scholarly journals The Importance of Health Information Seeking Among Diabetes Patients in Malaysia: A Preliminary Observation

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 205-212
Author(s):  
Nadia Amirudin ◽  
Siti Nurhanim Mohamed Aimanan ◽  
Rosnani Kassim ◽  
Albeny Joslyn Panting
Keyword(s):  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Preliminary Observation ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Health Information Seeking ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Information Seeking Behaviour ◽  
Patient’S Information

The sharing of health information by educating patients and encouraging them to seek relevant information is one of the main strategies in disease prevention. By evaluating patient's information seeking behaviour and identifying the health information seeking trends, it is possible to establish effective techniques to deliver the necessary information to the patients to enhance their self-management skills. It is critical to keep people informed about effective preventative techniques that can control their disease progression. Thus, this study aimed to highlight the role and importance of health information seeking behaviour among people with diabetes in Malaysia.

scholarly journals Does Lockdown Affect Online Health Information-Seeking Behaviour of COVID-19 Preventive Measures among Indonesians? A Google Trends Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 93-106
Author(s):  
Antonius Nugraha Widhi Pratama ◽  
Andrei Ramani ◽  
Angga Mardro Raharjo
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Google Trends ◽  
Health Information Seeking ◽  
Search Terms ◽  
Information Seeking Behaviour

The government’s policies to respond to the rapidly spreading COVID-19 pandemic may influence the community’s health-related behaviours, including the information-seeking behaviour. This study’s primary objective was to compare the popularity of online searches among Indonesians using related terms relevant to COVID-19 preventive measures before and during/after the first Jakarta’s partial lockdown. Identification of primary search terms was conducted based on WHO’s public advice and Indonesian MOH’s relevant information. Three selected terms related to commercial commodities were “masker”, “hand sanitizer”, and “vitamin” and two terms associated with a healthy lifestyle were “cuci tangan” and “jaga jarak”. Term variations for each primary term were identified and checked for the highest hits using google.co.id website, limited to all searches, country: Indonesia, and between 30 January and 4 October 2020. The primary terms were entered into Google Trends to retrieve the term popularity during the period of 30 January-9 April 2020 and of 10 April-30 September 2020, representing the period before and during/after the first Jakarta’s partial lockdown. The results show that “masker” and “vitamin” remained the two most popular terms before and during/after the lockdown. The term “jaga jarak” reached its highest peak three days before the lockdown and then decreased and levelled off afterwards. Only two search terms resulted in statistically significant differences of popularity across all 34 Indonesia’s provinces before and during/after the lockdown, namely “vitamin” (p<0.001) and “cuci tangan” (p=0.001). The term “vitamin” was less popular during/after the forced lockdown, with mean difference d -13.7 (95% CI -17.8, -9.6), while “cuci tangan” gained more popularity, with d 10.8 (95% CI 4.8, 16.7). In conclusion, this study demonstrates that the community’s health information-seeking behaviour about the preventive measures for the on-going pandemic can be affected by the government’s action to force a lockdown.

scholarly journals Health Information Seeking, Receipt, and Use in Diabetes Self-Management

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 334-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Longo ◽  
S. L. Schubert ◽  
B. A. Wright ◽  
J. LeMaster ◽  
C. D. Williams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Health Information Seeking

Health information-seeking behaviour in adolescence: the place of the internet

2005 ◽  
Vol 60 (7) ◽  
pp. 1467-1478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola J. Gray ◽  
Jonathan D. Klein ◽  
Peter R. Noyce ◽  
Tracy S. Sesselberg ◽  
Judith A. Cantrill
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Health Information Seeking ◽  
Information Seeking Behaviour

scholarly journals The Association of Workplace Health Education on Smoking-Related Behaviour and Unequal Gains by Job Position in China: ABWMC Programme Findings

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haoxiang Lin ◽  
Meijun Chen ◽  
Yunting Zheng ◽  
Qingping Yun ◽  
Chun Chang
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Health Information Seeking ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Information Seeking Behaviour ◽  
Job Position

Abstract BackgroundAlthough the Chinese government has introduced a series of regulations to promote tobacco-related health education in workplaces, the implementation has been far from satisfactory. The aim of the present study was to explore the association of company level tobacco-related health education and employee’s smoking behavior.MethodsData from the 2018 Asia Best Workplace Mainland China programme were employed to address these aims. This was a cross-sectional study that included 14195 employees from 79 companies in mainland China. Spearman correlation tests were used to examine unadjusted correlation between the study variables, and binary logistic regression was used for multivariable analysis. The dependent variables included the smoking-related variables or health information-seeking behaviour. The explanatory variable is the company level tobacco-related health education.ResultsTobacco-related health education was associated with better smoking harm awareness, lower second-hand smoke exposure, better perceived workplace environment and positive health information-seeking behaviour. Job position interacted with health education, suggesting that positive association of health education were smaller for general employees than employees who held an administrative position.ConclusionsWe conclude that workplace tobacco-related health education was not only associated with tobacco control effects but also had spillover effects, which were significant for higher-ranking employees. Policy makers should recognize and reduce the potential health disparities.

scholarly journals The Role of Health Literacy and Social Networks in Arthritis Patients' Health Information-Seeking Behavior: A Qualitative Study

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janette Ellis ◽  
Judy Mullan ◽  
Anthony Worsley ◽  
Nagesh Pai
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Health Information Seeking ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Information Seeking Behaviour ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Selection Of

Background. Patients engage in health information-seeking behaviour to maintain their wellbeing and to manage chronic diseases such as arthritis. Health literacy allows patients to understand available treatments and to critically appraise information they obtain from a wide range of sources. Aims. To explore how arthritis patients' health literacy affects engagement in arthritis-focused health information-seeking behaviour and the selection of sources of health information available through their informal social network. Methods. An exploratory, qualitative study consisting of one-on-one semi-structured interviews. Twenty participants with arthritis were recruited from community organizations. The interviews were designed to elicit participants' understanding about their arthritis and arthritis medication and to determine how the participants' health literacy informed selection of where they found information about their arthritis and pain medication. Results. Participants with low health literacy were less likely to be engaged with health information-seeking behaviour. Participants with intermediate health literacy were more likely to source arthritis-focused health information from newspapers, television, and within their informal social network. Those with high health literacy sourced information from the internet and specialist health sources and were providers of information within their informal social network. Conclusion. Health professionals need to be aware that levels of engagement in health information-seeking behaviour and sources of arthritis-focused health information may be related to their patients' health literacy.

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