title: Seeking and processing information for health decisions among elderly Chinese Singaporean women.
abstract: Information behavior includes activities of active information seeking, passive acquisition of information, and information use. Guided by the Elaboration Likelihood Model, this study explored elderly Singaporean women's health information behavior to understand how they sought, evaluated, and used health information in everyday lives. Twenty-two in-depth interviews were conducted with elderly Chinese women aged 61 to 79. Qualitative analysis of the interview data yielded three meta-themes: information-seeking patterns, trustworthiness of health information, and peripheral route of decision making. Results revealed that elderly women took both systematic and heuristic approaches to processing information but relied on interpersonal networks to negotiate health choices.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Communications & New Media , National University of Singapore , Singapore.
authors.forename: Leanne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Iccha
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Basnyat
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Teo
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology*; D054626:Consumer Health Information; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D057220:Health Literacy; D006801:Humans; D057226:Information Seeking Behavior; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D012846:Singapore
keywords: Singapore; elderly; health information; interviews; women