Stigma and On-line Health Information Seeking of U.S. South Asian Cancer Survivors.
The internet has replaced physicians as primary health information source for cancer-survivors.It is important to uncover barriers/facilitators to cancer information seeking, particularly on-line.Asian Americans are the fastest growing U.S racial/ethnic minority, 2) cancer is the leading cause of r death and 3) cancer knowledge is low among them and little research is done on their cancer information seeking strategies. This study aims to examine qualitatively cancer information-seeking patterns of the Asian American group, South Asians, using in-depth interview methods. Family members and social networks are highly engaged in providing informational support to South Asian cancer survivors. such collaborative information seeking is limited by stigma related to cancer and must be taken into consideration when developing culturally appropriate cancer health information seeking interventions in such communities.
Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.
Sheba M
SM
George
Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.
Marjorie
M
Kagawa Singer
D001211:Asia, Western / Q000208:ethnology; D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D057226:Information Seeking Behavior; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D013240:Stereotyping; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States