Health information seeking and use among rural poor families in West Java, Indonesia

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Autor(a) principal: Yusup , Pawit M.
Data de Publicação: 2014
Outros Autores: Komariah , Neneng
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Information Science
Texto Completo: https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/bjis/article/view/4249
Resumo: The purpose of this research is to map patterns of health information need, seeking and use of deprived families in Kabupaten Bandung, West Java. This study used the survey method towards 136 people belonging to the deprived population. The results show: (1) the most prominent information need dimension is related to the basic needs comprising food, clothing, shelter (housing), health, and education, (2) the most prominent health information seeking dimension is related to seeking actively for informal interpersonal sources, and (3) the most prominent information use dimension is the type of health information acquired from selected health experts, neighbors and family as well. The main conclusion is the need for health information has not yet become a priority for the poor people, however when they need the information they will seek actively to informal information sources and they use this information to solve their health problem.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Health information seeking and use among rural poor families in West Java, Indonesia
title Health information seeking and use among rural poor families in West Java, Indonesia
spellingShingle Health information seeking and use among rural poor families in West Java, Indonesia
Yusup , Pawit M.
health information needs
health information seeking
health information use
title_short Health information seeking and use among rural poor families in West Java, Indonesia
title_full Health information seeking and use among rural poor families in West Java, Indonesia
title_fullStr Health information seeking and use among rural poor families in West Java, Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Health information seeking and use among rural poor families in West Java, Indonesia
title_sort Health information seeking and use among rural poor families in West Java, Indonesia
author Yusup , Pawit M.
author_facet Yusup , Pawit M.
Komariah , Neneng
author_role author
author2 Komariah , Neneng
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Yusup , Pawit M.
Komariah , Neneng
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv health information needs
health information seeking
health information use
topic health information needs
health information seeking
health information use
description The purpose of this research is to map patterns of health information need, seeking and use of deprived families in Kabupaten Bandung, West Java. This study used the survey method towards 136 people belonging to the deprived population. The results show: (1) the most prominent information need dimension is related to the basic needs comprising food, clothing, shelter (housing), health, and education, (2) the most prominent health information seeking dimension is related to seeking actively for informal interpersonal sources, and (3) the most prominent information use dimension is the type of health information acquired from selected health experts, neighbors and family as well. The main conclusion is the need for health information has not yet become a priority for the poor people, however when they need the information they will seek actively to informal information sources and they use this information to solve their health problem.
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