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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Health information seeking"”.
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Online Health Information Seeking Behaviors of Hispanics in New York City
… population in terms of access to online health information. The specific aims of this descriptive, correlational study were to examine factors associated with online health information seeking behaviors of Hispanics and to examine the association between online health information seeking …
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Evaluation of Food Assistance Programs and Implications of Patients' Health Information Seeking
… impacts of patient's widespread use of online health information. In particular, the essay employs a principal agent model and focuses on the quality of online health information. The model shows that when the quality of health information improves, since medical consultations become more …
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Promoting farm to market diets: A study of Hispanic women’s health information seeking behaviors
In this paper, a model of health media usage is developed to understand how the target population that is Hispanic women makes decisions and the sources they turn to for information on health related matters. Key factors used in the investigation process were health behaviors, acculturation and …
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Effects of health information seeking behaviors on anxiety, and loss among East Asian international students
This study examined the influences of anxiety, health information seeking behavior, cross-cultural loss on satisfaction with life among 186 East Asian international students while studying abroad in the U.S. The results showed that general and health anxiety are both significantly associated with …
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Sense-making in theory and practice: a metatheoretical foundation and application for health information seeking
… illustrating its applicability to practical information seeking research. In Chapter One I trace the philosophical origins of Brenda Dervin’s theory known as “sense making,” reaching beyond current scholarship that locates the origins of sense-making in twentieth-century Phenomenology and …
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The Gekko Effect: The Media's Framing of Michael Douglas' Ambiguous Public Health Disclosure and the Public's Online Health Information Seeking
… in stories related to Michael Douglas' public health disclosure, and the frames' relationship with the public's online information seeking of "Michael Douglas", "HPV", "throat cancer", and "oral sex". The results of the framing analysis indicate that the body of online media reports regarding …
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"It gave me relief...it gave me confidence" - the online health information seeking experiences of adults with chronic health conditions.
… of the United Kingdom (UK) National Health Service (NHS) has included a number of sizeable reforms that have emphasised partnership relationships between patients and professionals, and the importance of individuals taking a more active role in their care. Many of these changes have …
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Being an Ally: Communication Design's Role in Improving the Health Information Seeking Experience in People with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
… difficult to treat, underfunded, chronic health condition. People with PCOS struggle to get diagnosed, have a good relationship with healthcare providers and find quality information. Helping people affected by PCOS access accurate information regarding their health can encourage hope and …
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Needs of familial caregivers of cancer patients across the advanced cancer disease trajectory.
… and comorbidity. This study examines particular information needs across a variety of specific events in the advanced cancer disease trajectory. A cross-sectional sample of 107 familial caregivers (24 current and 83 bereaved) of people with advanced cancer completed a needs assessment survey …
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Information, women's health and development : strategies for information provision in Africa
The literature relating to women's health in Africa focuses on health information seeking needs. It rarely focuses on how women's health information needs link to the development of the continent. The dissertation examines the interrelationships between women's health information needs and …
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Managing Uncertainty in Young-Onset Parkinson's Disease
… throughout one’s experience with the disease. Health information seeking was one of several resilience strategies used by individuals with YOPD to manage the uncertainty they experienced, in an attempt to restore the control they perceived they had lost. Health information was acquired through …
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Designing technologies for exposure to diverse opinions
… tendency towards selective exposure—preferential seeking of confirmatory over challenging information. This has prompted many scholars to warn about the rise of ""echo chambers"" and ""filter bubbles"" online, with individuals' easy control over information exposure enabled by digital …
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Health Literacy, Health Disparities and Sources of Health Information in US Older Adults
… a large scale national assessment which included health literacy. It examined the relationships between health literacy and demographic/background characteristics in older adults (age 65 and over) related to health literacy and disparities, and sources of health information. Key findings include: …