Story: Health advocacy and self-help

Health information online

Health information online

The internet has become an important source of health information for people. In the early 2000s the everybody website provided information about health conditions, support groups, health practitioners and health research.

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Rosemary Du Plessis and Anne Scott, 'Health advocacy and self-help - Development of advocacy and self-help', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/28049/health-information-online (accessed 20 April 2024)

Story by Rosemary Du Plessis and Anne Scott, published 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 17 Jul 2018