national library of medicine consumer health update michelle eberle, ms lisnn/lm ner feb 2010
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NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CONSUMER HEALTH
UPDATE
Michelle Eberle, MS LIS NN/LM NERFeb 2010
What is the strongest predictor of an individual’s health status? Age Income Employment status Educations Literacy skills Racial/ethnic group
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Fill in the blanks
One out of ? American adults reads at the 5th grade level or below, and the average.
one out of 5
The average American reads at the 8th to 9th grade level,
yet most health care materials are written above the ? grade level.
10th grade
Source: Partnership for Clear Health Communication at the National Patient Safety Foundation http://www.npsf.org/askme3/pdfs/STATS_GLANCE_EN.pdf
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Health literacy
the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, understand, and act on health information
Source: CDC, Healthy People 2010
Health information literacy
The set of abilities needed to: Recognize a health information need Identify likely information sources and use
them to retrieve relevant information Assess the quality of the information and
its applicability to a specific situation Analyze, understand and use the
information to make good health decisions
Source: Medical Library Association
HealthLiteracyFactors
What can you do?
Get
The
Word
Out
Hold a workshop MLA Health Information Literacy Project Help rewrite patient handouts Join your patient education committee Spread the message that literacy is a skill Apply for NN/LM NER funding Learn more Promote NLM health resources for the public Other?
Resources for Consumer Health Information
What’s New?
National Library of Medicine
“Richard Scarry’s Great Big Air Book”
Green cleaning
The non toxic trio: Baking soda Castile soap White vinegar
Source: Gavigan, Christopher, Healthy Child Healthy World, Creating a Cleaner, Greener, Safer Home, 2008.
Other agents: Lemon Essential oils
http://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov/
LactMed
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov Free online database with information on
drugs and lactation Over 500 drugs Data mined from scientific literarue Fully referenced Links to PubMed citations Breast feeding links
LactMed
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http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov
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http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov
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http://dietarysupplements.nlm.nih.gov
http://pillbox.nlm.nih.gov
http://womenshealthresources.nlm.nih.gov
http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov
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What will I find on Profiles in Science?
Profiles in Sciences includes photos and much more!!!
Profiles in Science includes research and papers…
Profiles in Science includes correspondence…
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http://nihseniorhealth.gov
NIHSeniorHealth.gov
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http://clinicaltrials.gov
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov
http://phpartners.org
evolution of e-patients
In 2000, 52 million Americans searched the internet for health
In 2002, 73 million…
In 2006, “Googling for a diagnosis” [BMJ]
In 2006, only one quarter of online health seekers said they always or usually check the source and date of health information online!
In 2009, e-patients – searching for a “just in time someone like me”
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http://m.medlineplus.gov
HealthDay videos – MedlinePlus news
MedlinePlus Magazine
A quarterly publication of the Friends of the National Library of Medicine.
Get a free subscription!
in Spanish too!
NIH MedlinePlus Salud MagazineBilingual format!
http://nihnewsinhealth.nih.gov
Multilingual health Information:In over 40 languages!
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What are collections?
What are clusters?
Search tips
For phrase searching, use quotes “Asperger’s Syndrome”
Can search a specific site Ex/ bullying site:kidshealth.org
Not case sensitive Will spell check Can use Boolean searching ( OR, NOT ) With +, can limit search term to exactly what
you With *, can search for variations of a word
Surgery Videos
Source: OR-Live.com
The most popular surgery video?
Free Trifold Brochures for Users in English and Spanish
Top 100 search terms – updated daily!
Top sources consulted for health information?
Health professional = 86% Friend or family member = 68% Internet=57% Books or other printed material=54% Insurance provider=33% Other source=5%
Source: Pew Internet and American Life Project
The Social Life of Health Information, June 2009
MLA Health Information Literacy Survey Findings
Majority felt provision of consumer health information resources critically important to fulfilling hospital mission
General awareness of online consumer health information resources, but little awareness of Information Rx or similar services
Majority believed their hospital could improve health literacy by training staff to respond appropriately to patient health information needs
Source: Shipman, Jean. Results from the NLM/MLA Health Information Literacy (HIL) Project, presentation Dec. 2009.
Source: CHANGING for GOOD by Prochaska, Norcross and Diclemente, 1995
TranstheoreticalChange Model
NN/LM Funding
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http://nnlm.gov/ner/training/resources.html
http://nnlm.gov/ner/blog
Questions?
Thank you!
Michelle EberleConsumer Health Information CoordinatorNN/LM New England [email protected](508) 856-2435 / (800) 338-7657
This project is supported under contract #N01-LM-6-3508 with the NN/LM New England Region from the National Library of Medicine.