Perceptions of low income HIV+ persons about finding accurate web-based health information.

Aim: To explore perceptions of low income persons living with HIV/AIDS and history of substance abuse about how they decide whether an internet site is a credible source of health-related information.

Background: It is hard for any consumer to determine whether the information that is available on the internet is trustworthy and even more challenging for consumers with low health literacy and insufficient computer literacy skills.

Methods: Mixed methods with sequential explanatory design.

Developing a personal health record self-efficacy tool.

The purpose of this preliminary work was to develop a new short tool to assess personal health records (PHRs) self-efficacy. Prior work had found 4 distinct skills related to creating, updating, tracking symptoms, and sharing information with health care providers using PHR. Although PHRs have great promise, their uptake has been rather limited, especially in economically limited populations.