scholarly journals If You Build It, Who Will Come? A Description of User Characteristics and Experiences With the McMaster Optimal Aging Portal

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 233372141773768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah E. Neil-Sztramko ◽  
Rawan Farran ◽  
Susannah Watson ◽  
Anthony J. Levinson ◽  
John N. Lavis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
User Characteristics ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Participant Satisfaction ◽  
Ehealth Literacy ◽  
Excellent Health ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Optimal Aging ◽  
Predominantly Female

Objectives: The McMaster Optimal Aging Portal (the Portal) aims to increase access to evidence-based health information. We would now like to understand who uses the Portal, why, and for what, and elicit feedback and suggestions for future initiatives. Methods: An online survey of users collected data on demographics, eHealth literacy, Internet use, information-seeking behavior, site acceptability and perceived impact on health behaviors, participant satisfaction, and suggestions for improvements using mixed methods. Results: Participants ( n = 163, age 69.8 ± 8.6 years) were predominantly female (76%), married (67%), retired (80%), and well-educated with very good/excellent health (55%). The Portal was easy to use (83%) and relevant (80%), with 68% intending to, and 48% having changed behavior after using the Portal. A number of suggestions for improvement were obtained. Discussion: A better understanding of users’ characteristics, needs, and preferences will allow us to improve content, target groups who are not engaging with the Portal, and plan future directions.

scholarly journals When Trust Is Not Enough: A Serial Mediation Model Explaining the Effect of Race Identity, eHealth Information Efficacy, and Information Behavior on Intention to Participate in Clinical Research

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 1036-1042 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yulia A. Strekalova
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Research ◽  
Behavioral Intention ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Ehealth Literacy ◽  
Race Identity ◽  
Medical Researchers ◽  
Intention To Participate ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Serial Mediation

Black participants remain significantly underrepresented in clinical research. Mistrust in medical researchers has been named a key barrier to the successful enrollment of minority study participants. However, trust is a social–interactional construct, and its effects on behavior are complex. This study hypothesized that intention to participate in clinical research is mediated by trust in medical researchers, eHealth literacy, and information seeking behavior. The data were collected through an online survey ( N = 340) and analyzed to identify serial mediation. The model showed insignificant direct effect of race identity on behavioral intention, c′ = −0.19, t(335) = −1.22, p = .22, but a significant total effect, c = −0.44, t(335) = −2.59, p < .01. The indirect effect of race identity on behavioral intention was also significant. The positive effect of trust in medical researchers on decisions to participate in clinical research can be amplified by stronger eHealth literacy and active information seeking, which can be supported through focused strategic health education and communication interventions. A focus on the development of information literacy that could provide prospective minority research volunteers with skills for informed decision making should be explored as an option for increasing mindful, informed participation in clinical research among currently underrepresented racial and ethnic groups.

scholarly journals Culinary Consumption in Digital Era: Tourists’ Typology and their Characteristics

2021 ◽  
pp. 47-61
Author(s):  
Suci Sandi Wachyuni ◽  
Tri Kuntoro Priyambodo ◽  
Dyah Widiyastuti ◽  
. Sudarmadji
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Culinary Tourism ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
The Government

Purpose of the Study: Technological transformation has changed the consumption behavior of tourists in the digital era. The ease of access and the emergence of various media also have a significant impact on culinary tourism. This research aims to know the typology of tourists and their characteristics in local culinary tourism in the digital era, especially in Indonesia. By knowing this, it is expected that culinary businesses can adjust the strategy so that local culinary can be more explored by tourists. Furthermore, local culinary tourism can be further developed in potential destinations. Methodology: The method used is quantitative research, with data collection techniques through an online survey (google form) supported by literature studies. The sampling technique is non-probability sampling which is purposive sampling. The number of respondents in this study was 482 people who have culinary tour to Yogyakarta and Solo, Indonesia at least one time, and data analysis techniques using descriptive statistics and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Main Findings: The results show there are three clusters of tourist typology when on culinary tour in the digital era of Non-Culinary Tourist (NCT), Culinary Tourist (CT), and Gastronomic Tourist (GT). There are characteristic differences in each type of tourist from the parameters of attitude, perception, and culinary information-seeking behavior. The average value of attitudes, perceptions, and information-seeking behavior is increased from NCT, CT, to GT. The main media used in information seeking is digital media. The most widely used information reference sources are Instagram, friends, search engines, and family. Application of this Study: This study provides theoretical implications related to tourist typology and its characteristics in local culinary tourism in the digital era. Meanwhile, the practical implications, this research can be used as an advice in developing gastronomic tourism in the world and especially in Yogyakarta and Solo, Indonesia. The government and businesses can make this research the basis for formulating local culinary tourism marketing strategies. Novelty/Originality of this Study: This research is original and new in terms of context and methodology. There are few research focuses on the behavior of tourists in local culinary tourism, especially in the digital era. This study also uses a new method of looking at the differences in tourist typology, using analysis of variance (ANOVA).

scholarly journals The effect of newcomers’ proactive personality on organizational socialization through information seeking behavior

2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 749-773
Author(s):  
JiWoon Yoo ◽  
Jinkook Tak
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Organizational Socialization ◽  
Proactive Personality ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Leader Behaviors ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Information Seeking Behaviors ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among newcomers’ proactive personality, information seeking behavior and organizational socialization. Specifically, This study investigated not only the main effect of newcomers’ proactive personality on information seeking behaviors which related to job and relationship building, and organizational socialization but also the moderating roles of team climate and leader behaviors on the relationships between proactive personality and information seeking behaviors, and between information seeking behaviors and organizational socialization. Online survey was conducted to 151 korean employees working for at least 3 months to 6 months and 151data were obtained for statistical analysis. Three steps of analysis procedures were carried out. First, correlation analysis was conducted and the results showed that there were positive relationship among main variables such as proactive personality, information seeking behavior, organizational socialization and etc. Second, the results of structural equitation model analyses showed that newcomers’ information seeking behaviors fully mediate proactive personality and organizational socialization. Third the results of hierarchial regression analyses showed that while leader behaviors which were specified to feedback behavior and consideration behavior moderated the relationship between information seeking behaviors and organizational socialization, Team openness did not moderate the relationship between proactive personality and information seeking behaviors. The implications and limitations of this study and the directions for future research were discussed on the basis of the results.

The impact of cancer information online on cancer fatalism: education and eHealth literacy as moderators

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 543-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae Eun Chung ◽  
Chul-Joo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Cancer Information ◽  
Cancer Fatalism ◽  
Ehealth Literacy ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Search For Information ◽  
The Impact

Abstract One critical yet understudied concept associated with cancer information is cancer fatalism, i.e. deterministic thoughts about the cause of cancer, the inability to prevent it and the unavoidability of death upon diagnosis. The aim of this study is to understand how information seeking about cancer online influences cancer fatalism and whether and to what extent education and eHealth literacy moderate the relationship between them. Findings from an online survey of a nationally representative sample in the United States (N = 578) showed differential impacts of using the internet to search for information about cancer among the more and the less educated. For the less educated, more exposure to information about cancer via medical and health websites led to an increased level of cancer fatalism, whereas among the more educated, greater exposure lowered cancer fatalism. These differences were explained by the fact that the more educated were equipped with a higher level of eHealth literacy skills than the less educated. Findings show that only when one has necessary skills to apply digital resources can those resources help mitigate cancer fatalism. We suggest the need to enhance eHealth literacy skills among the less educated to reduce cancer fatalism.

scholarly journals Association Between eHealth Literacy in Online Health Communities and Patient Adherence: Cross-sectional Questionnaire Study (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinyi Lu ◽  
Runtong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Patient Adherence ◽  
Patient Communication ◽  
Ehealth Literacy ◽  
Internet Health Information ◽  
Physician Patient Communication ◽  
Health Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Physician Patient

BACKGROUND eHealth literacy is significantly associated with patients’ online information behavior, physician-patient relationship, patient adherence, and health outcomes. As an important product of the internet, online health communities (OHCs) can help redistribute idle medical resources, increase medical resource utilization, and improve patient adherence. However, studies on eHealth literacy in OHCs are limited. Therefore, this study examined patients’ eHealth literacy regarding health information–seeking behavior and physician-patient communication in OHCs. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the association between eHealth literacy in OHCs and patient adherence by employing social cognitive theory. METHODS This was an empirical study, in which a research model consisting of 1 independent variable (patients’ eHealth literacy), 3 mediators (physician-patient communication in OHCs, patient health information–seeking behavior in OHCs, and patients’ perceived quality of health information in OHCs), 1 dependent variable (patient adherence), and 4 control variables (age, gender, living area, and education level) was established to examine the associations. Multi-item scales were used to measure variables. An anonymous online survey involving 560 participants was conducted through Chinese OHCs in July 2018 to collect data. Partial least squares and structural equation modeling were adopted to analyze data and test hypotheses. RESULTS The survey response rate was 79.6% (446/560). The reliability, convergent validity, and discriminant validity were acceptable. Age, gender, living area, and education level were positively associated with patient adherence, and gender was positively associated with physician-patient communication and patients’ perceived quality of internet health information in OHCs. Patients’ eHealth literacy was positively associated with patient adherence through the mediations of physician-patient communication, internet health information–seeking behavior, and perceived quality of internet health information in OHCs. CONCLUSIONS Results indicate that physician-patient communication, internet health information–seeking behavior, and the perceived quality of internet health information are significantly associated with improving patient adherence via a guiding of eHealth literacy in OHCs. These findings suggest that physicians can understand and guide their patients’ eHealth literacy to improve treatment efficiency; OHCs’ operators should this strengthen the management of information quality, develop user-friendly features, and minimize the gap between the actual and perceived information quality.

scholarly journals Crisis Information Seeking and Sharing (CISS): Scale Development for Measuring Publics’ Communicative Behavior in Social-Mediated Public Health Crises

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yin-I Lee ◽  
Yan Jin
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Crisis Communication ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Communicative Behavior ◽  
Seeking Behavior

This study first refines the conceptual framework of publics’ communicative behavior in social mediated health crises. Then two multiple-item scales for measuring publics’ health crisis information seeking and sharing (CISS) are developed and tested by employing online survey data sets from a random national sample of 279 adults and 280 adults in the United States, respectively. Results indicate seven types of crisis information seeking behavior and 17 types of crisis information sharing behavior crossing over platforms, channels, and information sources. The CISS scales provide a valid and reliable tool for crisis communication researchers and practitioners to measure publics’ information seeking and sharing activities in social-mediated public health crisis communication.

scholarly journals Online InformationSeeking and Disease Prevention Intent During COVID-19 Outbreak

2020 ◽  
pp. 107769902096151
Author(s):  
Jinhui Li ◽  
Han Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Subjective Norms ◽  
Affective Responses ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Online Information Seeking ◽  
Practical Implications

Guided by the risk information seeking and processing (RISP) model, this study aims to examine the key determinants that predispose individuals’ online information seeking behavior and prevention intent during the COVID-19 outbreak. Through an online survey with 741 respondents in China, results indicate that affective responses, informational subjective norms, and information insufficiency are positively related to online information seeking about COVID-19. Furthermore, online information seeking is positively associated with prevention intent, and attitude toward prevention partially mediates this association. Finally, theoretical and practical implications of this study are discussed in the context of COVID-19.

scholarly journals Acehnese People’s Information Seeking Behavior about COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-170
Author(s):  
Rizanna Rosemary ◽  
Hamdani M Syam ◽  
Nur Anisah ◽  
Deni Yanuar ◽  
Heru Syah Putra
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Public ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
Online Streaming ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Source Of Information

This research aims to identify types of media used by the Acehnese people in seeking information about COVID-19, and people’s perceptions and responses to the information that increases their likelihood of the risk of the pandemic. This study employs a quantitative approach, in which an online survey distributed through social media. All 324 respondents gave their consent to participate in filling out the research questionnaire. The study found that Acehnese people prefer online media and television (TV) to receive information about COVID-19, especially when people can access the information online (streaming). The finding indicates that people tend to trust information obtained through the media more than direct information (face to face) conveyed by the government. Regarding the public responses, this study found that most respondents argue the lack of government action in disseminating information about COVID-19.  It is believed that this condition is likely to bring up false information (hoax) from untrustworthy information sources. This response has an impact on the level of public trust towards the government as the main source of information in handling the pandemic. Respondents claim that the local government has a slow response in providing information about people who are infected by the virus, including insufficient information on the intervention of prevention and treatment carried out to stop the spread of the virus.

scholarly journals Information-Seeking Behavior of International Graduate Students vs. American Graduate Students: A User Study at Virginia Tech 2005

2007 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Liao ◽  
Mary Finn ◽  
Jun Lu
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
User Study ◽  
Virginia Tech ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
International Graduate Students ◽  
International Graduate ◽  
Seeking Behavior

This is a comparative study on information needs and information-seeking behavior of international graduate students and American graduate students. This user study is based on empirical data collected from an online survey conducted between April 7 and May 28, 2005, at Virginia Tech. The goal of this comparative study is to investigate how graduate students from diverse ethnic groups discover, select, and use various information sources and to obtain insights into international graduate students’ information-seeking behavior, especially its similarities and differences compared with the information-locating patterns used by their American peers.

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