HEALTH INFORMATION-SEEKING BEHAVIOR OF PREGNANT WOMEN: A GROUNDED THEORY STUDY

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NASROLLAHZADEH SHAHRZAD

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Journal: HUMAN INFORMATION INTERACTION Year:2014 | Volume:1 | Issue:4 Page(s): 270-281

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HEALTH INFORMATION-SEEKING BEHAVIOR OF PREGNANT WOMEN: A GROUNDED THEORY STUDY

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INFORMATION NEEDSQ2

HEALTH INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIORQ2

PREGNANT WOMENQ2

GROUNDED THEORYQ2

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Background and Aim: In studies of special groups’ information seeking behavior, there is not a complete understanding of PREGNANT WOMEN's information seeking process. The purpose is to gain a deeper understanding of HEALTH INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR of the PREGNANT WOMEN.Method: This is an applied qualitative method using GROUNDED THEORY approach. Data were collected through semi- structured interviews with 15 PREGNANT WOMEN who were selected from 5 women's hospitals in Tehran. Data was analyzed using three stages of: Open; axial; and selective coding- used in GROUNDED THEORY approach- and a model of PREGNANT WOMEN’s HEALTH INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR was extracted.Results: five conceptual categories: information seeking motives, barriers, information seeking, information evaluation, and information sharing were the results of three stages of coding, expanded around the main idea of “pregnant women’s HEALTH INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR” to establish a model for this process. Based on the findings, PREGNANT WOMEN' s most essential INFORMATION NEEDS were psychological needs, nutrition, health of mother and fetus, and the ways of childbirth. The most important information seeking barriers were lack of time for searching information, lack of ability in information evaluation, and the high level of difficulty of the books. Physicians were the first and the most important reference in information acquisition and important criteria for information evaluation.Conclusion: Findings reveal the importance of information acquisition in PREGNANT WOMEN, effective intervention of information professionals in meeting INFORMATION NEEDS, removal of information seeking barriers, facilitating information seeking process and more attention to information centers seems necessary. Also, results could be applicable to various organizations for women’s health.

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NASROLLAHZADEH, SHAHRZAD. (2014). HEALTH INFORMATION-SEEKING BEHAVIOR OF PREGNANT WOMEN: A GROUNDED THEORY STUDY. HUMAN INFORMATION INTERACTION, 1(4 ), 270-281. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/260319/en

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NASROLLAHZADEH SHAHRZAD. HEALTH INFORMATION-SEEKING BEHAVIOR OF PREGNANT WOMEN: A GROUNDED THEORY STUDY. HUMAN INFORMATION INTERACTION[Internet]. 2014;1(4 ):270-281. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/260319/en

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SHAHRZAD NASROLLAHZADEH, “HEALTH INFORMATION-SEEKING BEHAVIOR OF PREGNANT WOMEN: A GROUNDED THEORY STUDY,” HUMAN INFORMATION INTERACTION, vol. 1, no. 4 , pp. 270–281, 2014, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/260319/en

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