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  Construct Details
  
Construct Name: Information scanning from non-clinical sources
Definition of Construct: “...information acquisition that occurs within routine patterns of exposure to mediated and interpersonal sources that can be recalled with a minimal prompt” (Niederdeppe et al., 2007, p. 154).
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Similar Constructs: Griffin et al.’s (1999) concept of routine information acquisition; Atkin’s (1973) discussion of information yielding; and Brashers et al.’s (2000) process of “passive information seeking” (Kelly, Niederdeppe, Hornik, in press).
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ReferencesPubMed IDComment
Niederdeppe, Jeff, Hornik, Robert C., Kelly, Bridget J., Frosch, Dominick L., Romantan, Anca, Stevens, Robin S., Barg, Frances K., Weiner, Judith L. and Schwartz, J. Sanford(2007)'Examining the Dimensions of Cancer-Related Information Seeking and Scanning Behavior',Health Communication,22:2,153 — 167 
Kelly, B.J., Niederdeppe, J., & Hornik, B.C. (in press). Validating Measures of Scanned Information Exposure in the Context of Cancer Prevention and Screening Behaviors. Journal of Health Communication.  

MeasuresDatasets
Cancer information scanning
Cancer risk assessment survey
(Last Updated: 8/28/2009 4:26:45 PM by Sarah Parvanta)


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