Information Poverty and Reproductive Healthcare: Assessing the Reasons for Inequity between Income Groups

Zimmerman, Margaret S.

doi:10.1080/19371918.2016.1268990

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“…This is in accordance with previous studies which found that knowledge about treatment was a barrier of utilisation and access for lower-SES patients, for example, to optimal oesophageal cancer care or reproductive healthcare. 23 24 Especially in low-SES patients, it is well known that lack of information and knowledge results in low utilisation. 25 26 This is probably due to the fact that patients of lower SES are generally given less information in healthcare.…”

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Socioeconomic differences in experiences with treatment of coronary heart disease: a qualitative study from the perspective of elderly patients

2018

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ObjectivesThis qualitative study aims to analyse socioeconomic differences in patients’ experiences along the treatment pathway for coronary heart disease (CHD).DesignA longitudinal qualitative study using in-depth semistructured interviews to explore patients’ experiences with treatment was conducted. We analysed the transcripts of the records according to qualitative content analysis and identified differences between patients with lower and higher socioeconomic status (SES) by comparing and contrasting the narratives.SettingThe University Hospital in Halle (Saale), Germany.Participants41 elderly patients (aged 59–80 years) who suffered from CHD.ResultsFrom various patient’s experiences along the pathway of care which were found to differ according to SES we derived three major themes: (1) information: patients with higher SES had greater knowledge about treatment and could use medical records as sources of information; (2) illness perception: patients with lower SES focused on improving symptoms and survival, while patients with higher SES focused on physical performance and disease management; and (3) perceived role in healthcare: patients with lower SES tended to delegate responsibility to healthcare professionals.ConclusionsDifferences in the patient’s knowledge about treatment, their perceived role in healthcare and illness perception can be the factors and mechanisms that contribute to explain socioeconomic inequalities in the treatment of CHD. These factors should be considered in quantitative studies to better understand the disparities in treatment and mortality. We suggest that improving patient–physician communication and patient knowledge can change the patient’s understanding of CHD and their perceived role in healthcare and reduce inequalities in CHD treatment.Trial registration numberDRKS00007839.

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Socioeconomic differences in experiences with treatment of coronary heart disease: a qualitative study from the perspective of elderly patients

2018

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“…Of the articles that were retrieved, cancer prevention (Akhtari-Zavare, Ghanbari-Baghestan, Latiff, & Khaniki, 2015;Hay, Orom, Kiviniemi, & Waters, 2015;Jung, Senthilselvan, & Salopek, 2011;Ross et al, 2011) and sexual health (Buhi, Daley, Fuhrmann, & Smith, 2009;Davis, 2014;Mitchell, Ybarra, Korchmaros, & Kosciw, 2014;Zimmerman, 2017) were primary foci of attention. Articles that fit into this context predict that higher knowledge levels about a medical condition or practice will result in positive behaviour change (Akhtari-Zavare et al, 2015;Deng et al, 2015;Zimmerman, 2017), although in several articles this information is implicit instead of stated (Finney- Haluza, Naszay, Stockinger, & Jungwirth, 2017;Rutten, Augustson, Doran, Moser, & Hesse, 2009). A number of articles explored the specific predictors or antecedents to HISB with the intention of behaviour change (Haluza et al, 2017;Hay et al, 2015;Ross et al, 2011).…”

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“…Examination of source use based on personal and socioeconomic variables is also well represented in this literature selection. These may include age (Geana et al, 2011;Kratzke et al, 2013), ethnicity (Jackson, Botelho, Joseph, & Tennstedt, 2013), education (Feinberg et al, 2016), income (Zimmerman, 2017), efficacy belief (Lee & Kim, 2015) or health literacy (Lubetkin et al, 2015). Research that falls into the description of discretionary actions in this review explored activities such as the motivation to share knowledge compelling searching (Roettl et al, 2016), how intimidated low literacy level women feel interacting with health care providers and if this negatively impacts their exchange (Patel & Dowse, 2015) and the relationship between insurance status and offline versus online seeking behaviour (Saulsberry et al, 2014).…”

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“…Also, personality driven antecedents of a desire to be more involved in health decisions (Haluza et al, 2017) and communicable disease information while travelling abroad (Omodior et al, 2017) demonstrate the complexity of understanding HISB as a concept. The antecedents of the LIS articles included temporal related concerns (Zare-Farashbandi et al, 2016) and affective positionality of administrative staff within reproductive health care services (Zimmerman, 2017). In the preceding comparison, there is clear distinction of how the HISB is studied in the two different domains.…”

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Health information seeking behaviour: a concept analysis

Zimmerman

Shaw

2020

Health Info Libraries J

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Background In 2007, Lambert and Loiselle conducted an extensive concept analysis of the term health information seeking behaviour (HISB) to examine the concept's level of maturity and critically analyse its characteristics. Since their groundbreaking work, HISB has evolved with the proliferation of ICTs. The Internet is now a common and often preferred medium for the pursuit of health information. Objectives The previous analysis spanned 42 years of literature; this article describes an analysis of the last 10 years of literature on HISB and how online seeking has caused the concept to evolve in the literature. Methods This study used the concept analysis methodology employed by Lambert and Loiselle in the original analysis. It also included a systematic search conducted in five databases to identify studies from 2007 to 2017, using similar inclusion criteria from the original study. Results Of the more than 500 articles retrieved, 85 journal articles met the inclusion criteria. Consistent with the original work, articles that included outcomes were identified as either behavioural or cognitive. Conclusion Most of the attention of the works studied focused on individuals and their information source preferences. This HISB analysis can be incorporated with studies to understand how various communities seek information in online versus non‐online contexts.

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“…According to the knowledge gap hypothesis [37], groups trapped in information poverty are at a disadvantage in terms of information absorption, creating an information gap with other groups, and this gap will grow wider. The information gap and information poverty are closely related to economic poverty [38,39]. Information poverty and economic poverty are mutually causal, and people with information poverty often fall into the cycle of "information poverty-economic poverty-information poverty" [39].…”

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The Policy Information Gap and Resettlers’ Well-Being: Evidence from the Anti-Poverty Relocation and Resettlement Program in China

Liu

2020

IJERPH

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The widespread dissemination of policy information is necessary for the success of the public policy, but the distribution of information among vulnerable groups has received little attention. We examined a public policy that focuses on the poorest people in China, the anti-poverty relocation and settlement program (ARSP). The infrastructure in the region where the policy is implemented is weak, and the information literacy of resettlers is low. This study analyses the impact of the policy information gap on the subjective well-being of resettlers. We found that the distribution of policy information among the poor is uneven, and the resettlers compare the policy information they obtain with a reference group (working-age people and less-educated people in the same village/community) to generate a policy information gap. The policy information gap indirectly affects subjective well-being by affecting the probability that people will be exposed to risks due to policy. As the policy information gap increases, the subjective well-being of resettlers changes in an inverted U-shape. This impact varies significantly among different groups, policy implementation stages, and resettlement methods. Attention should be paid to the information acquisition ability of the vulnerable groups and the welfare effects of social comparison, and to improve the method of publicizing policy information, which helps to improve the well-being of resettlers.

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Information Poverty and Reproductive Healthcare: Assessing the Reasons for Inequity between Income Groups

Cited by 17 publications

References 37 publications

Socioeconomic differences in experiences with treatment of coronary heart disease: a qualitative study from the perspective of elderly patients

Socioeconomic differences in experiences with treatment of coronary heart disease: a qualitative study from the perspective of elderly patients

Health information seeking behaviour: a concept analysis

The Policy Information Gap and Resettlers’ Well-Being: Evidence from the Anti-Poverty Relocation and Resettlement Program in China

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