scholarly journals Health Consumers’ Daily Habit of Internet Banking Use as a Proxy for Understanding Health Information Sharing Behavior: Quasi-Experimental Approach (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyeyoung Hah
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Financial Information ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Health Consumers ◽  
Health Information Sharing ◽  
Sharing Behavior

BACKGROUND As the US health care system is embracing data-driven care, personal health information (PHI) has become a valuable resource for various health care stakeholders. In particularly, health consumers are expected to autonomously manage and share PHI with their health care partners. To date, there have been mixed views on the factors influencing individuals’ health data–sharing behaviors. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to identify a key factor to better understand health information sharing behavior from a health consumer’s perspective. We focused on daily settings, wherein health data–sharing behavior becomes a part of individuals’ daily information management activities. Considering the similarity between health and finance information management, we explicitly examined whether health consumers’ daily habit of similar data sharing from the financial domain affects their PHI-sharing behaviors in various scenarios. METHODS A Web-based survey was administered to US health consumers who have access to and experience in using the internet. We collected individual health consumers’ intention to share PHI under varying contexts, habit of financial information management (operationalized as internet banking [IB] use in this paper), and the demographic information from the cross-sectional Web-based survey. To isolate the effect of daily IB on PHI-sharing behaviors in everyday contexts, propensity score matching was used to estimate the average treatment effect (ATE) and average treatment effect on the treated (ATET) regarding IB use. We balanced the treatment and control groups using caliper matching based on the observed confounding variables (ie, gender, income, health status, and access to primary care provider), all of which resulted in a minimal level of bias between unmatched and matched samples (bias &lt;5%). RESULTS A total of 339 responses were obtained from a cross-sectional Web-based survey. The ATET results showed that in terms of sharing contents, those who used IB daily were more likely to share general information (<italic>P</italic>=.01), current information (<italic>P</italic>=.003), and entire data (<italic>P</italic>=.04). Regarding occasions for sharing occasions, IB users were prone to share their information in all cases (<italic>P</italic>=.02). With regard to sharing recipients, daily IB users were more willing to share their personal health data with stakeholders who were not directly involved in their care, such as health administrators (<italic>P</italic>=.05). These results were qualitatively similar to the ATE results. CONCLUSIONS This study examined whether daily management of similar information (ie, personal financial information) changes health consumers’ PHI-sharing behavior under varying sharing conditions. We demonstrated that daily financial information management can encourage health information sharing to a much broader extent, in several instances, and with many stakeholders. We call for more attention to this unobserved daily habit driven by the use of various nonhealth technologies, all of which can implicitly affect patterns and the extent of individuals’ PHI-sharing behaviors.

scholarly journals Health Consumers’ Daily Habit of Internet Banking Use as a Proxy for Understanding Health Information Sharing Behavior: Quasi-Experimental Approach

10.2196/15585 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. e15585
Author(s):  
Hyeyoung Hah
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Financial Information ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Health Consumers ◽  
Health Information Sharing ◽  
Sharing Behavior

Background As the US health care system is embracing data-driven care, personal health information (PHI) has become a valuable resource for various health care stakeholders. In particularly, health consumers are expected to autonomously manage and share PHI with their health care partners. To date, there have been mixed views on the factors influencing individuals’ health data–sharing behaviors. Objective This study aimed to identify a key factor to better understand health information sharing behavior from a health consumer’s perspective. We focused on daily settings, wherein health data–sharing behavior becomes a part of individuals’ daily information management activities. Considering the similarity between health and finance information management, we explicitly examined whether health consumers’ daily habit of similar data sharing from the financial domain affects their PHI-sharing behaviors in various scenarios. Methods A Web-based survey was administered to US health consumers who have access to and experience in using the internet. We collected individual health consumers’ intention to share PHI under varying contexts, habit of financial information management (operationalized as internet banking [IB] use in this paper), and the demographic information from the cross-sectional Web-based survey. To isolate the effect of daily IB on PHI-sharing behaviors in everyday contexts, propensity score matching was used to estimate the average treatment effect (ATE) and average treatment effect on the treated (ATET) regarding IB use. We balanced the treatment and control groups using caliper matching based on the observed confounding variables (ie, gender, income, health status, and access to primary care provider), all of which resulted in a minimal level of bias between unmatched and matched samples (bias <5%). Results A total of 339 responses were obtained from a cross-sectional Web-based survey. The ATET results showed that in terms of sharing contents, those who used IB daily were more likely to share general information (P=.01), current information (P=.003), and entire data (P=.04). Regarding occasions for sharing occasions, IB users were prone to share their information in all cases (P=.02). With regard to sharing recipients, daily IB users were more willing to share their personal health data with stakeholders who were not directly involved in their care, such as health administrators (P=.05). These results were qualitatively similar to the ATE results. Conclusions This study examined whether daily management of similar information (ie, personal financial information) changes health consumers’ PHI-sharing behavior under varying sharing conditions. We demonstrated that daily financial information management can encourage health information sharing to a much broader extent, in several instances, and with many stakeholders. We call for more attention to this unobserved daily habit driven by the use of various nonhealth technologies, all of which can implicitly affect patterns and the extent of individuals’ PHI-sharing behaviors.

scholarly journals Model of health information sharing behavior among patients in cervical cancer

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 139
Author(s):  
Ragil Tri Atmi
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Patterns Of Behavior ◽  
Health Information Sharing ◽  
Sharing Behavior ◽  
Share Information

Cervical cancer is the second highest cause of death for women in Indonesia, despite a deadly illness, patients with cervical cancer are not desperate to survive. Instead, they are motivated to undertake positive actions, one of which is to do health informtion sharing or share information on environmental health tersekatnya. This study aims to look at how the patterns of behavior of sharing health information on cervical cancer patients, as well as the motive behind their actions the health information sharing. This study uses the method of qualitative research grounded approach. Location of the study conducted in Surabaya, while the search for informants researchers used snowball sampling. The results from this study is there are different behavior patterns of health information sharing among cervical cancer patients who have been diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer with cervical cancer at an early stage level.

scholarly journals Understanding the Health Information Sharing Behavior of Social Media Users

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 180-203
Author(s):  
Ying Hong ◽  
Meng Wan ◽  
Zheng Li
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Health Information Sharing ◽  
Sharing Behavior

Studies have focused on elucidating the sharing behavior of media users. However, few studies have specifically investigated users' health information sharing behavior in the social media context, especially WeChat. This study proposes a theoretical research model that integrates social capital and user gratification with the theory of planned behavior to explore health information sharing behavior of WeChat users. Based on online survey data collected from 616 WeChat users, correlation analysis and structural equation modeling were sequentially performed. It was found that both social capital and gratification factors play important roles in influencing WeChat users' health information sharing. Social interaction, acting both as social capital and gratification factor directly and indirectly generated positive effects on health information sharing intention. In conclusion, this study revealed the key determinants of health information sharing intention among WeChat users and examined the mediation effects to effectively understand users' health information sharing behavior.

scholarly journals Relationship between Health Information Sharing Behavior Using Social Media and Breast Cancer Screening

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maithili Deshpande ◽  
Kevin A Look
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Breast Cancer Screening ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Eligible Population ◽  
Health Information Sharing ◽  
Sharing Behavior

Background: Despite established screening guidelines, breast cancer screening rates are below targeted goals. Pharmacists and other health care providers can promote breast cancer screening using tools such as social media. However, little is known about the use of social media among the breast cancer screening eligible population. Objective: To describe the health information sharing behavior using social media of the breast cancer screening eligible population, and to identify if sharing health information on social media was associated with breast cancer screening. Methods and materials: Data from the 2013 Health Information National Trends Survey were analyzed using descriptive statistics and bivariate logistic regression to evaluate the association between sharing health information on social media and receipt of a mammogram. Results: Women sharing health information via social media were significantly younger than those who did not. A significantly higher percentage of Hispanics (17.8%) and other races (27.0%) chose to share health information on social media compared to African Americans (8.6%) and Whites (12.9%). Mammogram rates did not differ based on social media health information sharing habits. Conclusion: Race and age differences were noted in health information sharing behavior. No association was found between health information sharing behavior and breast cancer screening. Conflict of Interest We declare no conflicts of interest or financial interests that the authors or members of their immediate families have in any product or service discussed in the manuscript, including grants (pending or received), employment, gifts, stock holdings or options, honoraria, consultancies, expert testimony, patents and royalties   Type: Original Research

scholarly journals Factors associated with willingness to share health information: A rapid review (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iffat Naeem ◽  
Hude Quan ◽  
Shaminder Singh ◽  
Nashit Chowdhury ◽  
Mohammad Chowdhury ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Health Records ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Rapid Review ◽  
Health Records ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Health Information Sharing

BACKGROUND In order to expand research and strategies to prevent disease, comprehensive and real time data is essential. Health data is increasingly available from platforms such as pharmaceuticals, genomics, healthcare imaging, medical procedures, wearable devices, and internet activity. Further, health data is integrated with an individual’s sociodemographic information, medical conditions, genetics, treatments, and healthcare. Ultimately, health information generation and flow are controlled by the patient or participant; however, there is a lack of understanding about the factors that influence willingness to share health information. A synthesis of current literature on the multifactorial nature of health information sharing preferences is required to understand health information exchange. OBJECTIVE The objectives of this review are to: 1) identify peer-reviewed literature that reported factors associated with health information sharing; 2) organize factors into cohesive themes, and present the synthesis in a conceptual framework of factors related to willingness to share health information. METHODS This review uses a rapid review methodology to gather literature regarding willingness to share health information within the context of eHealth, which includes electronic health records, personal health records, and mobile health information, general health information, or information on social determinants of health. Medline and Google Scholar was search using keywords such as “electronic health records” AND “data sharing” OR “sharing preference” OR “willingness to share”. The search was limited to any population that excluded healthcare workers or practitioners, and the participants aged 18 years or older within the USA or Canadian context. The data abstraction process utilizing thematic analysis where any factors associated with sharing health information were highlighted and coded inductively within each article. Based on shared meaning, the coded factors were collated into major themes. RESULTS Twenty-seven research articles met our inclusion criteria and were included in the qualitative analysis. The inductive thematic coding process revealed multiple major themes related to sharing health information. The themes informed a conceptual framework that outlines 3 domains associated with sharing health information from the patient or participant perspective: 1) sociodemographic factors; 2) cognitive factors; 3) contextual factors. CONCLUSIONS This review emphasized the importance of data generators' viewpoints and the complex systems of factors that shape their decision to share health information. The conceptual framework introduced in this report can be used as a tool to engage participants to develop effective information exchange partnerships. In the case of improving precision healthcare, addressing the factors presented here that influences willingness to share information can improve sharing capacity for individuals and allow researchers to re-orient their methods to address hesitation in sharing health information.

scholarly journals Mhealth

2018 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 61-62
Author(s):  
Jeannette Herrle
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Institutional Control ◽  
The Public ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
People’S Daily ◽  
Digital Modality

Web-based applications (email, websites, portals) have long been the favoured digital modality for interacting with the public in health care, in part because they enable institutional control of the flow of health data. But today, smartphones are becoming the default portal in many people’s daily lives. Their presence is increasingly felt in health care, whether as a means of connecting patients with practitioners or satisfying a desire for instant access to health information.

scholarly journals Exploring Health Information Sharing Behavior of Chinese Elderly Adults on WeChat

Healthcare ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
Wei Wang ◽  
Xin Zhuang ◽  
Peng Shao
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Trust Model ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Elderly Adults ◽  
Good Opportunity ◽  
Chinese Older Adults ◽  
Health Information Sharing ◽  
Sharing Behavior

WeChat has increasingly become an important platform for users to acquire and share health information in China. However, little is known about elderly adults’ sharing behavior. This study aims to explore the characteristics and influencing factors of health information sharing behavior among Chinese older adults on WeChat, with the method both of questionnaire survey (N = 336) and in-depth interviews (N = 40). The study finds that sharing health information, mainly represented by four specific methods of forwarding, consulting, replying, and posting, has become an important part of the daily life of elderly adults on WeChat. Social media provide a good opportunity for the flow of health information. However, the purpose to share health information of Chinese older adults is mainly based on relationship maintenance more than real information support; they share health information to friends and relatives first, then to spouses and children, which does not follow the trust model as usual. Experience in online health information, authority orientation, and relationship orientation is positively associated with health information sharing behavior, however, there is no significant correlation between perceived health information credibility and health information sharing behavior. Moreover, social and cultural factors are the important explanation mechanism.

scholarly journals Source Trust and COVID-19 Information Sharing: The Mediating Roles of Emotions and Beliefs About Sharing

2020 ◽  
pp. 109019812098476
Author(s):  
Linqi Lu ◽  
Jiawei Liu ◽  
Y. Connie Yuan ◽  
Kelli S. Burns ◽  
Enze Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Health Information ◽  
News Media ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Source Trust ◽  
Health Information Sharing

Health information sharing has become especially important during the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic because people need to learn about the disease and then act accordingly. This study examines the perceived trust of different COVID-19 information sources (health professionals, academic institutions, government agencies, news media, social media, family, and friends) and sharing of COVID-19 information in China. Specifically, it investigates how beliefs about sharing and emotions mediate the effects of perceived source trust on source-specific information sharing intentions. Results suggest that health professionals, academic institutions, and government agencies are trusted sources of information and that people share information from these sources because they think doing so will increase disease awareness and promote disease prevention. People may also choose to share COVID-19 information from news media, social media, and family as they cope with anxiety, anger, and fear. Taken together, a better understanding of the distinct psychological mechanisms underlying health information sharing from different sources can help contribute to more effective sharing of information about COVID-19 prevention and to manage negative emotion contagion during the pandemic.

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