title: Health information-seeking behaviour
text: # Health information-seeking behaviour
  
  Health information-seeking behaviour (HISB), also known as health information seeking, health seeking behaviour or health information behaviour, refers to a series interaction that reduce uncertainty regarding health status, but also to construct a social and personal sense of health. HISB is a key strategy for many people to understand their health problems and to cope with illness. Recently, thanks to the development of the technologies and networks, people have a trend of seeking health information on the Internet. Particularly, when it comes to the following scenarios, people tend to carry out online HISB:
  
  * Encountering health issues
  * Received conflicting information
  * The cause is relevant to known people (such as family members and friends)
  * Out of curiosity
  