不同情境下老年人对健康信息源的选择差异研究

目的/意义] 揭示老年人健康信息源选择因情境不同而存在的差异，为助力图书情报机构更好地开展面向老年人的健康信息服务提供理论依据和对策建议。方法/过程] 参考信息源视野理论对信息源的分类，采用访谈法，分析老年人在处理健康危险状况、参与医疗决策、改变或预防不良健康行为这3种不同健康情境下获取健康信息的信息源选择差异，并结合人口学特征探究老年人在信息源选择数量上的群体间差异。结果/结论] 研究结果表明：①3种情境下，组织信息源和人际信息源均是老年人主要使用的信息源；②随着年龄的增长，老年人对人际信息源的依赖性逐渐增加；③3种情境下老年人对网络信息源、印刷信息源的使用程度都不高；④不同文化水平和自评经济状况的老年人群在信息源选择数量上存在明显差异，其中文化水平造成的差异在3种情境中均有体现，自评经济状况造成的差异体现在参与医疗决策和处理健康危险境况两种情境中。

Research on the Differences of the Elders' Choice of Health Information Sources in Health Situations

Purpose/significance] Research reveals that there are differences in the choice of health information sources for the elders due to different situations, which provides theoretical basis and countermeasures for the library and information agencies to better develop health information services for the elders. Method/process] Research refers to the classification of information sources by information source horizon theory. Interview method was used to analyze the differences of choicing the health information sources in three situations, including dealing with the health-threatening situation, participation and involvement in medical decision making, changing or preventing the poor health behaviors, and the demographic characteristics were used to explore the group difference between the elders in the number of information sources. Result/conclusion] Research results shows:firstly, in the three scenarios, organizational information sources and interpersonal information sources are the main information sources used by the elderly. Secondly, with the growth of age, the dependence of the elderly on interpersonal information sources gradually increases. Thirdly, under the three scenarios, the elderly are not high in the use of network information sources and printed information sources. Finally, there are obvious differences in the number of information source choices among the elders with different educational levels and self-assessment of economic status. Among them, the differences caused by educational levels are reflected in all three scenarios. The differences caused by self-assessment of economic status are reflected in situation of participation and involvement in medical decision making and health-threatening situation.