Health Information Seeking and Avoiding in Europe (HISA) (completed)
The communication of health information is no longer limited to doctor-patient interaction. The Internet is also playing an increasingly important role. However, not all people are willing or able to access health information. In a comparative study for Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands, together with our co-operation partners from the Universiteit van Amsterdam, Université Fribourg and Università della Svizzera italiana, we are interested in the willingness of respondents to seek information and the factors influencing the search for and avoidance of health information. The main focus is on the barriers to information behaviour.
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Project Duration
December 2018 to 2023
Publications
Linking Patient-Centered Communication with Cancer Information Avoidance: The Mediating Roles of Patient Trust and Literacy (2024)
Lu, Q., Link, E., Baumann, E. & Schulz, P. J. (2024). Linking Patient-Centered Communication with Cancer Information Avoidance: The Mediating Roles of Patient Trust and Literacy. Patient Education and Counseling, Vorab-Onlinepublikation, 108230. DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2024.108230
Explaining cancer information avoidance comparing people with and without cancer experience in the family (2022)
Link, E. & Baumann, E. (2022). Explaining cancer information avoidance comparing people with and without cancer experience in the family. Psycho-Oncology, 31(3), 442–449. DOI: 10.1002/pon.5826
Problematic non-use: A characterisation of the avoiders and non-users of health information (2021)
Link, E. (2021). Die problematische Nicht-Nutzung: Eine Charakterisierung der Vermeider*innen und Nicht-Nutzer*innen von Gesundheitsinformationen. In F. Sukalla & C. Voigt (Hrsg.), Risiken und Potenziale in der Gesundheitskommunikation. Beiträge zur Jahrestagung der DGPuK-Fachgruppe Gesundheitskommunikation 2020 (S. 9-20). DOI: 10.21241/ssoar.74285
Efficacy assessments as influencing factors of uncertainty preferences (2021)
Link, E. & Baumann, E. (2021). Efficacy assessments as influencing factors of uncertainty preferences. European Journal of Health Psychology, 29, 134-144. DOI: 10.1027/2512-8442/a000092
Influencing factors of online health information seeking in selected European countries: Analysis of country specifics (2021)
Link, E., Baumann, E., Linn, A., Fahr, A., Schulz, P. & Abuzahra, M. E. (2021). Influencing factors of online health information seeking in selected European countries: Analysis of country specifics. European Journal of Health Communication, 2(1), 29-55. DOI: 10.47368/ejhc.2021.002
Use of health information on the Internet: personal and motivational influencing factors (2020)
Link, E. & Baumann, E. (2020). Nutzung von Gesundheitsinformationen im Internet: personenbezogene und motivationale Einflussfaktoren. Bundesgesundheitsblatt – Gesundheitsforschung – Gesundheitsschutz, 63(6), 681-689. DOI: 10.1007/s00103-020-03144-5
Presentations
How patient-centered communication affects cancer information avoidance: Observations from cancer patients and non-cancer individuals (2023)
Lung, Q., Schulz, P.J., Link, E. & Baumann, E. (2023, May). How patient-centered communication affects cancer information avoidance: Observations from cancer patients and non-cancer individuals. Presentation at the 73rd annual meeting of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 25th to 29th, 2023, Toronto, Canada.
First steps to a European perspective on health information seeking behaviors (2019)
Link, E., Rosset, M., Baumann, E., van Weert, J., Fahr, A. & Schulz, P. (2019, November). First steps to a European perspective on health information seeking behaviors. Presentation at the European Conference on Health Communication, November 13th to 15th, 2019, Zurich, Switzerland.
Health literacy and health-related information behaviour: Theoretical and empirical characteristics of different communication channels (2019)
Baumann, E., Link, E. & Czerwinski, F. (2019, May). Gesundheitskompetenz und gesundheitsbezogenes Informationshandeln: Theoretische und empirische Besonderheiten verschiedener Kommunikationswege. Poster presentation at the 2nd International Symposium on Health Literacy: Research - Practice - Policy, May 2nd to 3rd, 2019, Bielefeld, Germany
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