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Health Information—Seeking Behavior

Lambert, Sylvie D., Loiselle, Carmen G.·2007·Qualitative Health Research

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Seeking information about one's health is increasingly documented as a key coping strategy in health-promotive activities and psychosocial adjustment to illness. In this article, the authors critically examine the scientific literature from 1982 to 2006 on the concept of health information-seeking behavior (HISB) to determine its level of maturity and clarify the concept's essential characteristics. A principle-based method of concept analysis provides the framework for exploring the nature of HISB. The authors reviewed approximately 100 published articles and five books reporting on HISB. Although HISB is a popular concept used in various contexts, most HISB definitions provide little insight into the concept's specific meanings. The authors describe the concept's characteristics, contributing to a clearer understanding of HISB, and discuss operationalizations, antecedents, and outcomes of HISB. Such an analysis of HISB might guide further theorizing on this highly relevant concept and assist health care providers in designing optimal informational interventions.

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“Different patterns of information-monitoring (Miller, 1980 in [18]) and information-seeking behaviours [19] have previously been described.”
Background
Iranian Women’s Experiences of Health Information Seeking Barriers: A Qualitative Study in Kerman
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“They also pay more attention to their own health than men and probably consider preventive measures more often (8, 25, 26).”
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Separating ‘emotion’ from ‘the science’: Exploring the perceived value of information for parents and families of children with autistic spectrum disorder
O’Reilly, M. J., Karim, K., & Lester, J. N. (2014) · Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry · doi:10.1177/1359104514530735 · Cited by 21
“Health information-seeking behaviours may function as a way to cope with health-threatening situations, and assist patients and carers in playing an active role in medical decision-making (Lambert & Loiselle, 2007).”
Background
Good or bad, ups and downs, and getting better: Use of personal health data for temporal reflection in chronic illness
Barbarin, A. M., Klasnja, P., & Veinot, T. C. (2016) · International Journal of Medical Informatics · doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2016.06.011 · Cited by 22
A Cross-Cultural Comparison of an Extended Planned Risk Information Seeking Model on Mental Health Among College Students: Cross-Sectional Study
Niu, Z., Willoughby, J. F., Mei, J., Li, S., & Hu, P. (2020) · Journal of Medical Internet Research · doi:10.2196/15817 · Cited by 21
“There has been a fair amount of studies about health-related information seeking since the 1990s [21].”
Background
Sources of Information for Learning and Decision-Making in Men With Localized Prostate Cancer
Chhatre, S., Wittink, M. N., Gallo, J. J., & Jayadevappa, R. (2020) · American Journal of Men s Health · doi:10.1177/1557988320945461 · Cited by 21
“…or encourage health information use has been facilitated by the study of personality in psychology, consumer behavior, innovation research, health communication studies, and organizational decision-making (Ikoja-Odongo & Mostert, 2006; Lambert & Loiselle, 2007; Wang et al., 2013; Wilson, 1999).”
Background
Open government data portals: Predictors of site engagement among early users of Health Data NY
Begany, G. M., Martin, E. G., & Yuan, X. (2021) · Government Information Quarterly · doi:10.1016/j.giq.2021.101614 · Cited by 21
Poor insight in pediatric obsessive compulsive disorder: Developmental considerations, treatment implications, and potential strategies for improving insight
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Contributions to conceptual growth: The elaboration of Ellis's model for information‐seeking behavior
Savolainen, R. (2016) · Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology · doi:10.1002/asi.23680 · Cited by 21
“There has long been an interest in the development of conceptual frameworks for information behavior in the field of library and information science as well as in other areas such as health communication (Lambert & Loiselle, 2007; Wilson, 2010).”
Background
Collection of family health histories: The link between genealogy and public health
Case, D. O. (2008) · Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology · doi:10.1002/asi.20938 · Cited by 20
Longitudinal qualitative exploration of cancer information-seeking experiences across the disease trajectory: the INFO-SEEK protocol
Germeni, E., Bianchi, M., Valcarenghi, D., & Schulz, P. J. (2015) · BMJ Open · doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008933 · Cited by 20
“Patients will be recruited from 2 oncology hospitals located in Ticino, Switzerland, and will be interviewed at 3 different time points: (1) within 2 weeks after receiving the cancer diagnosis; (2) within 2 weeks after their initial treatment; and (3) 6 months after their initial treatment.”
BackgroundMethodInfluential
Selective exposure to COVID-19 vaccination information: the influence of prior attitude, perceived threat level and information limit
Li, K., Li, Y., & Zhang, P. (2021) · Library Hi Tech · doi:10.1108/lht-03-2021-0117 · Cited by 20
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Chen, S., Nguyen, N. T. H., Lin, C.-Y., Huy, L. Đ., Lai, C.-F., Dang, L. T., Truong, N. L. T., Hoang, Y. N., Nguyen, T. T. P., Phaṇ, T. N., et al. (2023) · Digital Health · doi:10.1177/20552076231165970 · Cited by 22
Comparison of accessing online databases between physicians and nurses in Taiwan
Chiu, Y.-W., Weng, Y., Lo, H.-L., Shih, Y.-H., Hsu, C.-C., & Kuo, K. N. (2012) · Informatics for Health and Social Care · doi:10.3109/17538157.2012.654842 · Cited by 20
Health information seeking among people with multiple chronic conditions: Contextual factors and their associations mined from questions in social media
Park, M. S., Oh, H., & You, S. (2020) · Library & Information Science Research · doi:10.1016/j.lisr.2020.101030 · Cited by 22
Parental groups during the child's first year: an interview study of parents' experiences
Hjälmhult, E., Glavin, K., Økland, T., & Tveiten, S. (2014) · Journal of Clinical Nursing · doi:10.1111/jocn.12528 · Cited by 20
“A distinct group facilitator has the opportunity to arrange discussion for everyday problems, health information as well as sensitive topics (Colucci 2007, Lambert & Loiselle 2007, Nair et al. 2012).”
Background
Akademisyenlerin Sağlık Anksiyeteleri İle Siberkondri Düzeyleri Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesine Yönelik Bir Araştırma
ÖZYILDIZ, K. H., & ALKAN, A. (2022) · Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Vizyoner Dergisi · doi:10.21076/vizyoner.903964 · Cited by 22
Health information-seeking behavior associated with linguistic group membership: latent class analysis of a population-based cross-sectional survey in Italy, August to September 2014
Ausserhofer, D., Wiedermann, W., Becker, U., Vögele, A., Piccoliori, G., Wiedermann, C. J., & Engl, A. (2022) · Archives of Public Health · doi:10.1186/s13690-022-00847-w · Cited by 20
“Background Health information-seeking behavior (HISB) refers to a strategy whereby people develop a social and personal sense of health to understand their health problems, reduce uncertainty regarding health status, and cope with illness [1].”
Background
The Dispersion of Health Information–Seeking Behavior and Health Literacy in a State in the Southern United States: Cross-sectional Study
Rao, N., Tighe, E. L., & Feinberg, I. Z. (2022) · JMIR Formative Research · doi:10.2196/34708 · Cited by 19
“Health information–seeking behavior (HISB) is a complex construct that refers to the ways in which individuals seek information about health, illnesses, and health choices [1].”
Background
Virtual navigation in colorectal cancer and melanoma: an exploration of patients’ views
Loiselle, C. G., Peters, O., Haase, K. R., Girouard, L., Körner, A., Wiljer, D., & Fitch, M. I. (2013) · Supportive Care in Cancer · doi:10.1007/s00520-013-1771-1 · Cited by 19
Measures of Information Seeking: A Validation Study in the Context of Nonmedical Drug Use Behaviors
Lewis, N., Martinez, L. S., & Carmel, O. (2017) · Communication Methods and Measures · doi:10.1080/19312458.2017.1326021 · Cited by 19
“While the extant literature offers several definitions for information seeking in health contexts (see Lambert & Loiselle, 2007), we define information seeking as a purposeful process by which individuals actively aim to change their state of knowledge through searching for information about a…”
Background
Availability of information on young onset dementia for patients and carers in six European countries
Jones, B., Gage, H., Bakker, C., Bárrios, H., Boucault, S., Mayer, J., Metcalfe, A., Millenaar, J., Parker, W. M., & Wallin, A. O. (2017) · Patient Education and Counseling · doi:10.1016/j.pec.2017.07.013 · Cited by 19
Information Access and Use by Patients With Cancer and Their Friends and Family: Development of a Grounded Theory
Thiessen, M. H., Sinclair, S., Tang, P. A., & Bouchal, S. R. (2020) · Journal of Medical Internet Research · doi:10.2196/20510 · Cited by 19
“This conclusion is supported by the wealth of empirical evidence, including multiple systematic reviews [1,5,7,33-40], consistently correlating specific demographic factors (eg, age, gender, education) [33,41,42] with various types of information-seeking behavior [27,43] and health information needs [5,35].”
BackgroundMethodInfluential
Exploring the relationship between frequent internet use and health and social care resource use in a community-based cohort of older adults: an observational study in primary care
Clarke, C. S., Round, J. A., Stephen Morris, A., Kharicha, K., Ford, J. A., Manthorpe, J., Iliffe, S., Goodman, C. M., & Walters, K. R. (2017) · BMJ Open · doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-015839 · Cited by 18
Information seeking for coping with cancer: a systematic review
Petersen, E., Jensen, J. G., & Frandsen, T. F. (2021) · Aslib Journal of Information Management · doi:10.1108/ajim-01-2021-0004 · Cited by 18
The impact of exposure to HPV related information and injunctive norms on young women's intentions to receive the HPV vaccine in China: A structural equation model based on KAP theory
Wang, Y., Chen, Y., & Bao, S. (2023) · Frontiers in Public Health · doi:10.3389/fpubh.2022.1102590 · Cited by 23
Bridging the gap in health literacy research: The inclusion of individuals with visual impairments
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Promoter or barrier? Assessing how social media predicts Covid-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy: A systematic review of primary series and booster vaccine investigations
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The Information Management Processes of Women Living with HPV
Kosenko, K. A., Harvey, J., & Hurley, R. J. (2014) · Journal of Health Communication · doi:10.1080/10810730.2013.864728 · Cited by 18
“Second, despite asking and answering foundational questions about information behavior, health scholars have focused more on behavioral antecedents and outcomes than on the process (Lambert & Loiselle, 2007).”
Background
The relationship between partner information-seeking, information-sharing, and patient medication adherence
Carpenter, D. M., Elstad, E. A., Sage, A., Geryk, L. L., DeVellis, R. F., & Blalock, S. J. (2014) · Patient Education and Counseling · doi:10.1016/j.pec.2014.10.001 · Cited by 18
“Partners also highly trusted and used the patient for medication information, which could be due to ease of access to the patient [19,20].”
Associations Between Patient Characteristics and the Amount of Arthritis Medication Information Patients Receive
Geryk, L. L., Blalock, S. J., DeVellis, R. F., Morella, K., & Carpenter, D. M. (2016) · Journal of Health Communication · doi:10.1080/10810730.2016.1222036 · Cited by 18
“Health information seeking has been described as a coping behavior to reduce an individual’s stress and worry associated with uncertainty (Lambert & Loiselle, 2007).”
Background
Information-Seeking About Anxiety and Perceptions about Technology to Teach Coping Skills in Older Veterans
Zapata, A., Beaudreau, S., O'Hara, R., Merrell, S. B., Bruce, J. S., Garrison-Diehn, C., & Gould, C. (2017) · Clinical Gerontologist · doi:10.1080/07317115.2017.1359716 · Cited by 20
“Lambert and Loiselle (2007) identified two underlying dimensions of HISB in their review: information and method.”
Background
Exploring antecedents of attitudes and skepticism towards pharmaceutical advertising and inter-attitudinal and inter-skepticism consistency on three levels: an international study
Koinig, I., Diehl, S., & Mueller, B. (2018) · International Journal of Advertising · doi:10.1080/02650487.2018.1498653 · Cited by 19
“Health information seeking refers to the means individuals employ when looking for information on health-related matters (Lambert and Loiselle 2007).”
Background

Authors: Lambert, S. D., & Loiselle, C. G.
Affiliations: McGill University (CA)
ORCID: Lambert, Sylvie D.
Loiselle, Carmen G.
Venue: Qualitative Health Research
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2007-10
Volume: 17
Issue: 8
Pages: 1006-1019
ISSN: 1049-7323 (ISSN-L)
1552-7557
DOI: 10.1177/1049732307305199
OpenAlex: W2161788636
Cited by: 894
References: 113
Citations by year: 2026: 53 · 2025: 60 · 2024: 67 · 2023: 83 · 2022: 77 · 2021: 86 · 2020: 76 · 2019: 38 · 2018: 38 · 2017: 39 · 2016: 75 · 2015: 34 · 2014: 35 · 2013: 39 · 2012: 34
FWCI: 26.23
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Qualitative Health Research (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Wellbeing Research
Keywords: health information seeking, conceptual analysis, health information, coping strategies, psychosocial adjustment to illness, health promotion, information interventions
MeSH terms: Books, Humans, Information Services, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Periodicals as Topic, United States, Bibliometrics, Consumer Health Information

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