scholarly journals Examining Health Information–Seeking Behaviors of Older Adults

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (11) ◽  
pp. 547-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHOMIR CHAUDHURI ◽  
THAI LE ◽  
CATHY WHITE ◽  
HILAIRE THOMPSON ◽  
GEORGE DEMIRIS
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Health Information Seeking ◽  
Information Seeking Behaviors

scholarly journals eHealth Literacy and Web 2.0 Health Information Seeking Behaviors Among Baby Boomers and Older Adults

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. e70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bethany Tennant ◽  
Michael Stellefson ◽  
Virginia Dodd ◽  
Beth Chaney ◽  
Don Chaney ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Baby Boomers ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Health Information Seeking ◽  
Ehealth Literacy ◽  
Information Seeking Behaviors

scholarly journals Correlates of Older Adults’ E-Health Information-Seeking Behaviors

Gerontology ◽  
2022 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Sara Pourrazavi ◽  
Kamiar Kouzekanani ◽  
Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi ◽  
Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi ◽  
Mina Hashemiparast ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Health Information Seeking ◽  
Information Seeking Behaviors

<b><i>Introduction:</i></b> The Internet is an important source for health information and a medium for older adults’ empowerment in health decision-making and self-caring. Therefore, we aimed to identify the potential motivators and probable barriers of e-health information-seeking behaviors (e-HISB) among older Iranian adults. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> A cross-sectional study assessed the usefulness of self-efficacy, perceived encouragement, positive attitude toward e-HISB, perceived usefulness, challenges of being visited by physicians, and perceived barriers in predicting e-HISB in a sample of 320 older adults in Tabriz, Iran. <b><i>Results:</i></b> The self-efficacy for online information seeking, positive attitude toward e-HISB, and perceived usefulness increased the odds of e-HISB by 12.00%, 24.00%, and 15.00%, respectively. In addition, e-health literacy, conflicting information, distrust of online information, and web designs that were not senior-friendly were the major barriers to e-HISB. <b><i>Discussion/Conclusion:</i></b> The theoretical and practical implications of the motivators and barriers of e-HISB can be instrumental in designing and executing programs aimed at improving e-health literacy among older adults especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Older adults and internet health information seeking

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamer El-Attar ◽  
Jarvis Gray ◽  
Sankaran N. Nair ◽  
Raymond Ownby ◽  
Sara J. Czaja
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Health Information Seeking ◽  
Internet Health Information

scholarly journals Health Information Seeking Behaviors of Ethnically Diverse Adolescents

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 652-660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia E. Okoniewski ◽  
Young Ji Lee ◽  
Martha Rodriguez ◽  
Rebecca Schnall ◽  
Alexander F. H. Low
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Health Information Seeking ◽  
Information Seeking Behaviors ◽  
Ethnically Diverse Adolescents

scholarly journals Rural Men’s Health, Health Information Seeking, and Gender Identities: A Conceptual Theoretical Review of the Literature

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 863-876 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley Hiebert ◽  
Beverly Leipert ◽  
Sandra Regan ◽  
Jacquelyn Burkell
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Men’S Health ◽  
Men's Health ◽  
Healthy Population ◽  
Health Information Seeking ◽  
Gender Identities ◽  
Information Seeking Behaviors

Beginning as early as 2009, recent shifts in Canadian health care delivery indicate that access to health information is essential to promote and maintain a healthy population. It is important to understand how and where various populations, such as underresourced rural populations, access health information so that public health agencies can develop and deliver appropriate information with, for, and in these contexts. There is a paucity of research that specifically examines how rural Canadian men seek health information; therefore, this review aimed to conceptualize this process based on three dynamic key constructs: health patterns of rural Canadians, health information–seeking behaviors, and rural gender identities. This conceptual theoretical literature review included 91 articles at the intersection of these three constructs. Discussion focuses on how residing in a rural region influences men’s health and health care access. Health information–seeking behaviors are discussed in terms of social networks and framed with a rural context. Connell’s theory of masculinity provides a useful approach to dissecting how rural men’s gender identities influence their health attitudes, and how such attitudes are embedded in rural social and cultural norms. Each major construct—health in rural Canada, health information seeking, and rural gender identities—is discussed to highlight how specific embodiments of masculinity may promote and inhibit men’s health information–seeking and positive health behaviors.

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