Exploring Health Information Use by Older Australians within Everyday Life

作者: Christine Yates , Ian Stoodley , Helen Partridge , Christine Bruce , Helen Cooper

DOI: 10.1353/LIB.2012.0004

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摘要: Exploring information use within everyday or community contexts is a recent area of interest for literacy research endeavors. Within this domain, health (HIL) has emerged as focus due to identified synergies between and status. However, while HIL been acknowledged core ingredient that can assist people take responsibility managing improving their own health, limited explored how experienced in life. This article will present the findings ongoing undertaken using phenomenography explore among older Australians contexts. It also discuss these may be used inform policy formulation communication an evidence base design delivery consumer resources services.

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