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Participants completed a 10\u2010item, self\u2010report survey on their sources of health information, healthcare providers sought for health and wellness and health\u2010seeking behaviours when ill. Responses were evaluated across two age groups (&lt;60 vs. \u226560\u2009years) and genders using generalized linear mixed models.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Surveys were completed by 1202 participants in rural settings (64.6% female, mean age 49.5\u2009\u00b1\u200917.6). Friends and\/or family were their key source of health information (59.6%), followed by traditional media (37%) and healthcare professionals (12.2%). For health promotion, participants went to healthcare professionals (60.9%), informal healthcare providers (17.2%) or others (7.2%). When ill, they visited a healthcare professional 69.1% of the time, self\u2010medicated (43.9%), prayed (39.5%) or sought treatment from a rural health clinic (31.5%). We also found differences in health\u2010seeking behaviours based on age and gender.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our findings highlight the need to organize programs that explicitly deliver accurate health information and adequate care for wellness and illness. Study findings emphasize the importance of integrating family, friends, media and healthcare professionals, including public health nurses, to deliver evidence\u2010based health information, health promotion and sufficient treatment to medically underserved Filipinos.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Implications<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>New knowledge provides valuable information to healthcare providers, including public health nurses, in addressing health disparities among medically underserved Filipinos.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Impact<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study addresses the current knowledge gap in a medically vulnerable population. Healthcare professionals are not the primary sources of health information. Approximately one\u2010third of participants do not seek them for health promotion or treatment even when ill, exacerbating health inequities. More work is necessary to support initiatives in low\u2010 and middle\u2010income countries such as the Philippines to reduce health disparities.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Reporting Method<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We adhered to the reporting guidelines of STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) for cross\u2010sectional studies.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Patient or Public Contribution<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>There was no patient or public contribution as our study design and methodology do not make this necessary.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/nop2.2140","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,16]],"date-time":"2024-03-16T02:41:33Z","timestamp":1710556893000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Health information sources and health\u2010seeking behaviours of Filipinos living in medically underserved communities: Empirical quantitative research"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3359-1946","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jennifer","family":"Kawi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Nursing, University of Nevada Las Vegas  Las Vegas Nevada USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Miguel","family":"Fudolig","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Public Health, University of Nevada Las Vegas  Las Vegas Nevada USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Reimund","family":"Serafica","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Nursing, University of Nevada Las Vegas  Las Vegas Nevada USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrew T.","family":"Reyes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Nursing, University of Nevada Las Vegas  Las Vegas Nevada USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Francisco","family":"Sy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Public Health, University of Nevada Las Vegas  Las Vegas Nevada USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Erwin William A.","family":"Leyva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Nursing, University of the Philippines  Manila Philippines"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lorraine S.","family":"Evangelista","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Nursing, University of Nevada Las Vegas  Las Vegas Nevada USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_17_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/16549716.2017.1305765"},{"key":"e_1_2_17_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/17538068.2017.1313627"},{"key":"e_1_2_17_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12874\u2010017\u20100346\u20100"},{"key":"e_1_2_17_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0733464812453518"},{"key":"e_1_2_17_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0733464813495109"},{"key":"e_1_2_17_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/geront\/gnx203"},{"key":"e_1_2_17_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/978\u2010981\u201013\u20106268\u20102_8"},{"key":"e_1_2_17_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/issr.12295"},{"key":"e_1_2_17_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjgh\u20102019\u2010001551"},{"key":"e_1_2_17_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12992\u2010017\u20100255\u20103"},{"key":"e_1_2_17_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/eurjcn\/zvaa039"},{"key":"e_1_2_17_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0272684x20908846"},{"key":"e_1_2_17_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/opn.12179"},{"key":"e_1_2_17_15_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12939\u2010018\u20100738\u20108"},{"key":"e_1_2_17_16_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/23779608221084962"},{"key":"e_1_2_17_17_1","volume-title":"Philippine health facility development plan 2020\u20132040","author":"Department of Health","year":"2020"},{"key":"e_1_2_17_18_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/1557988319829953"},{"key":"e_1_2_17_19_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1161\/circ.144.suppl_1.12770"},{"key":"e_1_2_17_20_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/08901171211018135"},{"key":"e_1_2_17_21_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/1524838019852638"},{"key":"e_1_2_17_22_1","unstructured":"General Assembly of the United Nations. 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