Learning about Health

Autor/inn/en	Geertshuis, Susan; Cooper-Thomas, Helena
Titel	Learning about Health
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 51 (2011) 3, S.518-546 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1443-1394
Schlagwörter	Patients; Decision Making; Anxiety; Predictor Variables; Competence; Health Behavior; Information Sources; Health Education; Health Promotion; Cognitive Psychology; Hypothesis Testing; Questionnaires; Mail Surveys; Client Characteristics (Human Services); Knowledge Level; Likert Scales; Learning Processes; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Patient; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Angst; Prädiktor; Kompetenz; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Information source; Informationsquelle; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Kognitive Psychologie; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Fragebogen; Erhebungsinstrument; Wissensbasis; Likert-Skala; Learning process; Lernprozess; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	This paper examines the extent of patients' health-related learning from a range of sources and aims to identify psycho-cognitive variables that predict learning. Using a survey design, we found that people higher in perceived health competence were lower in anxiety and took a more logical approach to decision making. Low perceived health competence was associated with avoidant decision making. Levels of learning were predicted by perceived health competence, decision-making orientations and anxiety. Perceived health competence was a significant positive predictor of both learning from health professionals and of learning from other sources, such as the internet. Rational decision-making orientation and anxiety, however, were not associated with learning from medical professionals but were predictive of levels of learning from other sources. Highly dependent decision makers reported learning more from their medical professionals. The implications for theory and practice are explored. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10