Browse Library Trends 53 (2) Fall 2004: Consumer Health Issues, Trends, and Research, Part I: Strategic Strides toward a Better Future by Title

  • Library Trends 53 (2) Fall 2004: Consumer Health Issues, Trends, and Research, Part I: Strategic Strides toward a Better Future 
    Mays, Tammy L. (Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., 2004)
    The Internet has propelled the consumer health movement to the forefront of libraries. Academic health sciences, clinical, hospital, consumer health, and public librarians across the country are seeing a continuous growth ...

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  • Medical Textbooks: Can Lay People Read and Understand Them? 
    Baker, Lynda M.; Gollop, Claudia J. (Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., 2004)
    The proliferation of health information has created a rich field of resources that many lay people can use to make informed health care decisions. For a large segment of the population, these resources will go unseen and ...

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  • MedlinePlus®: The National Library of Medicine® Brings Quality Information to Health Consumers 
    Miller, Naomi; Tyler, Rebecca J.; Backus, Joyce E.B. (Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., 2004)
    The National Library of Medicine’s (NLM®) MedlinePlus® is a high-quality gateway to consumer health information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other authoritative organizations. For decades, NLM ...

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  • Meeting the Health Information Needs of Diverse Populations 
    Alpi, Kristine M.; Bibel, Barbara M. (Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., 2004)
    Meeting the health information needs of diverse communities is a challenge for librarians. Libraries of many types have a duty to identify and maintain contact with constituents having a variety of health information needs. ...

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  • Training the Health Information Seeker: Quality Issues in Health Information Web Sites 
    Crespo, Javier (Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., 2004)
    This article explores evaluation issues in online consumer health information within the context of librarians as educators and intermediaries. Literature on Internet and health information seekers reveals that ...

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  • Watch Your Language 
    Sandstrom, Heidi T. (Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., 2004)
    The Pacific Southwest Regional Medical Library of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) hosted a one-day educational symposium entitled “Stake Your Claim to Health Literacy” in January 2004. The ...

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  • Where Am I to Go? Use of the Internet for Consumer Health Information by Two Vulnerable Communities 
    Detlefsen, Ellen Gay (Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., 2004)
    The elderly and African Americans are groups sometimes described as vulnerable or at risk for health complications, and both are communities for whom consumer health information is believed to be important. A review of ...

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  • Why Develop Web-Based Health Information Workshops for Consumers? 
    Kovacs, Diane K. (Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., 2004)
    Developing Web-based consumer health information workshops can be a great way to promote the value of library services and encourage the use of high-quality health information by consumers. This article begins with ...

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  • Working with Immigrant and Refugee Populations: Issues and Hmong Case Study 
    Allen, Margaret; Matthew, Suzanne; Boland, Mary Jo (Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., 2004)
    There is a critical need to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate health information for immigrant and refugee populations. This article discusses the challenges related to providing health information for ...

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