Health Information Seeking Among Women with Spinal Cord Injury

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM

Location: ROOM: Continental A Ballroom DIRECTIONS Lobby Level: From the Main Elevator Bank, proceed right toward the Fed Ex office. At the Fed Ex Office, turn right and proceed past the ACRM registration desk to the Continental Foyer and Ballroom.

Presenting Author(s)

Susan Robinson-Whelen, PhD (she/her/hers)

Researcher
TIRR Memorial Hermann / Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Slides Slides

Non-presenting Author(s)

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Taylor Eldridge

Doctoral Student
Sam Houston State University
Hunstville, Texas, United States
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Alice Ahn

Doctoral Student
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, Texas, United States
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Chelsea Ratcliff

Assoc Professor
Sam Houston State University
Hunstville, Texas, United States
Heather B. Taylor, PhD (she/her/hers)

DIrector, Spinal Cord Injury and Disability Research Center
TIRR Memorial Hermann
Houston, Texas, United States
Rosemary B. Hughes, PhD, PhD (she/her/hers)

Assoc Professor
University of Montana
Missoula, Montana, United States

Dr. Robinson-Whelen will present findings from a survey of health information seeking by women with spinal cord injury (SCI) and share a recently developed, publically available health information repository for women with SCI.

Learning Objectives:

Describe the varied ways that women with SCI use the Internet for health-related purposes
Describe the health-related topics most often searched by women with SCI
Describe the challenges women with SCI face in accessing good health information online