Online resources to support public health

promotionKate W. Flewelling, MLIS

National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region

New York State Public Health Association Conference

April 25, 2013

Objectives

• Participants will be able to identify 3 online resources to support public health promotion.

• Participants will recognize the key features of phpartners.org, a free information portal for the public health workforce.

• Participants will be able to search for health promotion topics using MedlinePlus.

• NN/LM, formerly Regional Medical Library Program• Established in the Medical Library Assistance Act (1965)• Mission

• Provide health professionals and the general public with equal access to biomedical information

• Coordinated by the National Library of Medicine• 8 Regional Offices

• Support Network members to achieve NN/LM mission• 5-year contracts

National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM)

National Library of Medicine

Part of the National Institutes of Health, NLM is the provider of PubMed.gov, MedlinePlus.gov, and many other health information resources

http://www.nlm.nih.gov

Health Promotion & Education

3 core functions

10 essential serviceshttp://www.health.gov/phfunctions/public.htm

Rise of the e-patient• Over half of US adults have looked online for health

information in the past year.

• 35% of US adults have used the Internet to self-diagnosis, but only half of them talked to a clinician about what they found online.

• 54% of those 65+ are online—and over half of them have looked up health information online in the past year.

Source: Pew Internet and American Life Project (2013)

http://www.pewinternet.org/

PHPartners.org http://phpartners.org

Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce

• Collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations and health science libraries.

• Mission: Helping the public health workforce find and use information effectively to improve and protect the public’s health.

http://phpartners.org/

Partners• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)• American Public Health Association (APHA)• Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH)• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)• Medical Library Association (MLA)• National Agricultural Library• National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)• National Library of Medicine (NLM) • National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM)• Public Health Foundation (PHF) • Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)

http://phpartners.org/

PHPartners.org: Topic Pageshttp://phpartners.org

Phpartners.org: Main Topic Pages

Sources include:

• CDC• Healthy Roads Media• National Association of County and City Health Officials

• National Eye Institute• Rural Assistance Center

• New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

• Native American Connections

• Washington State Department of Health

MedlinePlus http://medlineplus.gov/

MedlinePlus In a Nutshell

• Over 900 health topics in English and Spanish

• Drug and herbal supplement information

• Videos and animations• Surgery videos• Health Check tools• Easy-to-read Materials• Multiple Languages• Medical Dictionary &

Encyclopedia• Health News

Topics

• Caregivers• Prescription Drug Abuse

• Elder Abuse• Tick Bites• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Health

• Self-Harm• Coping with Chronic Illness

• Winter Weather Emergencies

• Food Allergy • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Health Topic: PTSD

Refugee Health Information Network (RHIN)http://www.rhin.org

• Multilingual health information (more than 80 languages) for health providers, refugees and asylees

• Large section on cultural guidance• Country Conditions Reports• Multiple formats (print, audio, video)

Healthy Roads Mediahttp://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/

• Multiple languages; multiple formats• Includes iPod video and

multimedia

http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov

http://toxmystery.nlm.nih.gov

Environmental Health Promotion

ToxMystery

• Designed for elementary aged students

• Search for health hazards with Toxie the Cat

• Available in Spanish

Garage

ToxTown

What can you see in the Port?

Scenes from Tox Town

Questions?

Thank You!

This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. HHS-N-276-2011-00003-C with the University of Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Library System.

K Regionhttp://nnlm.gov/mar/flewkate@pitt.edu