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Online health information–seeking behavior by endocrinology patients [PDF]
Hormones, 2019 Abstract Purpose Given that the Internet is important for health-related information (HRI) and the fact that online health information (OHI)–seeking behavior has never been studied in endocrinology, we set out to examine how and why the Internet is utilized for HRI, the frequency of such activity, its impact, future information needs, and the effect of
Angelos Kyriacou, Cathy Sherratt
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مدیریت اطلاعات سلامت, 2021 Introduction: Pregnant women use the Internet to meet their information needs. Despite the contradictory information on the web, the increase in anxiety and its negative effects on fetal growth and maternal health, the importance of online search for ...
Zivar Sabaghinejad +2 more
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Examining Health Information–Seeking Behaviors of Older Adults [PDF]
CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 2013 This study aims to examine which resources older adults utilize for their health information needs, how trustworthy and reliable they find these resources, and the difficulties they face in obtaining health-related information. A 41-item survey designed to understand the information-seeking characteristics of older adults was developed and distributed ...
Shomir, Chaudhuri +4 more
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Health Information Seeking Behaviors of Ethnically Diverse Adolescents [PDF]
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 2013 Research on health information has primarily focused on the needs of adults or parents of children with chronic illnesses or consumers. There is limited research on the health information needs of adolescents and in particular those from underserved communities.
Anastasia E, Okoniewski +4 more
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Health Information–Seeking Behaviors, Health Indicators, and Health Risks
American Journal of Public Health, 2010 Objectives. We examined how different types of health information–seeking behaviors (HISBs)—no use, illness information only, wellness information only, and illness and wellness information combined—are associated with health risk factors and health indicators to determine possible motives for health information seeking. Methods.
James B, Weaver +5 more
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Gender as an influencer of online health information‐seeking and evaluation behavior [PDF]
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 2015 This article contributes to the growing body of research that explores the significance of context in health information behavior. Specifically, through the lens of trust judgments, it demonstrates that gender is a determinant of the information evaluation process.
Jennifer E. Rowley +2 more
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Self- and surrogate-seeking of information about mental health and illness in Germany
BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Seeking information on mental health issues – both for oneself and on behalf of others (so-called surrogate-seeking) – is a critical early step in dealing with mental illness and known to impede stigmatizing attitudes and foster help-seeking ...
Anna Freytag +3 more
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Serious Attention of Health Information Seeking Behavior in Covid-19 Pandemic [PDF]
Savād-i Salāmat, 2020 Covid 19 viral disease (Coronavirus 2019) was created in December 2019 in Wuhan of China and it quickly spread worldwide and it is a serious issue for public sanitation and people health and all the societies on the planet.
Meisam Dastani, Alireza Atarodi
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Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2015 BackgroundThe Internet has become an established source of health information for people seeking health information. In recent years, research on the health information seeking behavior of Internet users has become an increasingly important scholarly ...
Li, Fan +4 more
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Coronavirus disease 2019 information-seeking behavior globally: a systematic review
SAGE Open Medicine, 2023 Objective: This systematic review aimed to provide a global picture of information-seeking behavior, source information used, and its associated factors.
Tadele Fentabil Anagaw +1 more
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