Author/Source:Susannah Fox, Pew Internet & American Life Project October 18, 2010
The online health-information environment is going mobile, particularly among younger adults. The Pew Internet & American Life Project's latest survey of American adults, conducted in association with the California HealthCare Foundation, finds that 85% of adults use a cell phone. Health-information searches and communications have joined the growing array of non-voice data applications that are being bundled into cell phones. Even with the proliferation of mobile and online opportunities, however, most adults' search for health information remains anchored in the offline world. Most people turn to a health professional, friend or family member when they have a health question; the internet plays a growing but still supplemental role -- and mobile connectivity has not changed that.
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