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Perceived Hindrances to Health Information

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Information Literacy in a Post-Truth Era (ECIL 2021)

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The paper examines perceived hindrances to information about healthy living and how it relates to education, age, and sex. Data was collected by a survey, using a random sample of 1,800 people aged 18 years and older. The response rate was 39%. In addition to background questions, information hindrances were measured by a total of 15 questions, which are all in the form of statements. For six of the 15 statements presented in the study, half or more of participants in all socio-demographic groups agreed that they describe hindrances. The participants´ experience of the hindrances varied though. Findings about socio-demographic differences mainly related to age and education, although differences by sex were also found for some of the hindrances.

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The study was supported by the University of Iceland Research Fund.

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    Ágústa Pálsdóttir

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  1. Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

    Serap Kurbanoğlu

  2. University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Sonja Špiranec

  3. Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

    Yurdagül Ünal

  4. Université Gustave Eiffel, Champs-sur-Marne, France

    Joumana Boustany

  5. University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Denis Kos

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Pálsdóttir, Á. (2022). Perceived Hindrances to Health Information. In: Kurbanoğlu, S., Špiranec, S., Ünal, Y., Boustany, J., Kos, D. (eds) Information Literacy in a Post-Truth Era. ECIL 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1533. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99885-1_4

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