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. 2015 Jun 22;4(2):e12. doi: 10.2196/ijmr.3790

Table 3.

Websites parents were likely to use in the future for their child health information and crosscheck information they found.

Primary sources, n (%)

Not likely Neutral Likely No answer
Hospital/university-based
websites
44 (30.1) 15 (10.3) 83 (56.8) 4 (2.7)
Medical journal/
reference websites
64 (43.8) 22 (15.1) 56 (34.8) 4 (2.7)
Government websites 36 (24.7) 19 (13.0) 84 (57.5) 7 (4.8)
Public search engines 16 (11.0) 19 (13.0) 107 (73.3) 4 (27.3)
Other health websites 61 (41.8) 10 (6.8) 65 (44.5) 10 (6.8)
Popular parenting websites 82 (56.2) 14 (9.6) 39 (26.7) 11 (7.5)
Likely to cross-check information from the following websites, n (%)
Hospital/university-based
websites
33 (22.6) 14 (9.6) 93 (63.7) 6 (4.1)

Medical journal/
reference websites
38 (26.0) 21 (14.4) 81 (55.5) 6 (4.1)
Government websites 36 (24.7) 19 (13.0) 85 (48.2) 6 (4.1)
Public search engines 16 (11.0) 19 (13.0) 107 (73.3) 6 (4.1)
Other health websites 40 (27.7) 15 (10.3) 81 (55.5) 10 (6.8)
Popular parenting websites 39 (26.7) 14 (9.6) 81 (55.8) 12 (8.2)