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This one-day workshop will bring together an interdisciplinary group of researchers and practitioners to discuss how the fields of human computer interaction and applied psychology can address the issues raised by the growing domain of e-health.
Abstract
E-health refers to information and health services delivered via the Internet or related technologies. Whilst usage statistics suggests that the internet is an e-health success story issues surrounding quality of information, user interaction and personalization raise important questions for researchers and designers alike. The move towards ubiquitous computing accentuates these concerns and highlights the relevance of trust, privacy and disclosure to the debate. This one-day workshop will bring together an interdisciplinary group of researchers and practitioners to discuss how the fields of human computer interaction and applied psychology can address the issues raised by the growing domain of e-health.

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Empirical Studies Assessing the Quality of Health Information for Consumers on the World Wide Web: A Systematic Review

TL;DR: A methodological framework on how quality on the Web is evaluated in practice is established, to determine the heterogeneity of the results and conclusions, and to compare the methodological rigor of these studies to determine to what extent the conclusions depend on the methodology used.
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How do patients evaluate and make use of online health information

TL;DR: A staged model of trust development is proposed and tested in a longitudinal study in which fifteen women faced with decisions concerning the menopause and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) were observed while searching the Internet for information and advice over four consecutive weeks and then kept diaries over a six-month follow-up period as mentioned in this paper.
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Going online for health advice: Changes in usage and trust practices over the last five years

TL;DR: Whether users are becoming more proficient in searching for credible, high quality information and whether they are more demanding of the type of information being sought and less ready to trust online health advice is addressed.
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Trust for ubiquitous, transparent collaboration

TL;DR: Trust-based recommendations control the exchange of personal information between handheld computers and enables unobtrusive information exchange, while limiting access to confidential information.
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Health information on the Internet: a qualitative study of NHS Direct Online users

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