A framework for capturing the interactions between laypersons' understanding of disease, information gathering behaviors, and actions taken during an epidemic

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 298-313

  Slaughter, Laura ^a   Keselman, Alla ^a   Kushniruk, Andre ^b   Patel, Vimla L ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive science; Epidemic response; Information dissemination; Internet; Narrative analysis; Public health; Qualitative methodology; Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA ACQUISITION; HEALTH; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

HEALTH-RELATED PROCESSES; INFORMATION GATHERING BEHAVIORS; INFORMATION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; NARRATIVE ANALYSIS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIC; EXPERIENCE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ONTARIO; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN;

EID: 23244442422     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2004.12.006     Document Type: Article

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