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Alternative Title:
J Health Commun
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2016.1184358
Personal Author:
Wigfall, Lisa T. ; Friedman, Daniela B.
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Description:
Background

Cancer is a leading cause of death among United States (US) adults. Only 54% of US adults reported seeking cancer information in 2014. Cancer information seeking has been positively associated with cancer-related health outcomes such as screening adherence.

Methods

We conducted a scoping review of studies that used data from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) in order to examine cancer information seeking in depth and the relationship between cancer information seeking and cancer-related health outcomes. We searched five databases and the HINTS website.

Results

The search yielded a total of 274 article titles. After review of 114 de-duplicated titles, 66 abstracts, and 50 articles, 22 studies met inclusion criteria. Cancer information seeking was the outcome in only four studies. The other 18 studies focused on a cancer-related health outcome. Cancer beliefs, health knowledge, and information seeking experience were positive predictors of cancer information seeking. Cancer-related awareness, knowledge, beliefs, preventive behaviors, and screening adherence were higher among cancer information seekers.

Conclusions

Results from this review can inform other research study designs and primary data collection focused on specific cancer sites or aimed at populations not represented or underrepresented in the HINTS data (e.g., minority populations, those with lower socioeconomic status).


Subject:
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Cancer Information Seeking
Cancer Outcomes
Consumer Health Information
Health Surveys
HINTS
Humans
Information Seeking Behavior
Neoplasms
Scoping Review
Treatment Outcome

Source:
J Health Commun. 21(9):989-1005.
Pubmed ID:
27466828
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC6064213
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
K01 CA175239/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; U48 DP001936/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; U48 DP005000/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
K01 CA175239/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; U48 DP001936/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; U48 DP005000/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States Less -
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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