the purpose of this study is to explore and classify the perceptions of the phenomenon of hypocrisy in organization from viewpoint of employees in a university using phenomenography, so that achieving to a deeper understanding of this phenomenon. sampling was done by maximum variation method and sample size was determined 30 people using theoretical saturation. some open semi-structural intervi...

OBJECTIVE To compare pregnancy intention and domestic violence among women with induced and spontaneous abortion. METHOD Case-control study in Mulago Hospital, Uganda, from September 2003 to June 2004 of 942 women seeking post-abortion care. Direct inquiry, records review and clinical examination identified 333 with induced abortion (cases) and 609 with spontaneous abortion (controls), who we...

BACKGROUND There is a need to identify interventions that increase help seeking for depression among young adults. OBJECTIVE The aim was to evaluate a brief depression information intervention employing health e-cards (personalized emails containing links to health information presented on a Web page). METHODS A randomized controlled trial was carried out with 348 19- to 24-year-olds drawn ...

User participations in virtual communities include both information seeking and sharing behaviors to varying degrees. The intentions to share and to seek information may have different motivations. . However, existing studies rarely analyze the intentions for both types of behaviors. This study explicates the antecedents of the two types of usage intentions – intentions to share and intentions ...

This study aims to understand the web risk information seeking intention of end users. Applying the risk information seeking and processing model (RISP), this paper examines end users’ web risk information seeking intention. Hypotheses are proposed concerning the intention to seek information about one emerging web risk: cross site scripting. Data were collected from 201 college students in the...

BACKGROUND Early treatment seeking for cough is crucial in the prevention and control of Tuberculosis. This study was intended to assess treatment seeking intention of people with cough of more than two weeks, and to identify its predictors. METHODS A community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 763 individuals with cough of more than two weeks in East Wollega Zone from March 10 ...

Students Academic Information System (SAIS) is an application that provides academic information for the students. The security policy applied by our university requires the students to renew their SAIS password based on the university’s policy. This study aims to analyze SAIS users’ behavior by using six variables adapted from Protection Motivation Theory (PMT), which are Perceived Severity, P...

In the last decade, the Hispanic population of the United States has grown exponentially. The purchasing power of Hispanics in the United States exceeds $870 billion. However, little is known about Hispanics‘ informationseeking and online-purchase behaviors. This study attempts to fill the gaps in the existing literature. We develop a model of Hispanics‘ online information seeking and purchase ...