'That Should Be Left to Doctors, That's What They are There For!'-Exploring the Reflexivity and Trust of Young Adults When Seeking Health Information
| Autor: | Júlio Borlido-Santos, Liliana Abreu, Álvaro Mendes, Maria Rui Vilar-Correia |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Instituto de Saúde Pública |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Health (social science) 020205 medical informatics Applied psychology Information Seeking Behavior 02 engineering and technology Trust 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Medical advice Reflexivity Physicians 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult Health policy Qualitative Research Internet Consumer Health Information business.industry 4. Education Communication Reproducibility of Results Health - Information seeking behavior 3. Good health Health education The Internet Female Health information business Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP |
| ISSN: | 1532-7027 |
| Popis: | This paper explores the health information-seeking practices of healthy young adults and how they assess and rank sources of information through a qualitative study. The findings show that participants (a) are strongly committed to searching for information about health and lifestyle, especially via the Internet; (b) healthcare professionals were perceived as the most reliable source of health information and advice; (c) online health information, although frequently accessed and experienced as empowering, is seen as a potentially unreliable source. Findings evidence how becoming better informed about health-related topics plays a pivotal role in individuals’ lives, most notably by using the Internet. Participants were able to reflect about what it means to know about health. The construction of trust regarding health information involved a heuristic process vis-à-vis source reliability and perceived credibility that places doctors as the most trustworthy medium of medical advice and health information. We conclude that participants’ trust toward professionals suggests the preference and need for more personalized care; and it is a response to the ambiguity and uncertainty that permeates the health information landscape, particularly that which is web-based. This article draws on research conducted as part of the project “Evaluating the State of Public Knowledge on Health and Health Information in Portugal” (HMSP/IISE/SAU-ICT/0003/2009), funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) within the Harvard Medical School-Portugal Program on Translational Research and Health Information. Part of this work has been financed by FEDER funds through the COMPETE 2020—POCI, Portugal 2020, and by Portuguese funds through FCT/Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação—project “Institute for Research and Innovation in Health Sciences” (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007274). ÁM (SFRH/BPD/88647/2012) and LA (SFRH/BD/78949/2011) are both supported by fellowships from FCT. The authors would like to thank all the participants in this study, the coordinators of the EpiTeen study, and the administrative staff of the Epidemiology department of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto. The authors would also like to thank Liliana Gil and Patrícia Ferreira (Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Portugal) for their collaboration in part of the interviews, and Rute Verdade for her help in proofreading this text. The authors are also grateful to anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments and suggestions that very much improved the quality of the paper. |
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