Internet Usage by Parents Prior to Seeking Care at a Pediatric Emergency Department: Observational Study.

Background: Little is known about how parents utilize medical information on the Internet prior to an emergency department (ED) visit.

Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the proportion of parents who accessed the Internet for medical information related to their child's illness in the 24 hours prior to an ED visit (IPED), to identify the websites used, and to understand how the content contributed to the decision to visit the ED.

Methods: A 40-question interview was conducted with parents presenting to an ED within a freestanding children's hospital.

Educational interventions for intimate partner violence: guidance from survivors.

Objective: Previous research suggests that health care providers' assumptions about the content and marketing of intimate partner violence (IPV) materials are not always correct and may do harm. This study sought to determine what mothers with histories of IPV identify as important information to communicate about IPV and how it should be presented in a pediatric emergency department.

Methods: This qualitative study used English- and Spanish-speaking focus groups for data collection and a grounded theory approach for data analysis.