Searching for health information : the Cancer Information Service model /

Searching for Health Information reviews the research on the process of seeking health information and contributes to that literature by analyzing the largest available database on health-information-seeking behavior, the Cancer Information Service (CIS), a referral service sponsored by the National...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Freimuth, Vicki S.
Otros Autores: Stein, Judith A., Kean, Thomas J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1989.
Temas:
National Cancer Institute (U.S.). > Cancer Information Service.
National Cancer Institute (U.S.). > Cancer Information Service
Cancer Information Service
Health > Information services.
Health behavior.
Information services.
Patient education.
Information Services
Neoplasms > prevention & control
Patient Education as Topic
Health Behavior
Santé > Services d'information.
Habitudes sanitaires.
Services d'information.
Éducation des patients.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Library & Information Science > General.
Patient education
Information services
Health behavior
Health > Information services
Krebs > Medizin
Informationsdienst
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Tables
  • Figures
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Search for Health Information
  • 2. Comprehensive Health Communication Systems: A Cancer Example
  • 3. The Cancer Information Service Evaluation: An Overview of Results
  • 4. Differences Among CIS User Groups
  • 5. The General Public's Search for Cancer Information
  • 6. Symptomatic People's Search for Cancer Information
  • 7. Cancer Patients' Search for Cancer Information
  • 8. Stimulating Information Seeking
  • 9. Knowledge and Utilization Gaps
  • 10. Conclusions
  • Appendix A: The History and Development of the CIS
  • Appendix B: List of CIS Offices and Areas of Coverage, 1988
  • Appendix C: CIS Call Record Form and Code Sheet
  • Appendix D: CIS User Survey
  • Appendix E: Selected CIS Data Tables
  • Appendix F: List of NCI Cancer Communications Research Grantees
  • References
  • Index

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