@article{ref1,
title="Understanding children: a qualitative study on health assets of the Internet in Spain",
journal="International journal of public health",
year="2015",
author="Hernán-García, Mariano and Botello-Díaz, Blanca and Marcos-Marcos, Jorge and Toro-Cárdenas, Silvia and Gil-García, Eugenia",
volume="60",
number="2",
pages="239-247",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: This research was designed to explore the opinions held by primary school pupils about the Internet as a source of assets for health and well-being. <br><br>METHODS: A qualitative study was carried out based on 8 focus groups comprising 64 pupils from 8 primary schools in Spain. <br><br>RESULTS: Our findings describe the Internet as a tool for learning, communication, fun and health care. In addition, they reveal how children understand influences on health and well-being in relation to their view of the Internet. The results are discussed in terms of the public-health implications of digital literacy, as well as its connection to well-being, especially in relation to health assets. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The Internet is an important resource for children's health and well-being, which, through learning, communication, fun and health care, encourages them to make use of it. Digital and health literacy constitutes the foundation required for browsing the Internet in a positive way, as identified by the children interviewed in this study, and especially in relation to the health assets that the Internet can contain.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-8556",
doi="10.1007/s00038-015-0648-0",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-015-0648-0"
}