Pregnancy-Related Information-Seeking Behavior and Information Literacy Profiles of Women at Reproductive Age

Q3 Social Sciences

Journal of Hospital Librarianship Pub Date : 2023-11-03 DOI:10.1080/15323269.2023.2262933

Petros Kostagiolas, Evangelia Alexopoulou, Spyros Ntalampiras, Sofia Stamou, Panagiotis Theodorou, Dimitris Niakas

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Abstract

ABSTRACTThe purpose of this article is to capture pregnancy-related information seeking behavior of women and its correlation with socio-economic status and with Internet health information literacy profiles. A user survey based on Wilson’s’ macro-model of information seeking behavior was designed and carried out. The survey included 289 women at reproductive age who provided valid feedback on information needs, motives for seeking pregnancy-related information online, information resources employed and Internet information literacy. Responses were collected via an anonymous questionnaire and processed using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) version 25.0. The results demonstrate that women have increased information needs during pregnancy, that they are primarily concerned about the health of their embryos and that they tend to turn mainly to their doctors, their family and to the Web for obtaining pregnancy-related information. Internet is most used by younger women and online information is generally deemed useful. The analysis of survey responses indicated that pregnancy-related information literacy profiles are influenced by women’s educational status and age. Official online information sources should be made available in Greece, where women could find useful and trusted information about pregnancy issues.KEYWORDS: Barriers/obstacles when seeking informationGreeceinformation needsinformation sourcesInternet information literacypregnancysurvey Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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育龄妇女妊娠相关信息寻求行为及信息素养概况

摘要本文的目的是捕捉妇女的妊娠相关信息寻求行为及其与社会经济地位和互联网健康信息素养概况的相关性。基于Wilson的信息寻求行为宏观模型，设计并实施了用户调查。调查对象包括289名育龄妇女，她们在信息需求、在线获取怀孕相关信息的动机、信息资源使用情况和互联网信息素养等方面提供了有效反馈。通过匿名问卷收集反馈，并使用SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) 25.0版本进行处理。结果表明，妇女在怀孕期间对信息的需求增加了，她们主要关心自己胚胎的健康，她们往往主要向医生、家人和网络寻求与怀孕有关的信息。年轻女性使用互联网最多，网上信息通常被认为是有用的。对调查答复的分析表明，与怀孕有关的信息素养概况受到妇女受教育程度和年龄的影响。希腊应该提供官方的在线信息来源，妇女可以在那里找到有关怀孕问题的有用和可信的信息。关键词:获取信息时的障碍希腊信息需求信息来源互联网信息素养妊娠调查披露声明作者未报告潜在利益冲突。

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Journal of Hospital Librarianship Social Sciences-Library and Information Sciences

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Hospital Librarianship is the first journal to specifically address the issues and concerns of librarians and information specialists in the field of hospital librarianship. This peer-reviewed journal focuses on technical and administrative issues that most concern hospital librarians, providing a forum for those professionals who organize and disseminate health information to both clinical care professionals and consumers. The Journal addresses a wide variety of subjects that are vital to the field, including administrative, technical and program issues that may challenge hospital librarians. Articles published in the Journal focus on research strategies, administrative assistance, managed care, financing, mergers, and more.