This paper summarizes what is known about everyday health information seeking and use, as supported by empirical research largely conducted during the 1980s and 1990’s. It draws implications for research and system design applicable to the U.S. National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) MedlinePlus web portal and data base of consumer health information. Its focus is on the two academic disciplines that bear most directly on information seeking and use, each with different perspectives. Communication (COMM) whose orientation is the study of messaging and the effective transmission of information, and Library and Information Science (LIS) whose focus is on meeting user information needs. Although there is very little overlapping literature, Dr. Dervin’s career was spent working across these two research genres. She is known most prominently for her Sense-Making Methodology. Dr. Dervin supports the view that there are more commonalities than differences between the two disciplines, and that research focusing on the commonalities provides a better opportunity for accounting for more variance in human information seeking than the highly compartmentalized approaches that dominate the study of information seeking. Dr. Dervin’s first-person review of these literatures was commissioned by NLM in 2001. It remains relevant today both for its critical insights, and as an historical resource. It is published posthumously in 2023 in tribute to Dr. Dervin on her recent passing.
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K. McCaffery, J. Ayre, R. Dodd, K. Pickles, T. Copp, D. Muscat, B. Nickel, E. Cvejic, Michael Zhang, O. Mac, J. Isautier, S. Cornell, M. Wolf, C. Bonner
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to address health literacy as a critical priority for public health. Health literacy is crucial during a pandemic for understanding and following health advice and for navigating vast amounts of information and misinformation. However, public health communication globally has inadequately met the needs of low literacy and culturally and linguistically diverse groups. This review examines the role of health literacy and how it is related to Covid-19 related outcomes, as well as how public health communication has routinely failed to follow basic health literacy principles. Lessons from the pandemic about health communication and recommendations for how health literacy needs can be addressed in the future are discussed. Improving public health communication requires an immediate short-term response and longer-term investment to build the health literacy responsiveness of public health units, health organisations, and government departments to meet health literacy population needs.
{"title":"Disparities in public understanding, attitudes, and intentions during the Covid-19 pandemic: The role of health literacy","authors":"K. McCaffery, J. Ayre, R. Dodd, K. Pickles, T. Copp, D. Muscat, B. Nickel, E. Cvejic, Michael Zhang, O. Mac, J. Isautier, S. Cornell, M. Wolf, C. Bonner","doi":"10.3233/isu-230185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/isu-230185","url":null,"abstract":"The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to address health literacy as a critical priority for public health. Health literacy is crucial during a pandemic for understanding and following health advice and for navigating vast amounts of information and misinformation. However, public health communication globally has inadequately met the needs of low literacy and culturally and linguistically diverse groups. This review examines the role of health literacy and how it is related to Covid-19 related outcomes, as well as how public health communication has routinely failed to follow basic health literacy principles. Lessons from the pandemic about health communication and recommendations for how health literacy needs can be addressed in the future are discussed. Improving public health communication requires an immediate short-term response and longer-term investment to build the health literacy responsiveness of public health units, health organisations, and government departments to meet health literacy population needs.","PeriodicalId":39698,"journal":{"name":"Information Services and Use","volume":"2 1","pages":"101-113"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82841006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Health promotion is a complex communication process that involves identifying and recommending adoption of the best available evidence-based guidelines for addressing the most dangerous health risks confronting modern society. Despite the steady proliferation of major scientific advances in knowledge about the best available strategies for preventing and responding to many of these health risks, it has been frustratingly difficult to mobilize widespread adoption of recommended evidence-based health promotion guidelines by at-risk populations around the globe. Even worse, there has been a growing number of frustrating instances of active public resistance to adopting evidence-based public health guidelines concerning participation in screening efforts for detecting dangerous health risks as early as possible (when many health risks are most responsive to treatment), getting vaccinated help build public immunity to deadly infectious diseases, actively seeking needed health care to address health problems, following health care recommendations (including adhering with prescribed medications and treatment regimens), as well as integrating important behavioral practices into daily living, such as good nutrition, regular exercise, and strategies to prevent the spread of disease (like social distancing and wearing protective masks in public settings to reduce the spread of airborne infectious diseases). Effective health communication is needed to help members of the public, especially those who are at greatest risk for poor health outcomes (such as elderly, homeless, disenfranchised, disabled, immigrant, and those suffering from multiple co-morbidities) to recognize the seriousness and salience of public health threats, engage in recommended actions to minimize the likelihood of contracting these health problems, and to respond effectively when they encounter serious health risks. This article examines the significant challenges to communicating relevant health information to those who are confronting serious health risks, especially to members of the most vulnerable populations, and suggests strategies for effectively using communication messages and media for promoting adoption of recommended health promotion actions.
{"title":"Addressing resistance to adopting relevant health promotion recommendations with strategic health communication","authors":"Gary L. Kreps","doi":"10.3233/isu-230187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/isu-230187","url":null,"abstract":"Health promotion is a complex communication process that involves identifying and recommending adoption of the best available evidence-based guidelines for addressing the most dangerous health risks confronting modern society. Despite the steady proliferation of major scientific advances in knowledge about the best available strategies for preventing and responding to many of these health risks, it has been frustratingly difficult to mobilize widespread adoption of recommended evidence-based health promotion guidelines by at-risk populations around the globe. Even worse, there has been a growing number of frustrating instances of active public resistance to adopting evidence-based public health guidelines concerning participation in screening efforts for detecting dangerous health risks as early as possible (when many health risks are most responsive to treatment), getting vaccinated help build public immunity to deadly infectious diseases, actively seeking needed health care to address health problems, following health care recommendations (including adhering with prescribed medications and treatment regimens), as well as integrating important behavioral practices into daily living, such as good nutrition, regular exercise, and strategies to prevent the spread of disease (like social distancing and wearing protective masks in public settings to reduce the spread of airborne infectious diseases). Effective health communication is needed to help members of the public, especially those who are at greatest risk for poor health outcomes (such as elderly, homeless, disenfranchised, disabled, immigrant, and those suffering from multiple co-morbidities) to recognize the seriousness and salience of public health threats, engage in recommended actions to minimize the likelihood of contracting these health problems, and to respond effectively when they encounter serious health risks. This article examines the significant challenges to communicating relevant health information to those who are confronting serious health risks, especially to members of the most vulnerable populations, and suggests strategies for effectively using communication messages and media for promoting adoption of recommended health promotion actions.","PeriodicalId":39698,"journal":{"name":"Information Services and Use","volume":"30 1","pages":"131-142"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84132069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The COVID-19 pandemic presented a teachable moment to empower citizens to assess and apply information to protect their health by promoting critical health literacy. Most Americans took preventive measures, suggesting some overall increase in critical health literacy around infectious disease. Simultaneously, however, a torrent of misinformation, disinformation and malinformation intentionally buried facts, sewed doubt and confusion, promoted lies and conspiracies, and undermined health authorities and institutions. The authors discuss how this ‘infodemic’ rose from previously localized, unconnected anti-vaccination, anti-government, and anti-science groups galvanized by the pandemic. Prominent politicians seeking political gain lent the power of their offices to the movement, layering a ‘polidemic’ onto the infodemic and overwhelming inconsistent public health messaging. Even those with strong health literacy skills were challenged. Millions were misled to over-confidently self-manage their risk, revealing the possibility and perils of empowerment in the absence of critical health literacy skills – negative empowerment. The roots of resistance to the government response to COVID-19, and conditions that fostered its influence are examined, followed by recommendations to position health literacy scholars and practitioners to better meet communication challenges and opportunities in future crises.
{"title":"Health literacy and empowerment in the COVID-19 era","authors":"Sandra A. Smith, Elena T. Carbone","doi":"10.3233/isu-230186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/isu-230186","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic presented a teachable moment to empower citizens to assess and apply information to protect their health by promoting critical health literacy. Most Americans took preventive measures, suggesting some overall increase in critical health literacy around infectious disease. Simultaneously, however, a torrent of misinformation, disinformation and malinformation intentionally buried facts, sewed doubt and confusion, promoted lies and conspiracies, and undermined health authorities and institutions. The authors discuss how this ‘infodemic’ rose from previously localized, unconnected anti-vaccination, anti-government, and anti-science groups galvanized by the pandemic. Prominent politicians seeking political gain lent the power of their offices to the movement, layering a ‘polidemic’ onto the infodemic and overwhelming inconsistent public health messaging. Even those with strong health literacy skills were challenged. Millions were misled to over-confidently self-manage their risk, revealing the possibility and perils of empowerment in the absence of critical health literacy skills – negative empowerment. The roots of resistance to the government response to COVID-19, and conditions that fostered its influence are examined, followed by recommendations to position health literacy scholars and practitioners to better meet communication challenges and opportunities in future crises.","PeriodicalId":39698,"journal":{"name":"Information Services and Use","volume":"122 1","pages":"89-100"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77907250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper provides reflections on the career and contributions of Andrew Pleasant during his almost 30-year career in the health literacy field, from the perspectives of three of his close friends, Christina Zarcadoolas, Frederico Peres, and Catina O’Leary. As a health literacy professional, Andrew published 75 papers, nine chapters, and one book, becoming, over these years, very active from a local to an international level as a community researcher, university faculty member, and community organization leader. Across diverse settings, he wrote and shared his thoughts formally and informally to generate conversation about health literacy, science communication, environmental sciences, community engagement and public health, among many other topics. It was a labor of love for Andrew to communicate complex health and scientific information to people most in need of understanding information within the context of their lives, always reminding to those who had the privilege to share professional and personal experiences with him that we need to ask people, early and often, if we are getting it right and, when we are not, ask them how to do better. Accompanying his many written contributions to the field, Andrew’s legacy is his passion to appreciate, listen, and learn.
本文从他的三个亲密朋友，Christina Zarcadoolas, Frederico Peres和Catina O 'Leary的角度，提供了对Andrew Pleasant在他近30年的健康素养领域职业生涯和贡献的反思。作为一名健康素养专业人士，安德鲁发表了75篇论文、9个章节和一本书，这些年来，他作为社区研究员、大学教员和社区组织领导人，从当地到国际层面都非常活跃。在不同的环境中，他正式和非正式地写下并分享了他的想法，以引发有关健康素养、科学传播、环境科学、社区参与和公共卫生等许多主题的对话。对安德鲁来说，将复杂的健康和科学信息传达给那些最需要了解他们生活背景下信息的人是一种热爱的工作，他总是提醒那些有幸与他分享专业和个人经验的人，我们需要尽早、经常地问别人，我们是否做对了，如果做错了，就问他们如何做得更好。除了他对这个领域的许多书面贡献之外，安德鲁的遗产是他对欣赏、倾听和学习的热情。
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Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) is a teaching method that could improve students’ skills. Research investigating the feasibility of applying PAL in the Information Studies/Science (IS) field concerning the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) courses settings is scarce, and there is a demand to explore this realm. In this research, systems thinking examines the ICT courses as a system with inputs, outputs, and feedback. A holistic manner of enquiry demanded the exploitation of a case study. Seventy-four PAL attendees from four sections of female students completed a short survey at the end of their ICT-related courses. The survey aimed to gather data on the attendees’ opinions regarding the PAL as a peer-learning system. The research framework admitted the data through phases; It integrated a new take on the “old-fashioned” SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats) analysis. Then it developed a PAL integration framework to structure its practical implementation in the ICT courses. Finally, the study showed the potential of using SWOT analysis in managing educational methods and evaluating ICT skills by using PAL in the IS field.
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T. V. Binh, Dinh Tien Minh, Le Thi Thao Linh, Tran Van Nhan
Along with the development of social networking sites, sharing location is becoming mainstream, offering many opportunities and promoting sustainable business performance of firm. Based on a survey of 433 Facebook users and the application of quantitative method, the paper found that the privacy concern substantially influences the perceived risk of location sharing. In addition, tendency is witnessed on trust in the social networking site providers and members. Also, impression management and incentive provision are strongly involved in the perceived benefits of location information disclosure intention. Both perceived risks and perceived benefits illustrate distinctive effects on sharing users’ location. The impact of subjective norms on sharing information related to a users’ location and observing the potential influence of culture, played as moderator. The finding also confirms subjective norms positively impact location information disclosure intention, while the moderating of culture does not play a contribution role.
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Tran Cao Uy, Hoang Dung Ha, Nguyen Ngoc Truyen, N. V. Chung, Duong Ngoc Phuoc, Le Van Nam, Le Thi Hong Phuong, Cao Thi Thuyet
This study explores the use of mobile phones for farm-related activities of ethnic minority farmers in Quang Tri province, Central Vietnam, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. A random sampling strategy was used to select 180 ethnic farmers, different by gender, age, and education level, to interview using a semi-structured questionnaire. Results indicate ethnic minority farmers used mobile phones for various purposes related to agriculture through phone calls and social media platforms (Facebook, Zalo, YouTube, etc.). Mobile phones have become essential for farmers to access and exchange market information, receive weather information, get extension advisories, learn new farming practices and technologies, contact and buy farm inputs, etc. There was a statistically significant association between gender, age, and education level with the purposes of mobile phone usage. Young and highly educated farmers should be prioritized in digital service development strategies since they are the pioneers who will be the leading groups of farmers in terms of using mobile phones for farm-related activities. Furthermore, the significance of female farmers’ mobile phone use should not be overlooked, as when women have access to these devices, they can use them for various farming tasks to improve their agricultural production.
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“Semantic search” is a fairly broad term without a fixed goal amongst developers. Most agree that semantic searching should reach beyond simple keyword or text/string matching in order to provide more robust taxonomies and relevant information retrieval systems. Many novice users and first-year students struggle to retrieve the scholarly sources they desire because they lack the specialized vocabulary attained through advanced years of study. Most students are used to the dominant semantic search discovery system, Google and Google Scholar, but few students understand how these systems work. Query parsing, fuzzy matching, and understanding how semantic searching utilizes taxonomies for more accurate tagging is not usually a consideration for a desperate sophomore looking for last-minute sources to finish a paper that is due the next day. So, there is a danger that meeting a student’s perceived need for a Google-like discovery system is more important than creating a transparent system. However, information literacy and library instruction must give careful consideration to these issues and be able to help emerging scholars/students understand both the ethical and practical horizons of semantic search tools.
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This paper offers an overview of some of the highlights of the 2022 NISO Plus Annual Conference that was held virtually from February 15 - February 18, 2022. This was the third such conference and the second to be held in a completely virtual format due to the Pandemic. These conferences have resulted from the merger of NISO and the National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services (NFAIS) in June 2019, replacing the NFAIS Annual Conferences and offering a new, more interactive format. As with last year, there was no general topical theme, but there were topics of interest for everyone working in the information ecosystem - from the practical subjects of standards and metadata quality to preprints, Wikidata, archiving and digital preservation, Open Science and Open Access, and ultimately Globalization of the Information Infrastructure, the Metaverse, and Visions of the Future. With speakers and attendees from around the world and across multiple time zones and continents, it truly was a global conversation!
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