Dynamics of health information-seeking behaviour among older adults with very low incomes in Ghana

A qualitative study

Bibliographic Data

ID15359116
AuthorsWilliams Agyemang-Duah (0000-0001-8658-004X), Williams Agyemang‐Duah (0000-0001-7929-0685, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, corresponding author), Francis Arthur-Holmes (0000-0002-5099-4555), Charles Peprah (0000-0002-1668-4836, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology), Dina Adei (0000-0003-3922-5736, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology), Prince Peprah (0000-0002-3816-2713, UNSW Sydney)
Year2020
Volume20
Issue1
Pages928-928
Publication date2020-06-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-020-08982-1
PMID32539693
OpenAlexW3035145793
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited29

An adequate and reliable source of information is essential to promoting the health of older people. Their inability to secure the right health information could further worsen their health status. Thus, the study provides the need for appropriate health policy interventions on the sources and types of health information sought by older adults with very low incomes in Ghana. Healthcare providers are recommended to remain open, friendly and receptive to older people to allow them to seek and obtain health information as they [healthcare providers] constitute the most reliable health information source

Biostatistics · Business · Economic growth · Environmental health · Focus group · Health care · Psychological intervention · Public health · Qualitative research · Thematic analysis · Chronic Disease Management Strategies · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Health Literacy and Information Accessibility · Medicine · Nursing · Gerontology · Health Informatics · Health Policy

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