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Health Information Seeking Among General Public In India During Covid 19 Outbreak: Exploring Healthcare Practices, Information Needs, Preferred Information Sources And Problems, Nida Nafees, Daud Khan
Health Information Seeking Among General Public In India During Covid 19 Outbreak: Exploring Healthcare Practices, Information Needs, Preferred Information Sources And Problems, Nida Nafees, Daud Khan
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Background: As of October 1, 2020, World Health Organization (WHO) reports that COVID-19 has spread in 216 countries or territories or areas which results into throwing billions of lives under lockdown as healthcare services struggle to cope. Therefore, timely access to healthcare information during COVID-19 crisis is mandatory to restrain its spread.
Objectives: To comprehend the information needs and seeking behaviour of general public during COVID-19 outbreak in India.
Methods: A national survey through an online questionnaire was conducted in India and 1310 respondents participated in the study through snowball sampling technique.
Results: The most decisive information needs of majority …