The Egyptian public's request for health information via the Internet and its relationship to their level of health awareness

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Media Department, Faculty of Arts - Helwan University

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                       the Internet has become an important source in the access of its users to the information in multiple areas that they specify. Due to the ease of search, immediate and timely access to the required information, and with the development of the health field in the world and the spread of many health sites across the Internet, which facilitated communication and access to health information with ease It was pleased. As this contributed to creating a health awareness for individuals using these sites by finding answers to questions related to their health aspects, which led to an increase in individuals ’balance of information and experiences that weave their attitudes, opinions, and behaviors. Consequently, the Internet has become a source of information that plays a large, important, and influential role in building the individual and his cognitive, behavioral, and emotional formation, which contributed to cultivating health awareness among members of society through the creation and change of behaviors and practices resulting from the health awareness process through it.
The Internet is a new means of communication that needs to be studied, and its impact with respect to the health information it provides to its users, and thus the problem of the study can be identified as an attempt to monitor the level of health awareness of the Egyptian public resulting from their request for health information provided through the Internet.

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