Health information seeking: A review of measures and methods

Anker, Ashley E.; Reinhart, Amber Marie; Feeley, Thomas Hugh

doi:10.1016/j.pec.2010.12.008

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“…These findings are consistent with previous research showing that mothers access multiple sources of information, the relative importance of which vary over time (12,13), and that cultural factors affect the way in which mothers access and use information (15). In this study, mothers in Spain were more reliant at birth on family and friends than the mothers in the other countries.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Public health policy makers need to understand the extent to which decisions of parents from different cultures and backgrounds are affected by different influences. The reliance that parents place on different sources of information changes over time (12,13), and studies are needed to explore this variability further. This paper reports findings from a study undertaken in five geographically dispersed European countries, with varied socio-economic structures and health economies (England, Finland, Germany, Hungary and Spain).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Influences on infant feeding decisions of first-time mothers in five European countries

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Background/ Objectives: Infant feeding decisions made by new parents have significant health implications. The study aimed to investigate: influences on infant feeding decisions; characteristics of mothers reporting reliance on alternative information sources; associations between reliance on different sources and intentions to exclusively breastfeed and introduce complementary foods later, and subsequent breastfeeding and weaning behaviours.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

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Influences on infant feeding decisions of first-time mothers in five European countries

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“…That means the majority of who are females. This confirms the results of the previous studies that say that women are most interested in searching for the healthy information over the Internet (4,7) . The educational level of the participants ranged from less than high school 7% to the high school level at the percentage 6%.…”

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confidence: 91%

Degree of Trustworthiness of the Healthy Consultation & Information via the Internet

Almayali

2017

IAM

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Is the healthy information over the Internet trustworthy or untrustworthy information? Is the quality of the online healthy information reliable quality or not? This paper presented the results of a survey conducted in the Pharmacy Department of the Alkafeel university college in Iraq. The survey was conducted at the beginning of summer 2017. It describes the points of views of a sample of students, their lecturers and workers at the Pharmacy Department. It is about the degree of the trustworthiness of the healthy information on the Internet. Whether, it is healthy consultation about a particular disease or healthy information about a particular drug. The results showed there is a relative awareness among the general public and they have almost an ability to distinguish the correct healthy information from the fault one found in the healthy websites, which signs are spread widely nowadays on the Internet network. However, they still consider the Internet as a means of only assistance and not entirely reliable in diagnosing the diseases. In addition, it has only the appropriate doses and the number of times of a particular drug, according to the participants in the survey. The "Trustworthiness" of such information depended on the affiliation of the manufacturing company if it is commercial or not or seeking after only the profits.

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“…In the past decade, studies of consumer health information seeking behavior have significantly increased (Anker, 2011). However, these studies primarily focus on consumers' access to the internet (and a related phenomenon, digital divide) and their information seeking behaviors, with comparatively little research being available on how consumers use the information once found (Johnson & Case, 2012).…”

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Health information use: Preliminary results from a systematic review

Fry

Santos

Zhang

2015

Proc. Assoc. Info. Sci. Tech.

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Searching for health information online is a popular behavior, yet little is known about how people use the information they find. As an initial step towards understanding this important aspect of consumer health information behavior, we conducted a systematic review. We searched three major health-related databases, CINAHL, Medline, and PsycINFO and identified 31 articles that report consumers' use of health information found online. Thematic analysis of these articles revealed that the most common uses of online health information were to make health decisions and lifestyle changes, and to discuss the information with healthcare professionals. KeywordsConsumer health information searching, information behavior, information use.

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Health information seeking: A review of measures and methods

Cited by 295 publications

References 66 publications

Influences on infant feeding decisions of first-time mothers in five European countries

Influences on infant feeding decisions of first-time mothers in five European countries

Degree of Trustworthiness of the Healthy Consultation & Information via the Internet

Health information use: Preliminary results from a systematic review

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