%0 Thesis
%9 Bachelor
%A Veenstra, Stijn
%D 2024
%F theses_frw:4486
%P 24
%T “How is the ambulance supposed to cross the sea?” A Study of Healthcare Decisions away from home.
%U https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4486/
%X This bachelor thesis examines the health information-seeking behaviours of tourists in unfamiliar settings, with a case study on an island on Schiermonnikoog. It explores the scarcely researched field of how tourists' health literacy could be influenced by previous visits, distance from their usual residence, and age, and how this affects their health information-seeking behaviours and decision-making in healthcare situations. The research utilises a survey method with a convenient sampling strategy to collect data from tourists at three key locations on the island. In the end, the data of 53 participants were collected. After using multiple analysis methods, such as the binomial regression and chi-square test the findings indicate that there is no sign of significant correlation between the amount of additional healthcare information gathered by tourists and factors such as the perceived consequences of illness, distance from home, or previous visits to the island. However, there is a significant association between the age of tourists and their tendency to seek additional health information. This research sheds light on the complex health information-seeking behavioural processes of tourists regarding their healthcare, designing a platform for further studies with larger and more diverse samples to fully understand these health information-seeking behaviours.