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Exploring Older Adults' Health Information Seeking Behaviors

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2012
To explore older adults' (55-70 years) health information-seeking behaviors.Using a qualitative methodology, based on grounded theory, data were collected using in-depth interviews. Participants were community-living, older adults in Toronto, Canada who independently seek nutrition and health information.
Elizabeth Manafo
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Online Health Information Seeking Behavior Pattern

Advanced Science Letters, 2017
Naffisah Mohd Hassan, Siti Maon, Sharidatul Akma Abu Seman   +2 more
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Determining health information–seeking behavior of shoulder patients

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, 2022
Patients today have access to an increasing number of health resources to guide medical decision making, including specialist health care providers, the Internet, friends, and family members. No prior studies, to our knowledge, have comprehensively explored health information-seeking behavior (HISB) for patients being managed for shoulder pain.Our ...
Andrew S. Miller, Phillip Stetler, Sribava Sharma, Abdulaziz F. Ahmed, Sabrina G. Jenkins, Saisanjana Vattigunta, Eric Huish, Uma Srikumaran   +7 more
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Predictors of health information-seeking behaviors in hispanics.

NI 2012 : 11th International Congress on Nursing Informatics, June 23-27, 2012, Montreal, Canada. International Congress in Nursing Informatics (11th : 2012 : Montreal, Quebec), 2013
The objective of this study was to examine factors predicting use of the Internet to seek health information among Hispanics in the Washington Heights and Inwood areas of New York City. Data were collected by community health workers through the Washington Heights/Inwood Informatics Infrastructure for Community-Centered Comparative Effectiveness ...
Young Ji Lee, Bernadette Boden-Albala, Leigh Quarles, Adam B. Wilcox, Suzanne Bakken   +4 more
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Study of Education Disparities and Health Information Seeking Behavior

CyberPsychology & Behavior, 2007
This exploratory technology assessment examines how educational characteristics of health information seekers are associated with access to computers, the Internet, and online health information. Specifically, we examine (1) if there exists significant variation across identified health technology user groups regarding access to online health ...
Daniel P. Lorence, Heeyoung Park
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Health beliefs and the valence framework in health information seeking behaviors

Information Technology & People, 2016
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to help understand consumer acceptance of online health information services by integrating the health belief model and extended valence framework. Design/methodology/approach A laboratory-based, experimental-scenarios research design is used to collect data, and the structural equation modeling technique is used
Jian Mou, Dong-Hee Shin, Jason F. Cohen
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Examining the Health Information–Seeking Behaviors of Korean Americans

Journal of Health Communication, 2012
Many Korean Americans suffer from high levels of cancer incidence and have low cancer screening rates. A significant number of Korean Americans lack adequate information about cancer screening tests. However, little is known about their health behaviors.
Kyeung Mi, Oh, Gary L, Kreps, Jungmi, Jun, Elizabeth, Chong, Lolita, Ramsey   +4 more
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Older adults' online health information seeking behavior

Proceedings of the 2012 iConference, 2012
Over half of older adult Internet users search for health information online, a number likely to continue to climb. To design a better online environment for older adults, we need to understand how they search for health information online. In an observational study, 17 older adults aged from 56 to 78 completed four health related online search tasks ...
Man Huang, Derek L. Hansen, Bo Xie 0001
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Health Information Seeking Behavior Among College Students

Journal of Community Health, 2018
Individuals have a wide range of resources when searching for health topics. The aim of this research was twofold: (1) to identify and assess the resources college students use when exercising health information seeking behavior (HISB); and (2) to examine perceptions and behaviors regarding adoption of online tools.
Corey H, Basch, Sarah A, MacLean, Rachelle-Ann, Romero, Danna, Ethan   +3 more
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Health Insurance Information-Seeking Behaviors Among the Uninsured

Journal of Health Communication, 2015
As a result of the Affordable Care Act, millions of previously uninsured individuals are facing the daunting task of selecting health insurance. In order to better understand how to reach the uninsured and support their health insurance decision making, this study examined where the uninsured collect information about health insurance and the extent to
Karishma S, Furtado, Kimberly A, Kaphingst, Hannah, Perkins, Mary C, Politi   +3 more
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