Online Health-Information Seeking Among Older Populations: Family Influences and the Role of the Medical Professional

Magsamen‐Conrad, Kate; Dillon, Jeanette M.; Verhoff, China Billotte; Faulkner, Sandra L.

doi:10.1080/10410236.2018.1439265

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“…Scholars have investigated several types of eHealth behaviours, such as health information seeking, health status self‐monitoring and health information sharing. Empirical studies have supported our framework in contexts such as participatory eHealth behaviour, including posting reviews online of doctors or hospitals, sharing photos or videos of health issues, tracking weight (Chen & Lee, 2014), seeking of health information by middle‐aged and older adults (Magsamen‐Conrad, Dillon, Billotte, & Faulkner, 2018), self‐monitoring of activities in online behavioural intervention programs (Burke et al., 2011; Gold, Burke, Pintauro, Buzzell, & Harvey‐Berino, 2007) and self‐tracking using smartphones or electronic devices (Burke et al., 2008; Krukowski, Harvey‐Berino, Bursac, Ashikaga, & West, 2013; Lupton, 2014). We therefore propose the following hypotheses:…”

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Interpersonal influences on self‐management in the eHealth era: Predicting the uses of eHealth tools for self‐care in America

Sun

Jiang

2020

Health Soc Care Community

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Drawing on the social cognitive theory and the comprehensive model of information seeking, this study proposes a theoretical framework that systematically examines the role of interpersonal factors in individuals' self‐management in the eHealth context. The framework was tested with a sample of 965 eHealth users drawn from the National Cancer Institute's 2018 Health Information National Trends Survey. Structural equation modelling was performed to model the relationships among patient‐centred communication, social support, self‐efficacy, perceptions of eHealth tools and eHealth behaviours. The results established social support and patient‐centred communication as two important sources of self‐efficacy. Self‐efficacy together with characteristics of eHealth tools were associated with higher utility of eHealth tools, which further predicted higher levels of eHealth behaviours. The results show that incorporating interpersonal factors in health interventions may enhance the targets' self‐efficacy in self‐management and indirectly motivates eHealth behaviours.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Interpersonal influences on self‐management in the eHealth era: Predicting the uses of eHealth tools for self‐care in America

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Jiang

2020

Health Soc Care Community

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“…However, being an important topic, still in its infancy, at various medical schools and due to the lack of faculty to teach this essential element of professionalism, medical students in addition to traditional class lectures, feel compelled to look for alternative methods. In recent times, there is a frequent emergence of new methods of learning with new sets of information ( Waterworth and Honey, 2017 , Magsamen-Conrad et al, 2019 ).…”

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Medical professionalism videos on YouTube: Content exploration and appraisal of user engagement

Ahmad

Sattar

Akram

2020

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences

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Background Social media has become the fastest growing platform for sharing and retrieving information and knowledge, and YouTube is one of the most popular and growing sources of health and educational information video-sharing website. But, videos on this open platform are not peer-assessed, therefore, the accessible data should be adequately assessed. Till date, no exploration and analysis for assessing the credibility and usefulness of Medical professionalism videos available on YouTube are conducted. Objective To analyze the video sources, contents and quality of YouTube videos about the topic of medical professionalism. Methods A systematic search was accomplished on YouTube videos during the period between March 1, 2020 and March 27, 2020. The phrases as significant words used throughout YouTube web search were ‘Professionalism in Medical Education’, Professionalism in medicine’, ‘Professionalism of medical students’, ‘Professionalism in healthcare’. ‘Teaching professionalism’, ‘Attributes of professionalism’. The basic information collected for each video included author’s/publisher’s name, total number of watchers, likes, dislikes and positive and undesirable remarks. The videos were categorized into educationally useful and useless established on the content, correctness of the knowledge and the advices. Different variables were measured and correlated for the data analysis. YouTube website was searched the using keywords ‘Professionalism in Medical Education’, Professionalism in medicine’, ‘Professionalism of medical students’, ‘Professionalism in healthcare’. ‘Teaching professionalism’, and ‘Attributes of professionalism’. Results After 2 rounds of screening by the subject experts and critical analysis of all the 137 YouTube videos, only 41 (29.92%) were identified as pertinent to the subject matter, i.e., educational type. After on expert viewing these 41 videos established upon our pre-set inclusion/exclusion criteria, only 17 (41.46%) videos were found to be academically valuable in nature. Conclusion Medical professionalism multimedia videos uploaded by the healthcare specialists or organizations on YouTube provided reliable information for medical students, healthcare workers and other professional. We conclude that YouTube is a leading and free online source of videos meant for students or other healthcare workers yet the viewers need to be aware of the source prior to using it for training learning.

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“…OHI is always available for individual or groupbased searches and discussions. Magsamen-Conrad et al (2019) are finding support with the same argumenttechnological and health literacy is a collaborative practice with tech-savvy doers, watchers, teachers, and learners. This collaborative practice enables people to access, analyse, and share OHI.…”

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Knowledge Management from Senior Users of Online Health Information Point of View

Sudmann¹,

Fredriksen²,

Børsheim³

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In today’s society, all citizens who need digital information to manage their everyday life must be able to access it and trust it. They should have enough knowledge to use information and communication technologies (ICTs) and online health information (OHI) in an intended and purposeful way. The broader aim of this paper is to present and discuss health knowledge management (KM) from senior users of the online health information point of view. The theoretical point of departure is based on an understanding of health, knowledge and the Internet as social practices. This paper investigates e-Health literacy (eHL) and KM in health amongst seniors aged 65-90. It presents a case study on how they access, apprais, share and apply OHI in comparison to the way they use face-to-face health-encounters. Data comes from 17 open-ended interviews. E-HL and KM concepts are used to analyse and describe online behaviour and knowledge management in health as an interplay between individual and social factors. The results show how participants engage in self- and co-management of their own or others' health and illustrate how they get or receive help to understand OHI. By examining how they use ICT and do (not) trust OHI regarding “serious cases,” this paper provides critical insight into ways seniors acquire information and how they appraise, understand or trust in it. Their information-seeking activities are performed mainly in private settings, seldom with professionals. They have lower levels of trust in their own, individual appraisal skills, compared to collective searches and discussions. Norwegian seniors are cool and pragmatic, and emphatic on the “when needs must, see your GP!”. By examining differences in ICT use, knowledge acquisition and support given or received, the results pinpoint how providers must affirm seniors’ ICT use and individual and collective online health behaviour as assets for healthy ageing. A potential barrier for citizens’ use of OHI and health technology is the built-in understanding of health as an individual capacity and ICT use as an individual activity, compared to a contemporary understanding of health and the Internet as social practices and collective resources. Designers of health technologies and OHI should critically consider built-in understandings of content and users to enhance accessibility and value for citizens of all ages.

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Online Health-Information Seeking Among Older Populations: Family Influences and the Role of the Medical Professional

Cited by 54 publications

References 51 publications

Interpersonal influences on self‐management in the eHealth era: Predicting the uses of eHealth tools for self‐care in America

Interpersonal influences on self‐management in the eHealth era: Predicting the uses of eHealth tools for self‐care in America

Medical professionalism videos on YouTube: Content exploration and appraisal of user engagement

Knowledge Management from Senior Users of Online Health Information Point of View

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