Health information-seeking behaviours among older adults in Hanoi city, 2019

Authors

  • Trần Văn Đình National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi
  • Nguyễn Thị Châu Anh Hanoi Medical University
  • Hoàng Hải National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi
  • Nguyễn Thị Thu Hanoi Population and Family Planning Branch
  • Tạ Quang Huy Hanoi Population and Family Planning Branch
  • Lê Thị Phương Mai National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51403/0868-2836/2020/302

Keywords:

Seeking behaviours, health information, older adults, Hanoi

Abstract

This cross-sectional study aimed to describe the health information seeking behavior among older adults in Hanoi. Data were collected by face to face interview using a structured questionnaire amongst 480 older adults in 6 districts in Hanoi, 2019. The results showed that majority of the older adults had health information from television (84.2%), radio (59.7%), and from commune health workers (55.4%). Topics which the older adults obtained from the above sources were noncommunicalbe disease prevention (61%), healthy eating (60.0%), and skeletal-musclejoint diseases (58.1%). The older adults in Hanoi want to learn knowledge on skeletal-musclejoint diseases (56.9%), healthy eating (55.0%), non-communicalbe disease prevention (53.1%) and sleep disorders (34.0%). Those topics need to be integrated in health education, and health promotion activities for older adults in Hanoi in the future.

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Published

01-05-2021

How to Cite

Đình, T. V. ., Anh, N. T. C. ., Hải, H. ., Thu, N. T. ., Huy, T. Q. ., & Mai, L. T. P. . (2021). Health information-seeking behaviours among older adults in Hanoi city, 2019. Vietnam Journal of Preventive Medicine, 30(1), 95–101. https://doi.org/10.51403/0868-2836/2020/302

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