国外健康信息搜寻行为研究综述

A Review of the Studies on Health Information Seeking Behavior Overseas

从用户年龄、种族、居住区域等研究视角综述近年来国外健康信息搜寻行为(health information seeking be-havior,HISB)研究的主题、主要发现、研究方法等。结果表明,HISB研究的主题包括:搜寻的动机、目的;影响搜寻行为的因素;搜寻的途径、内容和手段;与HISB相关的方面,如网站信息质量、可信度、对健康实践的影响等。HISB研究多采用问卷调查和结构性访谈等研究方法,其中定量数据分析是主要的数据分析方法。最后,分析国外HISB研究对国内研究的启示。

This paper reviews related studies on HISB published in recent years. It categorizes the studies into age-ibcused （ e. g. seniors, adults, and teenagers） , race-focused, and habitant-focused to survey their topics, methodology, and findings. The review indicates that the main topics on HISB research include the motivations and goals of health information, influential factors of HISB, approaches to seeking health inibrmation, and issues related to HISB, such as the development of health information Websites, infor- mation quality, and credibility. Conducting surveys and structured interviews are popular research methods used in HISB research, and quantitative data analysis is the main approach to data analysis. The implications of these studies to HISB in China are also discussed.