The UK Government see digital interactive television (DiTV) as an effective delivery platform for health information. This study examines use of a one‐way DiTV video‐conferencing facility whereby the public received advice from a nurse visible on their TV. A multi‐method approach was used,...

The authors propose a concept of “search disclosure” to assist in the understanding of the willingness of a user to moderate their digital information seeking behaviour as a result of the perceived anonymity afforded at the point of searching and information consumption. Differences in the...

Examines statistically the public's use and attitudes towards interactive and personal health services via an online questionnaire survey and enhances these data with an expert assessment of a number of consumer health sites and their services. Over a period of three weeks more than 1,300 people...