Consumer Health Resources in GALILEO Peter Shipman MLIS Robert B. Greenblatt, MD Library Medical College of Georgia

COMO - October Objectives  Web’s impact as health tool  Identify quality consumer health resources in GALILEO databases

COMO - October MLA Consumer health “Information on health and medical topics provided in response to requests from the general public, including patients and their families. In addition to information on the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, CHI encompasses information on health promotion, preventive medicine, the determinants of health, and accessing the health care system.”

COMO - October Pew reports Pew Internet & American Life reports Internet Health Resources (2003) - telephone interview 2k

COMO - October Pew “Fully 80% of adult Internet users, or about 93 million Americans, have searched for at least one of 16 major health topics online.”

COMO - October Pew

7 Pew “Health seekers go online to become informed, to prepare for appointments and surgery, to share information, and to seek and provide support.”

COMO - October Pew  Internet seen as being reliable  Health seekers want access to more information, but they can’t always find what is already available online.

COMO - October Pew – prescription drugs Prescription Drugs Online (Oct 2004)  64% of households use prescription drugs  25% look for drug information  4% purchase prescription drugs online - 50K income - Internet experience 6+yrs

COMO - October GALILEO db’s (K-12)  Academic Search Premier  AltHealth Watch  Clinical Pharmacology  Clinical Reference Systems  Health Source: Consumer  Health Source: Nursing / Academic  MEDLINE

COMO - October GALILEO db’s (K-12)  MedlinePlus  Merck Manuals  SIRS Knowledge Source – Web Select

COMO - October Other GALILEO db’s – low CHI  AccessScience encyclopedia  AGRICOLA  CINAHL & pre-CINAHL  Current Contents  Lexis-Nexis Universe

COMO - October Alt HealthWatch  unique complementary and alternative medicine database  140 titles indexed, full-text  subject search previews search results

COMO - October Health Source - Consumer  good content but somewhat hidden when searching subparts  Journals, Clinical Reference Systems (McKesson), and Stedman’s dictionary are strengths  Stedman’s: Medical Dictionary button

COMO - October Stedman’s Link Stedman’s term to subject search in HS-C

COMO - October Stedman’s

COMO - October Health Source – Consumer Clinical Reference Systems Clinical Reference Systems (CRS) is a “see” limit in search results - CRS are patient handouts - some Espanol - can be searched as a separate EBSCO database

COMO - October Clinical Reference Systems

COMO - October Clinical Reference Systems

COMO - October Health Source – Consumer Clinical Pharmacology Clinical Pharmacology is a “see” limit in search results - patient handouts for drugs - some Espanol - can be searched as a separate EBSCO database

COMO - October Clinical Pharmacology..not always up to date…

COMO - October Clinical Pharmacology Drug monographs from Gold Standard Multimedia

COMO - October Health Source Nursing / Academic  ^ 850 indexed, >650 full-text  more peer-reviewed  more clinical titles  content from nursing titles (30 of core FT)  may not limit to nursing titles  Clinical Reference Systems, Clinical Pharmacology N/A

COMO - October Health Source Nursing / Academic

COMO - October GALILEO Merck Manuals  Medical Information / Home - 2 nd, 2003  Diagnosis and Therapy - 17 th, 1999  Geriatrics - 3 rd, 2000  Health & Aging - 1 st, 2004, not complete  Veterinary Medicine - 8 th, 1998

COMO - October SKS Web Select  More social science / advocacy mixed with consumer health, but suited for target audience

COMO - October MedlinePlus  Encyclopedia  Drug information  Topics  Interactive tutorials  Easy-to-read  Espanol  Go Local initiative

COMO - October Other GALILEO db’s  MAS Ultra

COMO - October Other GALILEO db’s  SKS Researcher  SIRS Discoverer

COMO - October Notable web sites  Healthfinder (HHS)  Kids Health (Nemours)

COMO - October Notables…  CAPHIS – Cosumer and Patient Health Information Section (Medical Library Association)

COMO - October Evaluate sites MLA User’s Guide A User’s Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the Web html - sponsorship - currency - factual information - audience - audience

COMO - October Evaluate sites Seals of approval for quality HONcode – Health on the Internet Foundation Code of Conduct URAC – Utilization Review Accreditation Commission

COMO - October Thank you. Peter Shipman