Information‐seeking behaviour of physicists and astronomers [PDF]
Aslib Proceedings, 2008 PurposeThe study aims to examines two aspects of information seeking behaviour of physicists and astronomers including methods applied for keeping up‐to‐date and methods used for finding articles. The relationship between academic status and research field of users with their information seeking behaviour was investigated.Design/methodology ...
Hamid R. Jamali 0001, David Nicholas
openaire +2 more sources
When familiarity not novelty motivates information-seeking behaviour [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Research has established that novelty motivates information-seeking behaviour in many situations. While novelty preferences have been well-studied, an understanding of conditions under which familiarity trumps novelty remains limited.
Gregory Brooks +2 more
doaj +2 more sources
Drug information-seeking behaviour among Jordanian physicians: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023 Background: Due to the huge number of drugs available and the rapid growth and change in drug information, healthcare professionals, especially physicians, frequently require reliable, easily accessible, rapid, and accurate reference sources to obtain ...
Sura Al Zoubi +8 more
doaj +2 more sources
Parents’ health information seeking behaviour – does the child’s health status play a role? [PDF]
BMC Fam Pract, 2020 Background Digital media are increasingly abundant providing a wide scope of health information. To date, very little is known about parental health information seeking behaviour for child health outside of English-speaking and Nordic countries.
I. Baumann +4 more
semanticscholar +2 more sources
A qualitative study of the maternal health information‐seeking behaviour of women of reproductive age in Mpwapwa district, Tanzania [PDF]
Health Info Libr J, 2020 Background Active engagement in seeking maternal health information among women of reproductive age is vital in promoting positive health‐seeking behaviour and improving maternal health outcomes.
M. Kassim
semanticscholar +2 more sources
Dynamics of health information-seeking behaviour among older adults with very low incomes in Ghana: a qualitative study [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2020 Background Exploration of health information-seeking behaviour among older adults with very low incomes is critical in shaping our understanding of how health information is sought in later life.
Williams Agyemang-Duah +4 more
semanticscholar +2 more sources
Information needs and information seeking behaviour of people with dementia and their non-professional caregivers: a scoping review [PDF]
BMC Geriatr, 2019 Background People with dementia often require full-time caregivers especially in the later stages of their condition. People with dementia and caregivers’ access to reliable information on dementia is essential as it may have an important impact on ...
AiJia Soong +4 more
semanticscholar +2 more sources
Using Google Trends to assess the impact of global public health days on online health information seeking behaviour in Central and South America [PDF]
J Glob Health, 2020 Background Public health awareness can help prevent illness and result in earlier intervention when it does occur. For this reason, health promotion and disease awareness campaigns have great potential to alleviate the global burden of disease.
E. Havelka, C. Mallen, T. A. Shepherd
semanticscholar +2 more sources
Factors influencing online health information seeking behaviour among patients in Kwahu West Municipal, Nkawkaw, Ghana. [PDF]
Online J Public Health Inform, 2019 Over the years, health care delivery and ways of accessing health information have transformed rapidly through the use of technology. The internet has played a key role in this advancement by serving as an important source of health information to people
R. D. Nangsangna, F. D. da-Costa Vroom
semanticscholar +2 more sources
Information needs and information seeking behaviour of patients during follow-up of colorectal cancer in the Netherlands [PDF]
J Cancer Surviv, 2019 Adequately informing patients is considered crucial in cancer care, but need for information and information seeking behaviour of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients in the Netherlands are currently not well known.
T. Wieldraaijer +4 more
semanticscholar +2 more sources