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Health Information Literacy
The American Corner Yerevan (ACY)
Saturday 7 July, 2012
Charles J GreenbergSpecial Projects Librarian
Yale Medical LibraryFulbright Specialist, Yerevan,
Armenia21 June – 10 July, 2012
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Terminology
• Health Literacy–An individual's ability to read, understand and use healthcare information to make decisions and follow instructions for treatment
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Terminology
•What are basic health literacy tasks? Understanding doctor's instructions
Following the directions on a prescription pill container
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Health Literacy Video
http://vimeo.com/34584020
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Terminology
• Information Literacy–competencies that enables individuals to recognize needs for information, and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use information effectively
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Information Literacy and
Library Research
•locate, evaluate, and use information effectively
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Information Literacy Video
What is a citation?• by Khue Duong
http://vimeo.com/25463298
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Health Literacy
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Health Information
Literacy
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Health Information Literacy
• Recognize a health information need
• Identify information sources• Assess the quality of the
information• Understand and use the
information to make decisions
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Recognize a health information need
Health Information Literacy
Having Health Problemsby dobrien
http://vimeo.com/2369694
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Identify information sources
Health Information Literacy
“80% of internet users, or 59% of U.S. adults, look online for health information.”
http://www.pewinternet.org/Commentary/2011/November/Pew-Internet-Health.aspx
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Assess the quality of the information
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Health Information Literacy
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Understand and use the information to make decisions
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Health Information Literacy
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Focus this Week• Health Information Literacy
–assess the quality of the information.
Assessing the quality of Information found on web sites:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMb0_5pI-u4&feature=related
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Where can you learn how to assess health web sites?
• Health on the Net Foundation (NGO)• http://healthonnet.org/
• US National Library of Medicine- MedlinePlus• http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/criteria.html
• US National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine• http://nccam.nih.gov/health/webresources/
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Health on the Net Foundation
http://www.hon.ch/
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Health on the Net (HON) Code
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HON Evaluation Criteria
• Authoritative- author qualifications• Complementary- does not replace experts• Privacy & Confidentiality• Attribution- sources for statements• Justifiability- back up claims• Transparency- identities and contacts• Financial disclosure• Advertising policy- Ads labeled?
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Some Problematic Sites
•http://www.healthcentral.com/
•http://www.hepc-connection.org/
•http://www.sleepeducation.com/
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Recommendations for Consumers (everybody!)
• Start with a Medical Library web site that evaluates and recommends health information. www.medlib.am , www.medlineplus.gov , www.mayoclinic.org
• When find out about a health web site, remember that a web site must never replace your relationship with your physician.
• Ask librarians for assistance in using health information web sites.
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Recommendations for Librarians
• Always do a formal evaluation of a health web site according to HON or other criteria before adding a link.
• Google will offer paid ads and frequently cited pages. If you search Google for a health topic, look at the first page of results for either MedlinePlus or MayoClinic links.
• Build library web pages that teach health information literacy and try teaching it yourself.
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Thank you!
A PDF of this presentation, and a copy of the evaluation form used in my library school class is available on http://www.hyelibrarians.net/materials