Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Cancer Causes Control. 2012 Apr;23(4):647-52. doi: 10.1007/s10552-012-9926-9. Epub 2012 Feb 28.
To identify patterns of Internet use among childhood and young adult cancer survivors who smoke.
Baseline assessment data were collected from 2005 to 2008 for the Partnership for Health-2 (PFH-2) study, a web-based smoking cessation intervention for childhood and young adult cancer survivors. Participants were surveyed about their Internet access and use. Sociodemographic, clinical, and psychosocial data also were collected.
Internet access and use was widespread among PFH-2 participants. However, older, less-educated, and female survivors reported less frequent Internet use, even when they had access to the Internet at home and/or at work. These associations were significant in multivariable analyses.
Although the digital divide is narrowing, Internet use and engagement remains socially patterned. web-based prevention interventions are a promising method of reaching this geographically dispersed, high-risk population, but certain subgroups-particularly older and lower socioeconomic status survivors-might be missed by this approach.
确定吸烟的儿童和青年癌症幸存者的互联网使用模式。
2005 年至 2008 年，为基于网络的戒烟干预措施“健康伙伴关系 2 号”（PFH-2）研究收集了基线评估数据，该研究针对儿童和青年癌症幸存者。参与者接受了关于其互联网接入和使用的调查。还收集了社会人口统计学、临床和心理社会数据。
PFH-2 参与者广泛使用互联网。然而，年龄较大、受教育程度较低和女性幸存者报告称，即使他们在家中和/或工作中可以访问互联网，他们上网的频率也较低。这些关联在多变量分析中具有统计学意义。
尽管数字鸿沟正在缩小，但互联网的使用和参与仍然具有社会模式。基于网络的预防干预措施是一种有前途的方法，可以接触到这个地域分散、高危人群，但这种方法可能会错过某些特定的亚组，特别是年龄较大和社会经济地位较低的幸存者。
