Evaluation of a Web Portal for Improving Public Access to Evidence-Based Health Information and Health Literacy Skills: A Pragmatic Trial

Astrid Austvoll-Dahlgren, Arild Bjørndal, Jan Odgaard-Jensen and Sølvi Helseth

PLOS ONE, 2012, vol. 7, issue 5, 1-11

Abstract: Background: Using the conceptual framework of shared decision-making and evidence-based practice, a web portal was developed to serve as a generic (non disease-specific) tailored intervention to improve the lay public's health literacy skills. Objective: To evaluate the effects of the web portal compared to no intervention in a real-life setting. Methods: A pragmatic randomised controlled parallel trial using simple randomisation of 96 parents who had children aged

Date: 2012
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