TY - JOUR
T1 - Seeking and Processing Information for Health Decisions among Elderly Chinese Singaporean Women
AU - Chang, Leanne
AU - Basnyat, Iccha
AU - Teo, Daniel
N1 - Funding information:
This research was supported in part by the Ministry of Education, Singapore and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore (WBS No: R-124-000-039-112).
Publisher copyright:
© Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
PY - 2014/7/3
Y1 - 2014/7/3
N2 - Information behavior includes activities of active information seeking, passive acquisition of information, and information use. Guided by the Elaboration Likelihood Model, this study explored elderly Singaporean women’s health information behavior to understand how they sought, evaluated, and used health information in everyday lives. Twenty-two in-depth interviews were conducted with elderly Chinese women aged 61 to 79. Qualitative analysis of the interview data yielded three meta-themes: information-seeking patterns, trustworthiness of health information, and peripheral route of decision making. Results revealed that elderly women took both systematic and heuristic approaches to processing information but relied on interpersonal networks to negotiate health choices.
AB - Information behavior includes activities of active information seeking, passive acquisition of information, and information use. Guided by the Elaboration Likelihood Model, this study explored elderly Singaporean women’s health information behavior to understand how they sought, evaluated, and used health information in everyday lives. Twenty-two in-depth interviews were conducted with elderly Chinese women aged 61 to 79. Qualitative analysis of the interview data yielded three meta-themes: information-seeking patterns, trustworthiness of health information, and peripheral route of decision making. Results revealed that elderly women took both systematic and heuristic approaches to processing information but relied on interpersonal networks to negotiate health choices.
KW - health information
KW - interviews
KW - elderly
KW - women
KW - Singapore
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84902834347&doi=10.1080%2f08952841.2014.888881&partnerID=40&md5=921c32227dedff8a0c9c1562814ba1ec
U2 - 10.1080/08952841.2014.888881
DO - 10.1080/08952841.2014.888881
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0895-2841
VL - 26
SP - 257
EP - 279
JO - Journal of Women and Aging
JF - Journal of Women and Aging
IS - 3
ER -