Kristina Eriksson?Backa|Stefan Ek|Raimo Niemelä|Maija Leena Huotari
Health information literacy in everyday life: A study of Finns aged 65–79 years
Åbo Akademi University|University of Oulu
article examines health information literacy elderly finns results based survey conducted january 2011 questionnaire distributed 1000 persons randomly drawn finnish population register respondents aged 6579 years mean age 70 years lived turku region finland total 281 questionnaires 28 returned 2 analyses used find possible relationships demographic factors well interest seeking activity current selfrated health different dimensions health information literacy including needs seeking use healthrelated information significant relationships found education level interest health information seeking activity selfrated current health dimensions health information literacy categories elderly people vulnerable regarding obtaining use health information lower levels education poor health interested active seeking information people found categories important available healthrelated information understandable accessed without much effortsomething information providers take account