Búsqueda y exposición incidental a información de salud entre adultos en Santiago, Chile: resultados descriptivos de la primera encuesta sobre entornos informativos de salud EIS Chile / Health information acquisition among Chilean adults
Rev. méd. Chile
; 150(5): 603-610, mayo 2022. tab, graf
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: biblio-1409838
Responsible library:
CL126.2
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
People base their health decisions on the information they obtained from their environment, which includes health care providers, the media, and interpersonal networks. Learning about patterns of information acquisition allows the identification of people's preferred sources.Aim:
To report the results of a survey about health information seeking, source trust, and routine exposure to health information. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
A health information trend survey, modeled after the U.S. National Cancer Institute's Health Information National Trends Survey was answered by 1411 Chilean participants aged over 25 years.Results:
Seventy six percent of respondents sought general health information at least once. Internet (32%) and the health care center (30%) were the most common sources. One fourth of respondents sought, during the last 30 days, information about physical activity, and one third about fruit and vegetable consumption. Physicians and other healthcare workers were the most trusted sources, but only half of participants recalled having received a recommendation from them regarding the practice of healthy behaviors.CONCLUSIONS:
This survey about health information seeking is a valuable tool to learn about people's health information environments and how these contents can influence their practices.
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Collection:
International databases
Health context:
SDG3 - Target 3.9 Reduce the amount of deaths produced by dangerous chemicals and the pollution of the air, water and soil
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Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas
Health problem:
Occupational Exposures
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Goal 3 Human resources for health
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Health Behavior
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Information Seeking Behavior
Type of study:
Practice guideline
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Chile
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad Diego Portales/CL