Factor | Intervention focus | Critical targets |
---|---|---|
Attitude | Dispel perceptions of positive outcomes and address perceptions of negative outcomes | - Convenient way to access information |
- Finding up-to-date information | ||
- Being able to diagnose and treat symptoms without the need for medical intervention | ||
- Overwhelmed by too much information | ||
- Not being able to speak to someone personally who has experience | ||
Subjective norm | Challenge the approval of important others | - Partners |
Perceived behavioural control | Address strategies that may encourage use | - Thoughts about the child’s condition not being serious, so use internet rather than seek health professional advice |
Perceived risk | Focus on evaluations of the risk involved | - Testimonials from parents and health professionals and evidence from the empirical literature of the potential risks involved in using the internet to access child health information |