Antecedent characteristics of online cancer information seeking among rural breast cancer patients: An application of the Cognitive-Social Health Information Processing (C-SHIP) model

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 389-408

  Shaw, Bret R ^a,b   DuBenske, Lori L ^c   Han, Jeong Yeob ^c   Cofta Woerpel, Ludmila ^d,e   Bush, Nigel ^f,g   Gustafson, David H ^a,b   McTavish, Fiona ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Center for Excellence in Cancer Communication Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service South Central Region   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service Northwest Region   (United States)

^g Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RESEARCH; HEALTH BELIEF; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SELF-HELP GROUPS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 45949108255     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730802063546     Document Type: Article

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