Exploring health information use by older Australians within everyday life

Christine Yates; Ian D Stoodley; Helen Partridge; Christine Bruce; Helen Cooper; Gary Day; Sylvia L Edwards

doi:10.1353/lib.2012.0004

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Exploring health information use by older Australians within everyday life

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Exploring health information use by older Australians within everyday life

Christine Yates, Ian D Stoodley, Helen Partridge, Christine Bruce, Helen Cooper, Gary Day and Sylvia L Edwards

Library Trends, Vol.60(3), pp.460-478

2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2012.0004

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information use

health information literacy (HIL)

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. © 2012 The Board of Trustees, University of Illinois.

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Title: Exploring health information use by older Australians within everyday life
Authors: Christine Yates (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Ian D Stoodley (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Helen Partridge (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Christine Bruce (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Helen Cooper (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Gary Day (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Sylvia L Edwards (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Publication details: Library Trends, Vol.60(3), pp.460-478
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Date published: 2012
DOI: 10.1353/lib.2012.0004
ISSN: 0024-2594
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449281102621
Output Type: Journal article

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