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Youth Use Net for Health Information
Almost 20% of all young adults ages 18–25 use the Internet to search for health information, including sensitive health subjects like birth control, pregnancy, and AIDS.
39% of online “health information seekers†ages 15–24 changed their personal behavior because of health information obtained online.
Wendy Lazarus and Andrew Wainer with Laurie Lipper,Measuring Digital Opportunity for America’s Children: Where We Stand and Where We Go From Here (Santa Monica, CA: The Children’s Partnership, June 2005): 17 (http://www.contentbank.org/DOMS).