Abstract
Since the earliest times a major focus of nursing has been to provide health care information to those in their care. The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate information retrieval of consumers using NetWellness ®, a community health information network. Using Orem's Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory, six research questions were developed. These questions were designed to determine if there were any differences in information retrieval based on whether the participants were self-care agents or dependent-care agents, or whether differences were based on basic conditioning factors identified as age, gender, race, household income and educational levels. In addition questions were included to determine the consumers' satisfaction with NetWellness ® and to identify specific topics directed to experts.
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Eta Chi
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Observational
Research Approach
Pilot/Exploratory Study
Keywords:
Patient Education, Community Nursing, Computer-assisted Patient Care
Advisor
Elizabeth Weiner
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
University of Cincinnati
Degree Year
2000
Recommended Citation
Rieg, Linda C., "Information retrieval of self-care and dependent-care agents using NetWellness, a consumer health information network" (2019). Dissertations. 665.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/665
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2019-05-31
Full Text of Presentation
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Description
This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 9994143; ProQuest document ID: 304589259. The author still retains copyright.