Shieh Carol, McDaniel Anna, Ke Irene
Carol Shieh, RNC, MPH, DNSc, is an Assistant Professor at the Indiana University School of Nursing, Department of Environments for Health, Indianapolis, IN.Anna McDaniel, RN, DNS, FAAN, is Professor of Nursing and Informatics at the Indiana University Schools of Nursing and Informatics, Indianapolis, IN.Irene Ke, MS, MLS, is the Director of Library Instruction and Information Literacy Program at the MD Anderson Library, University of Houston, Houston, TX.
J Midwifery Womens Health. 2009 Sep-Oct;54(5):364-372. doi: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2008.12.017.
This study examined information-seeking and its predictors (information needs and barriers) in low-income pregnant women. Eighty-four pregnant women from a prenatal clinic were interviewed using three scales that measured the frequency of information-seeking from eight different sources, information needs for 20 pregnancy health topics, and 15 barriers to seeking information, respectively. Most women were black, unmarried, between 20 and 29 years of age, high school educated or less, multigravidas, and in their third trimester of pregnancy. Information needs and barriers were significant predictors of information-seeking. Together, they explained 26% of the variance in the seeking outcome. High information needs and low barriers predicted more frequent information-seeking. First pregnancy and asthma during pregnancy were significant covariates for information-seeking. Information needs and barriers are related to information-seeking among low-income pregnant women. To facilitate pregnant women's information-seeking, health care providers may assess a woman's need for information and barriers that the woman experiences when seeking information, and factors such as first pregnancy and asthma.
本研究调查了低收入孕妇的信息寻求行为及其预测因素（信息需求和障碍）。对来自一家产前诊所的84名孕妇进行了访谈，使用了三个量表，分别测量从八个不同来源获取信息的频率、20个孕期健康主题的信息需求以及15个信息寻求障碍。大多数女性为黑人、未婚、年龄在20至29岁之间、高中及以下学历、多产妇且处于妊娠晚期。信息需求和障碍是信息寻求行为的重要预测因素。它们共同解释了寻求信息结果中26%的方差。高信息需求和低障碍预示着更频繁的信息寻求行为。初孕和孕期哮喘是信息寻求行为的显著协变量。信息需求和障碍与低收入孕妇的信息寻求行为相关。为了促进孕妇的信息寻求行为，医疗保健提供者可以评估女性的信息需求以及女性在寻求信息时所遇到的障碍，以及诸如初孕和哮喘等因素。
