Comparing Cancer Information Needs for Consumers in the US and China

摘要：

　　Due to the differences in environments and cultures, consumers seeking cancer information in various regions of the world may have diverse needs. This study compares the cancer information needs for consumers in the US and China. Specifically, we first collected 1,000 cancer-related questions from Yahoo! Answers and Baidu Zhidao, respectively. Then, we developed a taxonomy of health information needs and manually classified the questions using the taxonomy. Finally, we analyzed the characteristics of information needs from consumers in both countries and summarized the differences between them. Our study demonstrated that although there are some common needs between consumers in the US and China, there are several significant differences between the two countries: the Chinese consumers are more likely to seek diagnosis and treatment online, while the US consumers prefer to seek common medical knowledge online.

关键词： Cancer Information Needs Taxonomy Consumer Health Informatics

作者: Zongcheng Ji Yaoyun Zhang Jun Xu Xiaoling Chen Yonghui Wu Hua Xu

作者单位: School of Biomedical Informatics,The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston,Houston,USA

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 第十六届世界医药健康信息学大会((MEDINFO2017)、第二届世界医药健康信息学华语论坛(WCHIS 2017)、第15届全国医药信息学大会(CMIA 2017)

会议地点: 苏州

会议语种:英文

页码: 126-130

在线出版日期: 2017-08-21（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）