on how smartphone owners are using their devices to get health information.
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