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JOURNAL OF CONSULTING AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 74, Issue 3, Pages 545-554Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.74.3.545
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AIDS coping; Internet health information; digital divide
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- NIMH NIH HHS [R01-MH63666] Funding Source: Medline
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Medical information can improve health, and there is an enormous amount of health information available on the Internet. A randomized clinical trial tested the effectiveness of an intervention based on social-cognitive theory to improve information use among people living with HIV/AIDS. Men and women (N = 448) were placed in either (a) an 8-session intervention that focused on Internet information consumer skills or (b) a time-matched support group and were followed to 9 months postintervention. The Internet skills group demonstrated greater Internet use for health, information coping, and social support compared with the control group. The authors conclude that people with HIV infection may benefit from increased access to health information on the Internet and that vulnerability to misinformation and fraud can be reduced through behavioral interventions.
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