TY - JOUR JF - hums-jmis JO - JMIS VL - 8 IS - 2 PY - 2022 Y1 - 2022/7/01 TI - Health Information Seeking Behaviors of Pregnant Women Referred to the Health Centers in Bushehr, Iran TT - رفتار اطلاع‌یابی زنان باردار مراجعه‌کننده به مراکز بهداشتی‌درمانی شهر بوشهر در سال 1399 N2 - Objective Teaching health information seeking skills to pregnant women can improve their health knowledge, self-care ability, and preventive behaviors. This study aims to survey the health information seeking behaviors of pregnant women referred to health centers in Bushehr, Iran. Methods This descriptive-analytical study with cross-sectional design was conducted in 2020 on 306 pregnant women referred to health centers in Bushehr, Iran who were selected using stratified random sampling method. Data were collected using a Health Information seeking Behavior Questionnaire and analyzed in SPSS v. 24 software using Chi-square test and Fisher’s exact test. Results The findings showed that 25% of pregnant women had favorable health information seeking behavior, and 75% had unfavorable information seeking behavior. There was a significant relationship between the educational level of pregnant women and their health information seeking behaviors (P=0.04). The rate of unfavorable information seeking behavior in women with no history of abortion was 72.1%; in women with a history of abortion, it was 77%; and in women with a history of more than one abortion was 93.3% (P=0.039). Conclusion The most of pregnant women in Bushehr has unfavorable health information seeking behaviors. Since inappropriate information-seeking behavior leads to incorrect information or lack of access to information, it is recommended to teach information seeking skills and consequently empower pregnant women to seek health information. SP - 114 EP - 125 AU - Seyyed Hossini, Shohreh AU - Ebrahimi Davvasi, Sareh AU - Najafi Sharjiabad, Fatemeh AU - Khosravi, Zahra AU - Khosravi, Abdolrasool AD - Department of Medical Library and Information Science, Faculty of Paramedicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran KW - Health KW - Information seeking Behavior KW - Pregnant Women UR - http://jmis.hums.ac.ir/article-1-367-en.html DO - 10.32598/JMIS.8.2.4 ER -