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

2. COMO - October 20042 Objectives  Web’s impact as health tool  Identify quality consumer health resources in GALILEO databases

3. COMO - October 20043 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.”

4. COMO - October 20044 Pew reports Pew Internet & American Life reports www.pewinternet.org/ Internet Health Resources (2003) - telephone interview 2k

5. COMO - October 20045 Pew “Fully 80% of adult Internet users, or about 93 million Americans, have searched for at least one of 16 major health topics online.”

6. COMO - October 20046 Pew

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

8. COMO - October 20048 Pew  Internet seen as being reliable  Health seekers want access to more information, but they can’t always find what is already available online.

9. COMO - October 20049 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

10. COMO - October 200410 GALILEO db’s (K-12)  Academic Search Premier  AltHealth Watch  Clinical Pharmacology  Clinical Reference Systems  Health Source: Consumer  Health Source: Nursing / Academic  MEDLINE

11. COMO - October 200411 GALILEO db’s (K-12)  MedlinePlus  Merck Manuals  SIRS Knowledge Source – Web Select

12. COMO - October 200412 Other GALILEO db’s – low CHI  AccessScience encyclopedia  AGRICOLA  CINAHL & pre-CINAHL  Current Contents  Lexis-Nexis Universe

13. COMO - October 200413 Alt HealthWatch  unique complementary and alternative medicine database  140 titles indexed, full-text  subject search previews search results

14. COMO - October 200414 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

15. COMO - October 200415 Stedman’s Link Stedman’s term to subject search in HS-C

16. COMO - October 200416 Stedman’s

17. COMO - October 200417 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

18. COMO - October 200418 Clinical Reference Systems

19. COMO - October 200419 Clinical Reference Systems

20. COMO - October 200420 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

21. COMO - October 200421 Clinical Pharmacology..not always up to date…

22. COMO - October 200422 Clinical Pharmacology Drug monographs from Gold Standard Multimedia

23. COMO - October 200423 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

24. COMO - October 200424 Health Source Nursing / Academic

25. COMO - October 200425 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

26. COMO - October 200426 SKS Web Select  More social science / advocacy mixed with consumer health, but suited for target audience

27. COMO - October 200427 MedlinePlus  Encyclopedia  Drug information  Topics  Interactive tutorials  Easy-to-read  Espanol  Go Local initiative

28. COMO - October 200428 Other GALILEO db’s  MAS Ultra

29. COMO - October 200429 Other GALILEO db’s  SKS Researcher  SIRS Discoverer

30. COMO - October 200430 Notable web sites  Healthfinder (HHS) http://www.healthfinder.gov  Kids Health (Nemours) http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/index.jsp

31. COMO - October 200431 Notables…  CAPHIS – Cosumer and Patient Health Information Section (Medical Library Association) http://caphis.mlanet.org/index.html

32. COMO - October 200432 Evaluate sites MLA User’s Guide A User’s Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the Web http://www.mlanet.org/resources/userguide. html - sponsorship - currency - factual information - audience - audience

33. COMO - October 200433 Evaluate sites Seals of approval for quality HONcode – Health on the Internet Foundation Code of Conduct URAC – Utilization Review Accreditation Commission

34. COMO - October 200434 Thank you. Peter Shipman pshipman@mail.mcg.edu