Listening to patients: How understanding health information use can contribute to health literacy constructs

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“Take an opportunity whenever you get it”: Information sharing among African‐American women with hypertension

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All in the family: A descriptive analysis of family network change in families managing chronic illness

BackgroundSocial networks can be a source of support, including informational support, in chronic illness management, but can change over time in response to health crises. However, little is known about how families leverage their support networks to manage chronic illness over time—and how these networks may change.MethodsFor 28 families managing either diabetes or HIV, we gathered survey‐based social network data, including network size, exchanges of support, and tie strength, up to 5 times over 2 years. We then used descriptive analysis to examine changes in network size, structure and function (e.g., informational support).FindingsAlthough family networks remained stable in terms of network size and transitivity, these networks experienced regular fluctuations in both tie‐level variables (i.e., tie strength) and density of informational support exchanges.DiscussionObserved changes in these measures indicate that even family support networks are susceptible to change over time, particularly at the tie‐level, indicating a need to expand the way we think of network change beyond whole network measures when looking at small, family networks, especially examining how information exchanges fluctuate over time. Future research should explore tie‐level measures and support exchange networks to understand why networks change over time.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/163486/2/pra2247.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/163486/1/pra2247_am.pd

Materiality in information environments: Objects, spaces, and bodies in three outpatient hemodialysis facilities

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The relationships between health information behavior and neural processing in african americans with prehypertension

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Struggling for space and finding my place: An interactionist perspective on everyday use of biomedical information

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Developing Resilience: Gay Men’s Response to Systemic Discrimination

Gay men experience marked health disparities compared to heterosexual men, associated with profound discrimination. Resilience as a concept has received growing attention to increase understanding about how gay men promote and protect their health in the presence of adversity. Missing in this literature are the perspectives and experiences of gay men over 40 years. This investigation, drawing on grounded theory methods, examined how gay men over 40 years of age develop resilience over the course of their lives to promote and protect their health. In-depth interviews were undertaken with 25 men ranging between 40 and 76 years of age who experienced an array of health concerns including depression, anxiety, suicidality, and HIV. Men actively resist discrimination via three interrelated protective processes that dynamically influence the development of resilience over their life course: (a) building and sustaining networks, (b) addressing mental health, and (c) advocating for respectful care encounters. Initiatives to promote and protect the health of gay men must be rooted in the recognition of the systemic role of discrimination, while supporting men’s resilience in actively resisting discrimination

Hide and seek – the role of personality, sense of coherence and experiential information in hidden information needs

Purpose: The aim of this study is to assess the impact of personality traits and sense of coherence (SOC) on concealing information needs out of shame. The study also investigates the link between concealed information needs and the use of experiential information for psychological wellbeing. Design/methodology/approach: A Partial Least Square ‐ Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) approach is used to assess and analyse the proposed conceptual model, which is based on the responses of 412 upper secondary school students. Findings: The findings reveal that personality traits not only have direct significant effects on concealing information needs but that their effects are also mediated by SOC. The positive relationship between concealed information needs and the use of experiential information is confirmed in the study. Originality/value: This study is the first to show that personality and SOC influence concealing information needs. Two pathways are found. Firstly, negative emotionality and a low SOC lead to a heightened sense of shame. Secondly, introversion induces a more guarded behaviour. The study, moreover, quantitatively demonstrates a link between concealed information needs and the use of experiential information for psychological wellbeing.acceptedVersionPeer reviewe

The Effects of Cultural, Geographical and Religious Factors on Information Seeking: A Contextual Study

This study investigates how contextual factors such as culture, geographical location and religious status may either encourage, determine or prevent information seeking behavior. The study applied both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection as a mixed-method. Fifteen Catholic clergymen from Northern Nigeria were interviewed and 109 participated in a survey. Findings show that geographical location, culture, and religious status may influence these clergy’s information seeking behavior. This paper contributes to research on information seeking in context. It may help in understanding the effects of some contextual factors, especially religious status, on information seeking behavior and, consequently, aid in the planning of library and information systems that meet the needs of the African clergy and theological institutions.

Usability analysis of contending electronic health record systems

In this paper, we report measured usability of two leading EHR systems during procurement. A total of 18 users participated in paired-usability testing of three scenarios: ordering and managing medications by an outpatient physician, medicine administration by an inpatient nurse and scheduling of appointments by nursing staff. Data for audio, screen capture, satisfaction rating, task success and errors made was collected during testing. We found a clear difference between the systems for percentage of successfully completed tasks, two different satisfaction measures and perceived learnability when looking at the results over all scenarios. We conclude that usability should be evaluated during procurement and the difference in usability between systems could be revealed even with fewer measures than were used in our study. © 2019 American Psychological Association Inc. All rights reserved.Peer reviewe