Beyond seeking information: Lessons learned from a qualitative investigation of the information practices of parents about COVID-19 vaccination in Canada [PDF]
Human Vaccines & ImmunotherapeuticsRecent reports indicate a concerning decline in routine childhood vaccination rates globally. Parental engagement with health information is critical in shaping vaccine acceptance amid rising skepticism and shifting sociopolitical dynamics. In this study,
Emmanuel Akwasi Marfo +8 more
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Information behaviour of data breach victims and the relevance of health information avoidance
Information Research: An International Electronic JournalIntroduction. This study conducts a scoping review and comparative analysis of human information behaviour following data breaches, with a focus on information avoidance.
Hung Fai Joseph Cheng +2 more
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The Importance of More Attention to “Health Information Avoidance” in Current Studies
مدیریت اطلاعات سلامت, 2020 -
Farahnaz Naderbeigi +3 more
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Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 2017 ABSTRACTAlthough many people cope with illness by seeking information, a considerable proportion of the population prefers to avoid information, aiming to maintain or increase their uncertainty in order to control their anxiety and/or maintain hope. Drawing on a large (n = 3,677), nationally representative survey dataset (the U.S.
Gagan Jindal +2 more
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A Study on the Influencing Factors of Rural Residents' Avoidance Behaviors towards Health Information on Chronic Diseases in Jiangsu Province [PDF]
Nongye tushu qingbao xuebao, 2022 [Purpose/Significance] When rural residents read health information regarding chronic diseases, they often tend to develop cognitive conflicts or negative emotions, which leads to their avoidance behaviors towards health information regarding chronic ...
HAN Zhengbiao, YUE Hang, ZHAI Ranran
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Rural Residents' Health Information Avoidance Behavior in Lower Risk Disease Context [PDF]
Nongye tushu qingbao xuebao, 2021 [Purpose/Significance] The purpose of this study is to elaborate the extent, strategies, causes and their association of rural residents' health information avoidance in the context of lower risk diseases.
HAN Zhengbiao, ZHOU Mingfeng, YUE Hang
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Health Information Avoidance Behavior of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus [PDF]
Journal of Library and Information Studies, 2019 Along with the convenience of receiving health information and the rise of public health consciousness, seeking health information is regarded as a common phenomenon. However, the public is seldom aware of health information avoidance behavior.
Wen-Han Chuang, Ming-Hsin Phoebe Chiu
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Anticipation of deteriorating health and information avoidance [PDF]
Journal of Health Economics, 2019 We integrate anticipatory utility and endogenous beliefs about future negative health shocks into a life-cycle model of physiological aging. Individuals care about their future utility derived from their health status and form endogenous beliefs about the probability of a negative health shock.
Johannes Schünemann +2 more
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Double burden of COVID-19 knowledge deficit: low health literacy and high information avoidance
BMC Research Notes, 2022 Objective People with lower levels of health literacy are likely to report engaging in information avoidance. However, health information avoidance has been overlooked in previous research on responses to viral outbreaks.
Xuewei Chen, Ming Li, Gary L. Kreps
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Avoiding Disclosure of Individually Identifiable Health Information [PDF]
Sage Open, 2011 Achieving data and information dissemination without harming anyone is a central task of any entity in charge of collecting data. In this article, the authors examine the literature on data and statistical confidentiality. Rather than comparing the theoretical properties of specific methods, they emphasize the main themes that emerge from the ongoing ...
Prada, Sergio I +6 more
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