Health information seeking behaviors among mothers of young healthy children: A comparative study of U.S. mothers and Korean immigrant mothers

Lee, Hanseul Stephanie

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Title

Health information seeking behaviors among mothers of young healthy children: A comparative study of U.S. mothers and Korean immigrant mothers

Author(s)

Lee, Hanseul Stephanie

Issue Date

2019-03-15

Keyword(s)

• Human information behavior
• Health information
• Comparative study
• Mothers
• Immigrants

Date of Ingest

2019-03-22T21:34:52Z

Abstract

The goal of this study is to compare health information seeking behaviors between two groups: U.S. mothers and immigrant Korean mothers living in the U.S. With a nonprobability sampling method, data were collected from five online communities via an online survey; 480 completed responses were analyzed. Descriptive statistics and independent t-tests were implemented in analyzing the data. Nearly all mothers (U.S. mothers = 93.0%; immigrant Korean mothers = 94.2%) had sought health information in the past 6 months. Also, among 14 information sources, the World Wide Web was the most frequently used source in both groups. The findings confirm that mothers are active health information seekers considering their roles as caregivers or health managers for their children. This implies that appropriate usages of a few social media platforms (e.g. online communities) have great potential for information professionals who try to provide health information to mothers with high information needs.

Publisher

iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2019 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Genre of Resource

Conference Poster

Language

eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/103382

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21900/iconf.2019.103382

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Copyright 2019 Hanseul Stephanie Lee

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