Interactive Journal of Medical Research

Background: Medication is the most common intervention in health care, and written medication information can affect consumers’ medication-related behavior. Research has shown that a large proportion of Australians search for medication information on the Internet. Objective: To evaluate the medication information content, based on consumer medication information needs, and usability of 4 Australian health websites: Better Health Channel, myDr, healthdirect

M. Raban | A. Babac | Frédéric Pauer | Keiko Komoto | FO XSL• | RenderX Xsl | FO RenderX | F. . | Frank Ückert | Franziska Schauer | Magdalena Z Raban | MIPH Hons B Pharm | PhD Amina Tariq | MSc PhD Lauren Richardson BEng | BMedSc Mary Byrne BHlthSc | BA BTheol BHS Maureen Robinson MHL | MHA FAAQHC GAICD Ling Li DipPhys | MComBus MComIT MBiostats PhD Johanna I BEcon | Westbrook | BAppSc MHA PhD Melissa T Baysari GradDipAppEpid | PhD BPsych | Frédéric Pauer | MSc Jens Göbel | BSc Holger Storf | PhD Svenja Litzkendorf | Ana Babac | MSc Martin Frank | PhD Verena Lührs | Franziska Schauer | Dr med Jörg Schmidtke | Dr med Lisa Biehl | Dipl Psych | Thomas OF Wagner | Frank Ückert | PhD Johann-Matthias Graf von der Schulenburg | PhD Tobias Hartz | Dipl-Math | ©Frédéric Pauer | Simona Lombardo | PhD Marco Cosentino | Cosentino Lombardo S | ©Simona Lombardo | Keiko Komoto | MD Sawako Okamoto | PhD Miki Hamada | MSc Naoya Obana | BCom Mami Samori | Tomoaki Imamura | M. H. B Pharm | PhD Amina Tariq | MSc PhD Lauren Richardson BEng | BMedSc Mary Byrne BHlthSc | BA BTheol Bhs Maureen Robinson Mhl | Mha Faaqhc Gaicd Ling Li DipPhys | MComBus MComIT MBiostats PhD Johanna I BEcon | Westbrook | B. M. P. M. T. B. GradDipAppEpid | PhD BPsych | MSc Jens Göbel | BSc Holger Storf | PhD Svenja Litzkendorf | PhD Verena Lührs | Dr med Jörg Schmidtke | Dr med Lisa Biehl | D. Psych | Thomas OF Wagner | PhD Johann-Matthias Graf von der Schulenburg | PhD Tobias Hartz | Dipl-Math | ©Frédéric Pauer | PhD Marco Cosentino | Cosentino Lombardo S | ©Simona Lombardo | PhD Miki Hamada | MSc Naoya Obana | BCom Mami Samori | Tomoaki Imamura

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