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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, Sharon, Wong
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Consumers’ Information-Seeking Behaviors on Dietary Supplements

International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 2019
Background Consumers are advised to seek information about dietary supplements (DS) before using them; little is known concerning whether this recommendation is heeded. Objective The objectives of this pilot study were to investigate whether users of DS seek information about these products before using them and particularly whether such information is
Joseph P. Nathan, Elizabeth Kudadjie-Gyamfi, Leah Halberstam, Josephine T. Wright   +3 more
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Information-seeking Behaviors of Podiatric Physicians

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association, 2012
Background: The goal of this study was to evaluate the information-seeking behaviors of podiatric physicians as they search for answers to clinical questions that arise during patient care visits. Methods: Invitations to participate in an Internet survey were e-mailed to alumni of the Ohio ...
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Information-seeking behavior of adolescent orthodontic patients

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 2013
Health-information-seeking behavior is the purposive search for health-related information. The literature contains few articles examining this behavior as it relates to orthodontics; therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate how adolescent orthodontic patients seek information about their treatment, why they search for this information, and ...
Rachel, Stephens, Fiona S, Ryan, Susan J, Cunningham   +2 more
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City planners' information seeking behavior

Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Information interaction in context - IIiX, 2006
In this paper it is presented how city planners seek information through different information channels depending on the type of work tasks done and the information types needed. The core tasks in city planning are the actual planning and the writing of surveys.
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Tourists' Mobile Information Seeking Behavior

International Journal of Systems and Service-Oriented Engineering, 2017
The Internet is considered to be one of the most effective search channels for people to get a variety of information. This is especially true, for young tourists within the 18-30 year range, who prefer free independent travel tours. Many tend to have strong information needs about their travel destinations and the use of mobile technology for ...
Jing Yi Gong, Fred Schumann, Dickson W.K. Chiu, Kevin K.W. Ho   +3 more
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Information seeking behavior of academic scientists

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2007
AbstractThe information seeking behavior of academic scientists is being transformed by the availability of electronic resources for searching, retrieving, and reading scholarly materials. A census survey was conducted of academic science researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to capture their current information seeking ...
Bradley M. Hemminger, Dihui Lu, K.T.L. Vaughan, Stephanie J. Adams   +3 more
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What is the information Seeking and Behavior of Information Seeking?

2004
Whatever population and using computerized systems in home, Official and receptive dimensions is increasing, whatever digital data is increasing and then searching of users is increasing too. Surely users have problems, Like: Selecting information sources that dont answer to informational needs, disability to specification available facilities in ...
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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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Personality and Information Seeking: Understanding How Traits Influence Information-Seeking Behaviors

Journal of Business Communication, 2005
Organizational newcomers go through various socialization processes before becoming organizational veterans. Information seeking (a self-socialization process) involves newcomers’ proactively seeking new information, most times to reduce uncertainty.
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