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Conference Paper: Quality evaluation of Geriatric Health Information on Yahoo! Answers: a cross-cultural comparative study
| Title | Quality evaluation of Geriatric Health Information on Yahoo! Answers: a cross-cultural comparative study |
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| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2013 |
| Citation | The 2013 Research Symposium of the Centre for Information Technology in Education (CITERS 2013), The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 10-11 May 2013. How to Cite? |
| Abstract | Given the increases on global ageing population and the popularity of Social Q&A site, it raises the uncertainty about the quality of health information on community Q&A sites for family caregivers of elderly. In this study, the researcher, as a current master student of LIM and a registered nurse, intents to examine (1) the quality of online health information on Chinese and English regional social Question and Answers sites of Yahoo! Answers, (2) patterns of questions and answers as well as (3) cultural similarities and differences in terms of health information exchange. The strategies developed based on the findings would potentially benefit to family caregivers and health informatics. |
| Description | Main Theme: Transformative Technologies, Learning Environments and Partnerships Sub-theme: E-leadership: Socio-cultural Dimensions of E-learning and Systemic Change - Paper Presentation: no. 628 |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/187672 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Wong, WNM | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Chu, SKW | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-08-21T07:09:11Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2013-08-21T07:09:11Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | The 2013 Research Symposium of the Centre for Information Technology in Education (CITERS 2013), The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 10-11 May 2013. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/187672 | - |
| dc.description | Main Theme: Transformative Technologies, Learning Environments and Partnerships | - |
| dc.description | Sub-theme: E-leadership: Socio-cultural Dimensions of E-learning and Systemic Change - Paper Presentation: no. 628 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Given the increases on global ageing population and the popularity of Social Q&A site, it raises the uncertainty about the quality of health information on community Q&A sites for family caregivers of elderly. In this study, the researcher, as a current master student of LIM and a registered nurse, intents to examine (1) the quality of online health information on Chinese and English regional social Question and Answers sites of Yahoo! Answers, (2) patterns of questions and answers as well as (3) cultural similarities and differences in terms of health information exchange. The strategies developed based on the findings would potentially benefit to family caregivers and health informatics. | - |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | CITE Research Symposium, CITERS 2013 | en_US |
| dc.title | Quality evaluation of Geriatric Health Information on Yahoo! Answers: a cross-cultural comparative study | en_US |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
| dc.identifier.email | Chu, SKW: samchu@hku.hk | en_US |
| dc.identifier.authority | Chu, SKW=rp00897 | en_US |
| dc.description.nature | link_to_OA_fulltext | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 218105 | en_US |