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Understanding Breast-Cancer Patients' Perceptions: Health Information-Seeking Behaviour And Passive Information Receipt, Daniel Longo, Bin Ge, M Radina, Allen Greiner, Casey Williams, Gregory Longo, Dawne Mouzon, Ana Natale-Pereira, Debbie Salas-Lopez

Debbie Salas-Lopez MD, MPH

It is critical to understand patients' information use from the patient perspective, especially when patients are from different cultures and levels of health literacy. A cross-sectional survey supplemented with interviews of breast cancer survivors including both Latina and non-Latina women was undertaken. Subjects were classified as active information seekers, passive information receivers, and/or users of information. Subjects were further classified by stage of information use, progressing from unawareness or awareness of available information to use or non-use of information to make health decisions. Information sources used and use patterns were examined. Most were active information seekers; many were also passive …