Health Care Information Seeking and Seniors: Determinants of Internet Use

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaojing Sheng ◽  
Penny M. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Health Care Information ◽  
Care Information

scholarly journals Frequent Internet Users May Prefer More Health Care Information and Participation in Decision-Making

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eamon C. Tewell
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Health Care Information ◽  
Preference Rating ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Care Information

Objective – To determine whether there is a significant relationship between patients’ frequency of Internet use and their health care information and decision-making preferences. Design – Cross-sectional questionnaire survey. Settings – Undergraduate classes at a large state university and senior-oriented computer classes at public libraries and senior centers. Subjects – 438 respondents, including 226 undergraduates (mean age 20) and 212 community-dwelling older adults (mean age 72). Methods – Respondents were administered the Health Information Wants Questionnaire (HIWQ), a 21-item instrument designed to measure preferences for 7 types of health information and decision-making, in group settings. Main Results – The younger age group spent significantly more time online compared to the older age group. Frequent Internet users in both populations expressed an overall preference for more information regarding diagnosis, but less information for psychosocial and health care provider concerns. Internet use was positively correlated to the overall preference rating, leading the researchers to suggest that, as a whole, regular Internet users prefer more information and independence in decision-making. Conclusions – The study concludes that Internet use frequency is associated with an overall preference for obtaining health information and participating in decision making. Internet use as related to different types of preferences is inconsistent. Age was not found to be associated with the overall preference rating, and time spent online is proposed to be a stronger indicator of respondents’ health information preferences. The authors suggest that future studies utilizing the HIWQ take a longitudinal approach in order to better track how patient preferences for information may evolve over time.

scholarly journals Internet Use for Health-Care Information by Subjects With COPD

2015 ◽  
Vol 60 (9) ◽  
pp. 1276-1281 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. K. Delgado ◽  
M. R. Gazzotti ◽  
I. L. Santoro ◽  
A. K. Carvalho ◽  
J. R. Jardim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Health Care Information ◽  
Care Information

scholarly journals Are Parents Getting it Right? A Survey of Parents’ Internet Use for Children’s Health Care Information

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. e12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyne Pehora ◽  
Nisha Gajaria ◽  
Melyssa Stoute ◽  
Sonia Fracassa ◽  
Refilwe Serebale-O'Sullivan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Health Care Information ◽  
Care Information ◽  
Children’S Health Care

scholarly journals Speech, Language and Hearing services in Primary Health Care in Brazil: an analysis of provision and an estimate of shortage, 2005-2015

Revista CEFAC ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larissa Hellen Teixeira Viégas ◽  
Tatiane Costa Meira ◽  
Brenda Sousa Santos ◽  
Yukari Figueroa Mise ◽  
Vladimir Andrei Rodrigues Arce ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Ecological Study ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
National Registry ◽  
Health Care Information ◽  
System A ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Care Information ◽  
Using Data

ABSTRACT Objective: to investigate the evolution and estimate the shortage of Speech, Language and Hearing professionals in Primary Health Care between 2005 and 2015. Methods: a mixed ecological study using data from the National Registry of Health Facilities and the Primary Health Care Information System. A descriptive analysis regarding the evolution of the number of professionals working in Primary Health Care over this period, in Brazilian states and regions, was conducted. The ratio of professionals per 100,000 inhabitants for the years 2005, 2010 and 2015, and the shortages in 2015, were estimated. Results: in 2005, there were 1,717 professionals working in Primary Health Care, that is, one per 100,000 inhabitants. In 2015, there were 4,124, increasing to 2.1/100,000. In 2015, the shortage in supply was 55.1%, varying widely across the states. Conclusion: the shortage in supply is equivalent to an absence of Speech, Language and Hearing service coverage within Primary Health Care for more than half of the Brazilian population. It is worth noting that a conservative parameter was adopted to conduct this estimate. The results suggest a process of consolidation for the inclusion of Speech, Language and Hearing professionals within Primary Health Care, however, still characterized by insufficient and unequal supply across the nation.

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