Exploring health information use by older Australians within everyday life
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Article Title | Exploring health information use by older Australians within everyday life |
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ERA Journal ID | 10614 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Yates, Christine (Author), Stoodley, Ian D. (Author), Partridge, Helen (Author), Bruce, Christine S. (Author), Cooper, Helen (Author), Day, Gary (Author) and Edwards, Sylvia L. (Author) |
Journal Title | Library Trends |
Journal Citation | 60 (3), pp. 460-478 |
Number of Pages | 19 |
Year | 2012 |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 0024-2594 |
1559-0682 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2012.000 |
Web Address (URL) | http://muse.jhu.edu/article/470394 |
Abstract | Exploring information use within everyday or community contexts is a recent area of interest for information literacy research endeavors. Within this domain, health information literacy (HIL) has emerged as a focus of interest due to identified synergies between information use and health status. However, while HIL has been acknowledged as a core ingredient that can assist people to take responsibility for managing and improving their own health, limited research has explored how HIL is experienced in everyday community life. This article will present the findings of ongoing research undertaken using phenomenography to explore how HIL is experienced among older Australians within everyday contexts. It will also discuss how these findings may be used to inform policy formulation in health communication and as an evidence base for the design and delivery of consumer health information resources and services. |
Keywords | Information literacy, Informed learning, Community learning, phenomenography |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 461099. Library and information studies not elsewhere classified |
461002. Human information behaviour | |
Byline Affiliations | Queensland University of Technology |
No affiliation | |
Department of Health, South Australia | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q4781/exploring-health-information-use-by-older-australians-within-everyday-life
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