caa a22 4500 606222715 CHVBK 20210128101134.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00038-015-0648-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00038-015-0648-0 Understanding children: a qualitative study on health assets of the Internet in Spain [Elektronische Daten] [Mariano Hernán-García, Blanca Botello-Díaz, Jorge Marcos-Marcos, Silvia Toro-Cárdenas, Eugenia Gil-García] 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. Methods: A qualitative study was carried out based on 8 focus groups comprising 64 pupils from 8 primary schools in Spain. 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. 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. Swiss School of Public Health, 2015 Internet nationallicence Health assets nationallicence Childhood nationallicence Family nationallicence Qualitative methods nationallicence Spain nationallicence Hernán-García Mariano Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada, Spain aut Botello-Díaz Blanca Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada, Spain aut Marcos-Marcos Jorge Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada, Spain aut Toro-Cárdenas Silvia Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada, Spain aut Gil-García Eugenia Department of Nursing, University of Seville, Seville, Spain aut International Journal of Public Health Springer Basel 60/2(2015-02-01), 239-247 1661-8556 60:2<239 2015 60 38 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-015-0648-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-015-0648-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hernán-García Mariano Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Botello-Díaz Blanca Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Marcos-Marcos Jorge Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Toro-Cárdenas Silvia Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gil-García Eugenia Department of Nursing, University of Seville, Seville, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Public Health Springer Basel 60/2(2015-02-01), 239-247 1661-8556 60:2<239 2015 60 38