Abstract
6126 Background: While cancer information websites have been developed by major organizations, their appropriateness for cancer patients in multiethnic, multilingual public hospital settings has received limited attention. Therefore we explored Internet access and patient assessment of the PLWC and SKF websites in a public hospital population. Methods: A questionnaire was developed to evaluate cancer information seeking behavior, internet use and access, and content usability of two cancer websites and administered by interviewers and translators to consecutive consenting patients seen in an oncology clinic. Ethnicities of participants included Caucasian (25%), African American (19%), Hispanics (42%) and Asian (11%). Primary language was English in 53%; 56% had a high school education or less and 74% had income less than $35,000. Results: Of the 52 participants, 71% had computer access and 44% searched cancer information online, with more interested in obtaining online information in the future (63%). Whe...
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