1. African American men's perceptions of factors influencing health-information seeking.
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Sanders Thompson VL, Talley M, Caito N, and Kreuter M
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- Adult, Cultural Characteristics, Focus Groups, Humans, Male, Medical Informatics, Middle Aged, Needs Assessment, Patient Acceptance of Health Care statistics & numerical data, Psychology, Qualitative Research, Risk Factors, Socioeconomic Factors, United States, Young Adult, Black or African American ethnology, Consumer Health Information statistics & numerical data, Health Behavior ethnology, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Men's Health ethnology
- Abstract
The lack of health information is one of several factors implicated in the poor health status of African American men. Although a growing body of research delineates the obstacles to African Americans' engagement in preventive health behaviors, relatively little is known about the barriers that adversely affect men's involvement in health-information seeking. This article presents qualitative data on African American men's information seeking through an analysis of focus group data. Three research questions are addressed: (a) What health-information concerns and needs do African American men have? (b) How do African American men describe their efforts to obtain health information? and (c) What factors facilitate or inhibit health-information seeking by African American men? The implications of the data and suggestions for future research are provided.
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- 2009
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