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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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Health Beliefs, Protective Behaviors, and Information-Seeking

Nursing Research
Background The outbreak of COVID-19 caused severe damage to public health globally and served as a stark reminder of the potential for future pandemics. Promoting protective behaviors to prevent the spread of any contagious disease thus remains a priority.
Yen-Wen Liu, Chia-Chun Tang
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Cyber Behaviors in Seeking Health Information

2018
This chapter discusses health information seeking (HIS) behavior in general and then collaborative HIS behavior in terms of the current status, the representative researchers and their work, and challenges and future directions. All aspects of collaborative HIS constitute a wide field, and thus, this paper focuses on the HIS social dimension and ...
Xiaojun (Jenny) Yuan, José A. Pino
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Information seeking

Advances in Nursing Science, 1984
The information-seeking patterns of clients have received little attention in nursing theory and research, but they are important antecedents of health-related decisions and behavior. The concept of information seeking is analyzed within the framework of a six-step process model. Inter-related dimensions of the information search process are identified
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Adolescents' Health Information–Seeking Behavior: A Scoping Review

Journal of Adolescent Health
Given the importance of adolescents' well-being and the growing accessibility of health resources, it is imperative to examine the adolescents' health information-seeking behaviors. The aim of this review is to provide a thorough assessment of the health information-seeking behavior of adolescents as evidenced in contemporary literature.
Ferdos Saraipour, Sirous Panahi, Leila Nemati-Anaraki, Azita Shahraki-Mohammadi   +3 more
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Psychosocial determinants of health information seeking behavior

2023
Health information seeking behavior (HISB) concerns all the actions that individuals undertake to obtain information about their or others' health, with the goal to fulfill an information need. Several models exist that describe factors affecting HISB, for example the comprehensive model of information seeking, the planned risk information seeking ...
te Poel, F., Tanis, M.
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Assessing Health Consumerism on the Web: A Demographic Profile of Information-Seeking Behaviors

Journal of Medical Systems, 2006
The growing diversity of the online health information community is increasingly cited as a limiting factor related to the potential of the Internet as an effective health communication channel and information resource. Public-access Internet portals and decreasing costs of personal computers have created a consensus that unequal access to information,
Daniel P. Lorence, Heeyoung Park, Susannah Fox   +2 more
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