Browsing by Subject "Information Seeking"

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    Adoptee information seeking: changes between adolescence and emerging adulthood and the impact of adoption communicative openness.
    (2009-05) Skinner-Drawz, Brooke Alison
    This dissertation examined changes in information seeking intentions and behaviors between adolescence and emerging adulthood for a group of adoptees who did not have direct contact with birth relatives in adolescence. Associations between information seeking in emerging adulthood and life cycle events typical of emerging adulthood, gender, and Adoption Communicative Openness were also examined. Data from 119 adoptees and their adoptive mothers were used from Waves 2 (1996-2000) and 3 (2005-2008) of the Minnesota-Texas Adoption Research Project (Grotevant & McRoy, 1998). Degree of information seeking between adolescence (Wave 2) and emerging adulthood (Wave 3) increased for the majority of adoptees (62.2%). Approximately 16% of adoptees experienced no change in information seeking and 22% of adoptees experienced a decrease in information seeking. Females were more likely to exhibit a greater increase in information seeking change between Waves 2 and 3 and information seeking at Wave 3 than males. Life cycle events typical of emerging adulthood including living out of adoptive parents' home, being in a committed romantic relationship, and being a parent were not associated with information seeking in emerging adulthood. Number of life cycle events experienced also was not associated with information seeking in emerging adulthood. Adoption Communicative Openness was positively associated with degree of information seeking in emerging adulthood. Results suggest that adoptee information seeking is a dynamic process that takes place over several life stages and that open communication about adoption within the adoptive family supports adoptee information seeking.
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    Creating an Evidence‐Based Health Literacy Training Program for Seniors [Poster Presentation: Institute for Healthcare Advancement - Health Literacy Conference]
    (2010-12-07) Ellwood, Alisha; Beschnett, Anne; Aspinall, Erinn E
    The poster Presentation, “Creating an Evidence‐Based Health Literacy Training Program for Seniors,” was accepted for presentation at the Institute for Healthcare Advancement’s Health Literacy Conference in Irvine, CA (May 6-7, 2010). A similar poster was presented at the Mayo Clinic Geriatric Care Conference in Rochester, MN (April 7, 2010).
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    Creating an Evidence‐Based Health Literacy Training Program for Seniors [Poster Presentation: Minnesota Alliance for Patient Safety Conference]
    (2010-12-07) Ellwood, Alisha; Beschnett, Anne; Aspinall, Erinn E
    The poster presentation, “Creating an Evidence‐Based Health Literacy Training Program for Seniors,” was accepted for presentation at the Minnesota Alliance for Patient Safety Conference (November 4-5, 2010).
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    Health Literacy Program for Minnesota Seniors: Evaluation Summary
    (2010-12-08) Aspinall, Erinn E; Beschnett, Anne; Ellwood, Alisha; Koppa, Pat
    The Evaluation Summary document presents the research findings from the Health Literacy Program for Minnesota Seniors (HeLP MN Seniors). This includes the results from the needs assessment focus groups, the workshop pre-tests and post-tests, and the outcomes assessment survey that were conducted as part of the pilot workshops. The findings were used to inform the development of an evidence-based health literacy workshop program for older adults.
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    Health Literacy Program for Minnesota Seniors: Finding Accurate and Reliable Health Information on the Internet [Workshop Materials]
    (2010-12-07) Beschnett, Anne; Ellwood, Alisha; Aspinall, Erinn E
    The documents in this collection were created for the Finding Accurate and Reliable Health Information on the Internet workshop as part of the Health Literacy Program for Minnesota Seniors (HeLP MN Seniors). The documents include the workshop with instructor script, the workshop pre-test and post-test, the workshop handout, a promotional flyer template, and a website demonstration guide.
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    Health Literacy Program for Minnesota Seniors: Needs Assessment Focus Group Guiding Questions [Evaluation Instrument]
    (2010-12-07) Aspinall, Erinn E; Brasure, Michelle
    The Needs Assessment Focus Group Guiding Questions were created for the Health Literacy Program for Minnesota Seniors (HeLP MN Seniors). It provides focus group questions for instructors wanting to learn about the specific needs of their audience in advance of teaching the workshops.
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    Health Literacy Program for Minnesota Seniors: Outcomes Assessment Survey [Evaluation Instrument]
    (2010-12-07) Beschnett, Anne; Ellwood, Alisha
    The Outcomes Assessment Survey was created for the Health Literacy Program for Minnesota Seniors (HeLP MN Seniors). It provides a questionnaire to gather outcomes data from workshop participants.
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    Health Literacy Program for Minnesota Seniors: Workshop Program Guide
    (2010-12-07) Aspinall, Erinn E
    The Program Guide was created for the Health Literacy Program for Minnesota Seniors (HeLP MN Seniors). It provides helpful tips for workshop instructors to ensure program success.
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    HeLP MN Seniors: An Evidence‐Based Health Literacy Program [Poster Presentation: Medical Library Association Conference]
    (2010-12-07) Beschnett, Anne; Aspinall, Erinn E; Ellwood, Alisha; Brasure, Michelle; Koppa, Pat; Rieke, Judy; Wolter, Gin; Watson, Linda
    The paper presentation, “HeLP MN Seniors: An Evidence‐Based Health Literacy Program,” was accepted for presentation at the Medical Library Association Conference (May 21-26, 2010).
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    The role of social networks in medication information seeking behavior
    (2009-05) Kjos, Andrea Lee
    The study purpose was to determine the role of social networks in medication information seeking behavior by describing the structure of social networks that provide information, the content provided, and the function of information in addition to individual characteristics of people who use various types of social networks to obtain medication information. This was an exploratory qualitative research study, which used volunteering participants who were at least eighteen years old. Forty subjects completed a personal interview that measured aspects of one's social network as a modality to seek medication information. Data were audio recorded and transcribed using theory and prior research driven themes as a basis for ethnographic content analysis. Phase I analysis found that social network structures used for obtaining medication information were made up of health professionals and lay social contacts. Content themes included factual information, personal experiences, and beliefs and attitudes. Function themes were identified as decision making, diagnosis, monitoring, prescriptive or recommendations, social support, staying informed, or validation. Phase II analysis used clustering of social network types and themes to create coding intersections within the data to explore co-occurring thematic concepts. Social network contacts displayed different roles for what content was provided and the subsequent function of the information. For health professionals, the strongest content related role was to provide factual information functioning to support patient decision making, monitoring, recommendations, staying informed, and validation of information. In contrast, the role of content provision from lay contacts was to provide factual information, personal experiences and beliefs and attitudes functioning to support decision making, monitoring, recommendations, social support, staying informed, or validation of information. Findings from this study described the role of social networks in medication information seeking behavior of patients as complex, dynamic, and important to the medication use experience. The study concluded that patients use social network contacts from both inside and outside of health care to satisfy all types of information needs. Finally, by coming to a more complete understanding of the social nature of the information environment, health professionals can better understand information needs from a patient's perspective.