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Library Trends articles from January 2005
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Library Trends archives from January 2005
Introduction.
January 1, 2005... Making consumer health information accessible to the public has enhanced and empowered lives. How do we know this is fact? This unique issue will look at the research to show how librarians have been the change agents who cultivate and...
Providing health information to community members where they are: characteristics of the culturally competent librarian.
January 1, 2005... ABSTRACT
SINCE ALL PEOPLE MAKE HEALTH DECISIONS, all people need health information. Currently most people do not get health information from libraries; nevertheless, librarians can play an important role in the provision of health...
Collaboration and marketing ensure public and medical library viability.
January 1, 2005... ABSTRACT
THE INCREASED DEMAND FOR CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION over the past twenty years has inspired many to usurp the job of the librarian. Health professionals are writing articles about the provision of health information for their...
Health information literacy: a library case study.
January 1, 2005... ABSTRACT
CONCERN ABOUT HEALTH LITERACY IS ONE FACTOR driving an international movement to develop and disseminate health information that is easy to understand and appropriate for people who have difficulty reading or whose first...
Access to electronic health information for the public: analysis of fifty-three funded projects.
January 1, 2005... ABSTRACT
IN 2000 THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE (NLM), a component of the National Institutes of Health, funded fifty-three consumer health outreach projects through the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM). The goal of...
Building community bridges for health: consumer health librarians as health advocates.
January 1, 2005... ABSTRACT
CONSUMER HEALTH LIBRARIANS can and must function as health advocates within their communities, fostering and strengthening local health initiatives by joining community partnerships and providing health resources. Through their...
Philly health info: the college of physicians of Philadelphia's regional community health information project.
January 1, 2005... ABSTRACT
THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF PHILADELPHIA has created Philly Health Info (PHI), a regional community health information model. PHI objectives are, first, to provide as many citizens of greater Philadelphia as possible with...
Consumer health information from both sides of the reference desk.
January 1, 2005... ABSTRACT
THIS ARTICLE ADDRESSES ISSUES surrounding the provision of consumer health information in public libraries. Barriers to the use of public libraries by health care consumers are explored. Once a person has decided to try the...
Factors affecting the provision of consumer health information in public libraries: the last five years.
January 1, 2005... ABSTRACT
BETWEEN 9000 AND 2005 SEVERAL CHANGES have created an impact on libraries that provide consumer health information to the public. They include increased Internet connectivity; quality and amount of consumer health information...
Consumer health information services at Iowa City Public Library.
January 1, 2005... ABSTRACT
IOWA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY RECENTLY COMPLETED an eighteen-month consumer health project entitled Expanding Access to Consumer Health Electronic Resources in Iowa City and Rural Johnson County, Iowa. This project included...
