Effect of information seeking and avoidance behavior on self-rated health status among cancer survivors

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 100-106

  Jung, Minsoo ^a,b   Ramanadhan, Shoba ^a   Viswanath, Kasisomayajula ^a,c  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Dongduk Women's University   (South Korea)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication inequalities; Health communication; Health information avoidance behavior; Health information seeking behavior; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH SCHOOL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION SEEKING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84878643303     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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