The project for Understanding Health Information Seeking Behaviors started, as most research projects do, with a question: how do people search for health information online?
People search for health information on the internet every day. As researchers, it's important for us to understand the way the people search for health information. If we understand the way you search for health information, we can help you search more efficiently. We can also offer suggestions to health websites to help them make changes to the way they present information.
This site is primarily meant to present the research we have done. What you'll find here: