Búsqueda y exposición incidental a información de salud entre adultos en Santiago, Chile: resultados descriptivos de la primera encuesta sobre entornos informativos de salud EIS Chile / Health information acquisition among Chilean adults
People base their health decisions on the information they obtained from their environment, which includes health care providers, the media, and interpersonal networks. Learning about patterns of information acquisition allows the identification of people's preferred sources.
Aim:
To report the results of a survey about health information seeking, source trust, and routine exposure to health information. MATERIAL AND
This survey about health information seeking is a valuable tool to learn about people's health information environments and how these contents can influence their practices.