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Health Information—Seeking Behavior
Qualitative Health Research, 2007Seeking information about one's health is increasingly documented as a key coping strategy in health-promotive activities and psychosocial adjustment to illness. In this article, the authors critically examine the scientific literature from 1982 to 2006 on the concept of health information—seeking behavior (HISB) to determine its level of maturity and ...
Carmen Loiselle, Sylvie Lambert
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Health Information-Seeking in the Digital Age
Journal of American College Health, 2011The authors examined the sources of health information among first-year university students and whether the predictors of information-seeking varied by information source.First-year students in a required course at a midwestern public university were eligible to participate, and 82% (n = 1,060) completed the study.Students completed a survey ...
Christine Percheski, Eszter Hargittai
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Health information seeking: A review of measures and methods
Patient Education and Counseling, 2011Outlines the methods and measures commonly used to study active health information seeking and prescribes important considerations in advancing the study of patient information seeking.A systematic review of the literature from 1978 to 2010. A single bibliometric database, PsychInfo, identified 648 articles of health information seeking.
Ashley E Anker
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Health Care Providers' Information Seeking
Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 2000Recent research studies describe typical information-seeking behavior of doctors, nurses, and other health care providers. This review identifies and analyzes thirty-nine studies and nine reviews published since 1990. The researchers are from many disciplines and often work in multi-disciplinary teams.
M, McKnight, M, Peet
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Chronic illness and health-seeking information on the Internet
Health (United Kingdom), 2007ABSRACT By using the theories of help-seeking behavior and health-information seeking, this article demonstrates the relationship between chronic illness, retrieving health information from the Internet and changing health behavior. Research on the impact of health information on the Internet and changing health behavior is fairly new, given the growth
Stephanie Ayers +1 more
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Journal of Health Communication, 2020
A significant proportion of online health information seeking is related to the health of others, such as the one of family members and friends, instead of an individual's own health. Understanding these behaviors of proxy seekers, i.e., individuals who seek information about the health of others, can improve the transmission of health information to ...
Reifegerste, Doreen +2 more
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A significant proportion of online health information seeking is related to the health of others, such as the one of family members and friends, instead of an individual's own health. Understanding these behaviors of proxy seekers, i.e., individuals who seek information about the health of others, can improve the transmission of health information to ...
Reifegerste, Doreen +2 more
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2015
Introduction When does a parent decide whether a child’s fever is high and persistent enough to go to the emergency room? Is that allergy medicine shown on TV commercials eff ective? How does a patient decide which available treatment option is better for her?
Ezequiel M. Galarce +2 more
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Introduction When does a parent decide whether a child’s fever is high and persistent enough to go to the emergency room? Is that allergy medicine shown on TV commercials eff ective? How does a patient decide which available treatment option is better for her?
Ezequiel M. Galarce +2 more
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Strategies for Supporting Consumer Health Information Seeking
2004Despite a growing number of available Web-based health information resources, consumers continue to face a variety of barriers as they attempt to access these resources. Developing a system that appropriately responds to user queries poses several challenges. Guided by an earlier study that analyzed a large number of queries submitted to ClinicaITrials.
Alexa T. McCray +3 more
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Information Seeking among Safety and Health Managers
The Journal of Psychology, 1983A national survey of information seeking about work-related safety and health matters was conducted among 574 safety and health managers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Science and Education Administration. Specific beliefs about the seriousness, likelihood, and effectiveness of present work hazards as well as the need for additional ...
K H, Beck, R H, Feldman
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Toward wellness: Women seeking health information
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2004AbstractAs health information seekers pursue their “right to know” when investigating medical options, the question of reliable health information resources becomes paramount. Previous research has not addressed widely the connection between women as the health information seeker and quality health information, nor has women's awareness of specific ...
Dorothy Warner, J. Drew Procaccino
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