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Senior Citizens Science Literacy and Health Self-efficacy Beliefs

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Information Literacy in the Workplace (ECIL 2017)

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The communication of scientific knowledge about health related issues, and the enhancement of science literacy, has been generally recognized as an important factor in relation to lifelong learning about health. The significance of health self-efficacy beliefs has been emphasised in this respect. The study used the Perceived Health Competence Scale (PHCS) to examine the health self-efficacy of senior citizens 60 years and older. A total of 176 participants were divided in two age groups, 87 participants were 60 to 67 years old and 89 participants were 68 years or older. Seniors aged 60 to 67 years with primary education scored significantly lower on four out of eight statements, than those who had higher education, while seniors 68 years and older with primary education scored significantly lower for one statement. Taken together, the results indicate that senior citizens with primary education believe less strongly in their capabilities to effectively managing their health than seniors with higher education.

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  1. Department of Information Science, University of Iceland, Gimli v/Sæmundargötu, 101, Reykjavík, Iceland

    Ágústa Pálsdóttir

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  1. Hacettepe University, Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey

    Serap Kurbanoğlu

  2. University of Paris-Est, Champs-sur-Marne, France

    Joumana Boustany

  3. University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Sonja Špiranec

  4. University of California (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, USA

    Esther Grassian

  5. University of California (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, USA

    Diane Mizrachi

  6. University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA

    Loriene Roy

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Pálsdóttir, Á. (2018). Senior Citizens Science Literacy and Health Self-efficacy Beliefs. In: Kurbanoğlu, S., Boustany, J., Špiranec, S., Grassian, E., Mizrachi, D., Roy, L. (eds) Information Literacy in the Workplace. ECIL 2017. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 810. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74334-9_42

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