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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Commun. 2016 Mar 16;21(4):469–478. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2015.1095822

Table 1. Health Information Seeking Behavior.

Guam US
Weighted %
(N)
Weighted %
(N)
Have you ever looked for information on health or
medical topics from any source? (n=510)
Yes 79.7 (411) 79.9 (3181)
No 20.3 (99) 20.1 (788)
The most recent time you looked for information
about health or medical topics, where did you go
first?
Internet 69.1 (261) 69.6 (1691)
Printed Materials 13.7 (34) 09.8 (372)
Healthcare Provider 11.3 (29) 13.6 (436)
Other 05.9 (26) 06.9 (200)
Imagine that you had a strong need to get
information about health or medical topics. Where
would you go first?
Internet 45.8 (251) 39.4 (1391)
Printed Materials 05.6 (18) 03.0 (152)
Healthcare provider 38.2 (163) 52.2 (2023)
Other sources 10.4 (60) 05.4 (210)
Have you ever looked for information about
cancer from any source?
Yes 65.8 (341) 51.8 (2153)
No 34.2 (168) 48.2 (1773)
In the past 12 months, have you used the internet
to look for health or medical information for
yourself?
Yes 79.1 (354) 78.0 (2238)
No 20.9 (91) 22.0 (662)