Health and Wellness Information for Librarians Dave Castelli Trudy Jorgensen-Price #ula2016
Paging Dr. Google
Wikipedia Pages Updated
Medical Reporting in Popular Media Does it matter who the reporter is? HealthNewsReview.org
The importance of health literacy Health literacy affects your health filing out health forms understanding what the doctor is saying to you following doctors recommendations following prescription medication instructions agreeing to treatments
Health Literacy Chart retrieved from:
The CRAAP Test
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Dr. Oz
WebMD Almost always in your top 10 search results—so can we trust it?
MedlinePlus.gov
MayoClinic.org
Complementary and Integrative Medicine
Association Webpages Diabetes.org Cancer.org & cancer.gov Aafa.org Heart.org Mentalhealth.gov
Medical Library Association
Other ways to get the training you need: The Medical Library Association can help! Consumer Health Information Specialist (CHIS) Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP)
CHIS Help you keep current in the consumer health information field Level I 12 hours in approved CHIS courses basic familiarity with consumer health information resources Level II 24 hours in approved CHIS courses additional training in consumer health areas
AHIP Academy of Health Information Professionals – MLA’s professional development program – Progress depends on medical library experience, conference attendance, writing, research, presenting, etc. – CHIS credits can be applied
Health Information Population Health – Providers are rewarded for keeping patients healthy – Increased patient interest – Increased patient use of Internet Drug information Symptom checkers
And then what about Healthy Living information? Mayohealth.org Healthfinder.gov Toxnet.gov Choosemyplate.gov Whatscooking.fns.usda.gov
The Nudge
The best tool?
Load it up!
Use and protect it!
Health Information Landscape NLM apps v/mobile/ v/mobile/ U-Bar edu/hospital/library/u- bar-apps.php edu/hospital/library/u- bar-apps.php