@Article{信息:doi 10.2196 / / jmir。2007，作者=“Finney Rutten, Lila J和Hesse, Bradford W和Moser, Richard P和Ortiz Martinez, Ana Patricia和Kornfeld, Julie和Vanderpool, Robin C和Byrne, Margaret和Tortolero Luna, Guillermo”，标题=“波多黎各健康信息搜索和互联网使用的社会经济和地理差异”，期刊=“J Med Internet Res”，年=“2012”，月=“7月”，日=“19”，卷=“14”，数=“4”，页=“e104”，关键词=“健康信息搜索;癌症信息查询;互联网的使用;差距;特殊人群;背景:地理上孤立的西班牙裔人口，如居住在波多黎各的人，在获取卫生信息方面可能面临独特的障碍。然而，对该人群的健康信息获取和健康信息寻求行为知之甚少。目的:探讨曾使用过互联网和未使用互联网的受访者在健康和癌症信息寻求方面的差异，并探讨社会人口统计学和地理趋势。方法:我们分析的数据来自2009年在波多黎各进行的健康信息全国趋势调查的特别实施。 We collected data through random digit dialing, computer-assisted telephone interviews (N = 639). The sample was drawn from the eight geographic regions of the Puerto Rico Department of Health. To account for complex survey design and perform weighted analyses to obtain population estimates, we analyzed the data using SUDAAN. Frequencies, cross-tabulation with chi-square, and logistic regression analyses were conducted. Geographic information system maps were developed to examine geographic distributions of Internet use and information seeking. Results: Of 639 participants, 142 (weighted percentage 32.7{\%}) indicated that they had ever gone online to access the Internet or World Wide Web; this proportion was substantially lower than that of US mainland Hispanics who reported using the Internet (49{\%}). While 101 of 142 (weighted percentage 59.6{\%}) respondents who used the Web had ever sought health information, only 118 of 497 (weighted percentage 20.0{\%}) of those who did not use the Web had sought health information. The pattern was similar for cancer information: 76 of 142 respondents (weighted percentage 47.2{\%}) who used the Web had ever sought cancer information compared with 105 of 497 (weighted percentage 18.8{\%}) of those who had not used the Web. These results were slightly lower but generally consistent with US mainland Hispanics' health (50.9{\%}) and cancer (26.4{\%}) information seeking. Results of separate logistic regression models controlling for sociodemographic characteristics demonstrated that, compared with individuals who did not seek health or cancer information, those who did were over 5 times as likely to have used the Internet (odds ratio 5.11, P < .001). Those who sought cancer information were over twice as likely to have used the Internet (odds ratio 2.5, P < .05). The frequency of Internet use and health and cancer information seeking was higher in the San Juan metro region than in more rural areas. Conclusions: Our results contribute to the evidence base for health and cancer communication planning for Puerto Rico, and suggest that health education and outreach efforts should explore the use of available and trusted methods of dissemination such as radio and television, as well as community-based health care providers and organizations, to supplement and encourage use of the Internet as a source of health information. ", issn="1438-8871", doi="10.2196/jmir.2007", url="//www.mybigtv.com/2012/4/e104/", url="https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.2007", url="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22849971" }