Searching for Health Information : : The Cancer Information Service Model / / Vicki S. Freimuth, Thomas J. Kean, Judith A. Stein.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Freimuth, Vicki S.,; Kean, Thomas J.,; Stein, Judith A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2018]; ©1989
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Anniversary Collection
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.) :; 49 illus.

Searching for Health Information reviews the research on the process of seeking health information and contributes to that literature by analyzing the largest available database on health-information-seeking behavior, the Cancer Information Service (CIS), a referral service sponsored by the National...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Tables
• Figures
• Introduction
• 1. The Search for Health Information
• 2. Comprehensive Health Communication Systems: A Cancer Example
• 3. The Cancer Information Service Evaluation: An Overview of Results
• 4. Differences Among CIS User Groups
• 5. The General Public's Search for Cancer Information
• 6. Symptomatic People's Search for Cancer Information
• 7. Cancer Patients' Search for Cancer Information
• 8. Stimulating Information Seeking
• 9. Knowledge and Utilization Gaps
• 10. Conclusions
• Appendix A: The History and Development of the CIS
• Appendix B: List of CIS Offices and Areas of Coverage, 1988
• Appendix C: CIS Call Record Form and Code Sheet
• Appendix D: CIS User Survey
• Appendix E: Selected CIS Data Tables
• Appendix F: List of NCI Cancer Communications Research Grantees
• References
• Index