Personal records on the web: Who's in charge of archiving, Hotmail or archivists?

Sinn, Donghee; Syn, Sue Yeon; Kim, Sung-Min

doi:10.1016/j.lisr.2011.02.004

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“…As PIM technology evolves, diverse PIM activities happen in digital forms, and personal data stores could be at risk in terms of digital service providers’ policies and standards [ 16 ]. Williams et al reported that technologically perceptive interviewees were diligent with aspects concerning back-ups and mindful about the risk of loss, which was also confirmed in the research of Sinn et al [ 17 , 18 ]. Still, how technology influences young college students in the digital generation in terms of PHIM remains unknown.…”

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Analysis of College Students’ Personal Health Information Activities: Online Survey

Kim¹,

Sinn²,

Syn³

2018

J Med Internet Res

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BackgroundWith abundant personal health information at hand, individuals are faced with a critical challenge in evaluating the informational value of health care records to keep useful information and discard that which is determined useless. Young, healthy college students who were previously dependents of adult parents or caregivers are less likely to be concerned with disease management. Personal health information management (PHIM) is a special case of personal information management (PIM) that is associated with multiple interactions among varying stakeholders and systems. However, there has been limited evidence to understand informational or behavioral underpinning of the college students’ PHIM activities, which can influence their health in general throughout their lifetime.ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate demographic and academic profiles of college students with relevance to PHIM activities. Next, we sought to construct major PHIM-related activity components and perceptions among college students. Finally, we sought to discover major factors predicting core PHIM activities among college students we sampled.MethodsA Web survey was administered to collect responses about PHIM behaviors and perceptions among college students from the University of Kentucky from January through March 2017. A total of 1408 college students were included in the analysis. PHIM perceptions, demographics, and academic variations were used as independent variables to predict diverse PHIM activities using a principal component analysis (PCA) and hierarchical regression analyses (SPSS v.24, IBM Corp, Armonk, NY, USA).ResultsMajority of the participants were female (956/1408, 67.90%), and the age distribution of this population included an adequate representation of college students of all ages. The most preferred health information resources were family (612/1408, 43.47%), health care professionals (366/1408, 26.00%), friends (27/1408, 1.91%), and the internet (157/1408, 11.15%). Organizational or curatorial activities such as Arranging, Labeling, Categorizing, and Discarding were rated low (average=3.21, average=3.02, average=2.52, and average=2.42, respectively). The PCA results suggested 3 components from perception factors labeled as follows: Assistance (alpha=.85), Awareness (alpha=.716), and Difficulty (alpha=.558). Overall, the Demographics and Academics variables were not significant in predicting dependent variables such as Labeling, Categorizing, Health Education Materials, and Discarding, whereas they were significant for other outcome variables such as Sharing, Collecting, Knowing, Insurance Information, Using, and Owning.ConclusionsCollege years are a significant time for students to learn decision-making skills for maintaining information, a key aspect of health records, as well as for educators to provide appropriate educational and decision aids in the environment of learning as independent adults. Our study will contribute to better understand knowledge about specific skills and perceptions for college stud...

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Analysis of College Students’ Personal Health Information Activities: Online Survey

Kim¹,

Sinn²,

Syn³

2018

J Med Internet Res

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“…Another new finding of our study is that the stakeholder of personal digital archiving is not information professional (Sinn, 2011), but tripartite cooperation of web users, information professionals and ISPs, who will undertake the responsibilities of information preservation together.…”

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The Behavior and Perception of Personal Digital Archiving of Chinese University Students

Feng¹

2018

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It is widely received that personal records are a kind of unique documentary evidence for both individual and the society. Thus, same care is required for the preservation of personal records as for public records. While personal archiving in the analogue environment has been extensively studied by scholars from different fields, the rapidly changing web environment are raising new challenges on personal information behavior, further, personal digital archiving. To effectively address these challenges, it is important to first understand what the individuals' perception and behavior of personal digital archiving are. The proposed presentation aims to contribute to this knowledge by discussing the preliminary results of a mixed-method study on the behavior and perception of personal digital archiving of Chinese university students. More specifically, the mixed-method study is approached sequentially by first using a web-based questionnaire to investigate Chinese university students' perception of personal digital archiving when using email and blogs, which is followed by a semi-structured interview of information professionals to solicit their opinions on the results of the web-based questionnaire and the role of information professionals for facilitating personal digital archiving. The results of this study will shed light on Chinese university students' awareness of personal records preservation, the measures used for personal records preservation, the difficulties encountered, and responsibilities of different stakeholders (e.g., individual, web service provider, and information professionals) for personal digital archiving. This knowledge will help identify focal areas for future personal digital archiving research.

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“…As PIM technology evolves, diverse PIM activities happen in digital forms, and personal data stores could be at risk in terms of digital service providers' policies and standards [16]. Williams et al reported that technologically perceptive interviewees were diligent concerning backups and mindful about the risk of loss, which was also confirmed in Sinn et al's research [17,18]. Still how technology influences young college students in digital generation in terms of PHIM remains unknown.…”

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“…Obviously, those patterns are neither sustainable nor efficient. Many researchers argue that professional intervention in PIM would benefit them greatly to preserve important personal information as well as preserving cultural heritage from which personal histories could be found [14,17,18]. However, the era of professional support or technological assistance in PIM is still in its infancy, with only limited technological support available mainly for the aging population [24,25].…”

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“…Personal information builds personal life history, documents important occasions for achievements or memorials, and presents identity construction evidence [26,29]. Although proven to be associated with PIM activity [18], the awareness, however, has not been tested for any specific context, such as health information, to college students or for other PIM activities.…”

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Analysis of College Students� Personal Health Information Activities: Online Survey (Preprint)

Kim¹,

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Syn³

2017

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INTRODUCTONWith the emerging trends in patient-centric care, healthcare records generated for and by professionals are increasingly being distributed to patients. Using electronic patient portals, termed personal health records (PHRs) systems, patients and their caregivers can easily access their health records that were not previously available. In addition, health consumers seek online assistance for their health matters on a regular basis, which in turn produces online health information for later personal use. With abundant personal health information at hand, individuals are faced with a critical challenge in evaluating the informational value of the healthcare records in order to keep useful information and discard that which is determined useless.College students in particular are confronted with a similar issue, but their situation is quite different from that of the senior population. Young, healthy college students who were previously dependents of adult parents or caregivers are less likely to be concerned with disease management. As such, their lack of interest in healthcare [1] leads to further disinterest in personal health document management. In fact, college students are still under their parents' health insurance policy, so their health documents are still under their parents' supervision and management. Even if they are in the gradual process of becoming independent from their parents, college students are rarely taught how to evaluate the informational value of their health records. Personal health information management (PHIM) is a special case of personal information management (PIM)that is associated with multiple interactions among varying users (e.g., patients, providers, insurance companies), complex health information and systems (e.g., labs, medications, insurance), and advanced health information technology tools (e.g., personal health records, personal health devices) [2][3][4]. In PHIM research, little is known about college students' information management activities in the health context. Thus, this study investigates the demographic and academic profiles of college students in regard to diverse PHIM activities. Additionally, we aim to discover the major determinants of key information management activities among college students for health information. PHIM Activities and Document TypesWhat individuals do with their personal health documents has been studied to understand diverse information management activities, document types, and related personal behaviors. As a health focus of PIM, PHIM refers to informational activities and behaviors, such as collecting, organizing, searching, sharing, using, and understanding health

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Personal records on the web: Who's in charge of archiving, Hotmail or archivists?

Cited by 13 publications

References 11 publications

Analysis of College Students’ Personal Health Information Activities: Online Survey

Analysis of College Students’ Personal Health Information Activities: Online Survey

The Behavior and Perception of Personal Digital Archiving of Chinese University Students

Analysis of College Students� Personal Health Information Activities: Online Survey (Preprint)

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