Sex differences in the use of the Internet as a source of health information among adolescents.

Background: The Internet is a fundamental part of the day-to-day lives of adolescents. Faced with the difficulties of accessing conventional health services, adolescents use the Internet as a confidential and safe means of accessing information about health issues.

Objectives: To describe sex differences in the way in which adolescents search for health information on the Internet.

Use of the internet as a source of health information by Spanish adolescents.

Background: The Internet is a fundamental part of the daily life of adolescents, they consider it as a safe and confidential source of information on health matters. The aims is to describe the experience of Spanish adolescents searching for health information on the Internet.

Methods: A cross-sectional study of 811 school-age adolescents in Granada was carried out.