Health information literacy and the experience of 65 to 79 year old Australians
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | Health information literacy and the experience of 65 to 79 year old Australians |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 2177 |
Book Title | Library and information science research in Asia-Oceania: theory and practice |
Authors | Stoodley, Ian (Author), Bruce, Christine (Author), Partridge, Helen (Author), Edwards, Sylvia Lauretta (Author) and Cooper, Helen (Author) |
Editors | Du, Jia Tina, Zhu, Qinghua and Koronios, Andy |
Page Range | 102-123 |
Series | Advances in Library and Information Science (ALIS) Book Series |
Chapter Number | 7 |
Number of Pages | 22 |
Year | 2014 |
Publisher | IGI Global |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISBN | 9781466651586 |
9781466651593 | |
ISSN | 2326-4136 |
2326-4144 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5158-6.ch007 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.igi-global.com/gateway/chapter/99955 |
Abstract | Information Literacy (IL) is presented here from a relational perspective, as people’s experience of using information to learn in a particular context. A detailed practical example of such a context is provided, in the Health Information Literacy (HIL) experience of 65 to 79 year old Australians. A phenomenographic investigation found five qualitatively distinct ways of experiencing HIL: Absorbing (intuitive reception), Targeting (a planned process), Journeying (a personal quest), Liberating (equipping for independence), and Collaborating (interacting in community). These five ways of experiencing indicated expanding awareness of context (degree of orientation towards their environment), source (breadth of esteemed information), beneficiary (the scope of people who gain), and agency (amount of activity) across HIL core aspects of information, learning, and health. These results illustrate the potential contribution of relational IL to information science. |
Keywords | health information literacy; elderly Australians |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 461099. Library and information studies not elsewhere classified |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Queensland University of Technology |
Griffith University | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q4y1z/health-information-literacy-and-the-experience-of-65-to-79-year-old-australians
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