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dc.contributor.authorLongo, Daniel R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGe, Binen_US
dc.contributor.authorRadina, M. Eliseen_US
dc.contributor.authorGreiner, Allenen_US
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Casey D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLongo, Gregory S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMouzon, Dawne M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNatale-Pereira, Anaen_US
dc.contributor.authorSalas-Lopez, Debbieen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-07T17:46:38Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-10T15:10:13Z
dc.date.available2011-06-07T17:46:38Zen_US
dc.date.available2013-07-10T15:10:13Z
dc.date.issued2011-06-07en_US
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Communication in Healthcare, Vol. 2 No. 2, pp. 184–206.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/4435en_US
dc.description.abstractIt is critical to understand patients’ information use from the patient perspective, especially when patients are from different cultures and levels of health literacy. A cross-sectional survey supplemented with interviews of breast cancer survivors including both Latina and non- Latina women was undertaken. Subjects were classified as active information seekers, passive information receivers, and/or users of information. Subjects were further classified by stage of information use, progressing from unawareness or awareness of available information to use or non-use of information to make health decisions. Information sources used and use patterns were examined. Most were active information seekers; many were also passive receivers. Healthcare providers remain the primary information source. Interpersonal communication was far more often cited than either the internet or traditional print and broadcast media. Important cross-cultural differences were found. This study provides insight into how patients use actively sought and passively received information. Despite dramatic growth of the internet and other new media, healthcare providers currently remain keys to health information. Findings may help develop more successful communication strategies when viewed in light of the National Cancer Institute’s ‘Making Health Communication Programs Work’ and the four stages it proposes. It is hoped that future work will focus on evidence-based methods to improve health communication, especially for vulnerable populations. A major lesson learned is the importance of understanding where patients decided to seek information outside the traditional provideroriented approach taken in many health education programmes.en_US
dc.subjecthealth communicationen_US
dc.subjectbreast canceren_US
dc.subjectpatient preferencesen_US
dc.subjecthealth informationen_US
dc.titleUnderstanding breast-cancer patients’ perceptions: Health information-seeking behaviour and passive information receipten_US
dc.date.published2009en_US


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