scholarly journals Iranian Women’s Experiences of Health Information Seeking Barriers: A Qualitative Study in Kerman

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alireza Nikbakht Nasrabadi ◽  
Sakineh Sabzevari ◽  
Tayebeh Negahban Bonabi
2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janette Ellis ◽  
Judy Mullan ◽  
Anthony Worsley ◽  
Nagesh Pai

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.


2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 3185-3190
Author(s):  
Masoomeh Latifi ◽  
Meghdad Sedaghat ◽  
Nilofar Barahmand ◽  
Fatemeh Fahimnia ◽  
Leili Allahbakhshian Farsani

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Golnar Aref-Adib ◽  
Puffin O’Hanlon ◽  
Kate Fullarton ◽  
Nicola Morant ◽  
Andrew Sommerlad ◽  
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Heart & Lung ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Gholami ◽  
Masoud Fallahi Khoshknab ◽  
Sadat Seyed Bagher Maddah ◽  
Fazlollah Ahmadi ◽  
Hamidreza Khankeh

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