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    1. Cool Information Tools for Public Health Workers Michelle Brasure & Martha Hardy Health Sciences Libraries University of Minnesota – Twin Cities October 2, 2008
    2. Part 1: Tools for Consumer Health: MedlinePlus and My Health Minnesota Go Local Michelle Brasure Health Sciences Libraries, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities College of Saint Catherine, MLIS program
    3. Health Information and Public Health
      • HP 2010: Health Communication
        • Goal: Use communication strategically to improve health
      • Essential Public Health Services
      • 3. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.
    4. Health Information Seeking
      • Consumers seeking health information rose from 38.2% in 2001 to 55.8% in 2007.
      • The largest increase was among those seeking health information on the Internet (doubling from 16% to 32%)
      • Center for Studying Health System Change,
      • August 2008
    5. Health Information and the Internet
      • Most Internet users start at a search engine to find online health information
      • Very few check the source or critically evaluate the information they
      • Not all health information on the Internet is good information
      • Searchers become overwhelmed, frustrated, confused, or frightened
      • Pew Internet and American Life Project, 2006
    6. Health Literacy
      • “ The degree to which individuals can obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services they need to make appropriate health decisions.”
          • Institute of Medicine, 2008 available at
          • http://www.iom.edu/?id=31489
    7. Evaluating what you find
      • Source
      • Quality
      • Be cyberskeptical
      • Evidence
      • Currency
      • Bias
      • Privacy
      • Consult with your health provider
      • http://www.hon.ch/
    8. Save time and avoid frustration
      • Use pre-evaluated resources produced by authoritative sources
        • MedlinePlus
          • National Library of Medicine
          • Evaluated and carefully selected links to health information
          • Health topics, drug and supplement information, medical dictionary and encyclopedia, health news, and much more
    9. MedlinePlus Demonstration http://medlineplus.gov/
    10. My Health Minnesota->Go Local
      • NLM sought to expand MedlinePlus to connect health information to local health services, programs, and providers
        • MedlinePlus and Go Local complement each other
      • Partnership with libraries, library consortia, and other organizations
      • Currently there are 35 Go Local projects
      • Goal is nationwide coverage
    11. Types of services
      • Hospitals and clinics
      • Nursing homes
      • Public health departments
      • Health screening programs
      • Pharmacies
      • Alternative and complementary health
      • Support groups
      • Advocacy services
      • Clinical trials
      • Libraries
      • Group homes
      • Health care equipment
      • And more
    12. My Health Minnesota -> Go Local Demonstration http://medlineplus.gov/minnesota
    13. Minnesota Health Information
      • Governor’s Health cabinet created to help all Minnesotans better understand health care options, costs, and quality.
      • http://www.minnesotahealthinfo.org/index.html
    14. Contact information
      • My Health Minnesota
        • http://medlineplus.gov/minnesota
        • [email_address]
      • Outreach Opportunities
        • Michelle Brasure
        • [email_address]
    15. Part 1: Bibliography
      • Pew Internet and American Life Project. 2005. Health Information Online. http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Healthtopics_May05.pdf
      • Center for Studying Health System Change. 2008. Striking Jump in Consumers seeking health information. http://hschange.org/CONTENT/1006/
      • Healthy People 2010. http://www.healthypeople.gov/Document/HTML/Volume1/11HealthCom.htm
      • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Public Health Performance Standards. The Essential Public Health Services. http://www.cdc.gov/od/ocphp/nphpsp/EssentialPHServices.htm
    16. Part 2: What is Web 2.0? An Introduction to the Participatory Web Martha Hardy Health Sciences Libraries University of Minnesota – Twin Cities October 2, 2008
    17. What is Web 2.0?
      • “ Web 2.0 is a term describing the trend in the use of the World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to enhance creativity, information sharing, and, most notably collaboration among users.”
      • Web 2.0 Wikipedia
    18. Other Terms
      • Web as Platform
      • Read/Write Web
      • Social Media
      • New Media
      • Participatory Web
    19. Tim O’Reilly: Web 2.0 Meme Map
    20. Pros and Cons of Web 2.0 Tools
      • Pros
      • Easy to Use
      • Cheap (relatively)
      • Accessible from anywhere
      • Perpetual Beta
      • Sharing
      • Collaboration
      • Cons
      • Privacy
      • Cost
      • Technical Requirements
      • Training
      • Intellectual Property
      • Credibility & Accuracy
    21. Examples of Web 2.0 in the Health Sciences
    22. Web 2.0 in the Health Sciences
      • “How Web 2.0 is Changing Medicine”
        • Dean Giustini (medical librarian)
        • Editorial published in BMJ in December of 2006.
        • Highlights how Web 2.0 applications such as podcasts, RSS, blogs and social bookmarking can benefit health care professionals in their practices.
        • “ rather than intrinsic benefits of the platform itself, it's the spirit of open sharing and collaboration that is paramount.”
    23. Examples of Web 2.0 Applications
      • Wikis
      • Blogs
      • RSS feeds
      • Podcasts
      • Social networking
      • Social bookmarking
      • Photo sharing
      • Videos
      • Personalized pages
      • Communication
      • Collaborative document creation
    24. Part 2: Bibliography
      • BBC News. “Berners-Lee on the read/write web.” 9 Aug. 2005. Retrieved 30 Sept. 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4132752.stm
      • Giles, Jim. “Internet Encyclopedias Go Head to Head.” Nature . 15 Dec. 2005. 438: 900-901.
      • Giustini, Dean. “How Web 2.0 is Changing Medicine.” BMJ. 23 Dec. 2006. 333: 1283-1284. http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/7582/1283
      • O’Relly, Tim. “What is Web 2.0 : Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software” http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html
    25. Part 2: Bibliography, cont.
      • Rothman, David. “Web 2.0: Plenary Session.” Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. May 2008. http://www.slideshare.net/davidlrothman/mla-plenary-session-iv-rothman20080513-static and http://www.visualwebcaster.com/stratosphere/48592/event.html
      • Seeman, Neil. “Web 2.0 and Chronic Illness: New Horizons, New Opportunities.” Healthcare Quarterly. 2008. 6(3):104-110.
      • Wikipedia. “Web 2.0.” Viewed on 28 July 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web2.0
    26. Questions?
      • Contact us!
      • Michelle Brasure [email_address]
      • Martha Hardy [email_address]

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