关键词： 健康素养,健康信息素养,教育,健康信息服务,医学图书馆员  

摘要： 文章在阐述健康素养和健康信息素养内涵的基础上，全面探讨了美国和英国医学图书馆员在为医务人员和公众进行健康信息素养教育和提供健康信息服务所采取的有效措施。他们主要发挥了以下作用。1）可以对医务人员进行健康信息素养培训，一为医务人员提供优质的信息资源以及开发新的医学信息资源。2）可以促进医务人员与公众和患者的交流和沟通；开发新技术促进公众对健康信息资源的利用。5）可帮助政府制定积极的卫生政策，促进公众健康素养的提升。

关键词： 信息素养教育   健康信息   医学图书馆员   信息服务   责任   前言   美国公众   公共卫生问题  

摘要： 尽管美国于上世纪70年代即提出健康素养的概念，但2002年前后的研究证明，美国公众的健康素养促进面临着巨大挑战，主要体现在健康信息的可读性差、健康信息源的可靠性模糊、公众对健康信息的评价能力缺失等方面，并导致了一系列公共卫生问题，包括预防保健服务的低利用率、自身健康状况低知晓度、疾病自我管理知识贫乏、高住院率、高医疗费用与高卫生支出等等。

关键词： 健康信息服务   NLM   NCLIS  

摘要： 介绍美国国立医学图书馆和全国图书情报学委员会对推进美国健康信息服务事业所做的工作,以及成功的健康信息服务案例。

关键词： Consumer health   outreach   rural health   health literacy education  

摘要： East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine Library (ETSUQCOML) developed a training program to enable public libraries, public health workers, and rural hospital staff to be consumer health information providers. Four NN/LM-developed classes were taught to public libraries. Regional public library directors were invaluable in obtaining the concurrence of their boards for release time for class attendance. Classes were also developed for the public health workforce and rural hospital staff. Five-hundred thirty-three students attended the classes. Fifty-two public library workers will receive the MLA's Consumer Health Information Specialist certification. Thirty-one public libraries have joined NN/LM. All ordered MedlinePlus marketing materials for their libraries from InformationRx. org. (C) 2007 by The Haworth Press. All rights reserved.

关键词： HEALTH promotion   ELECTRONIC information resources   PUBLIC libraries   CONSUMER protection   HEALTH education  

摘要： IOWA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY RECENTLY COMPLETED an eighteen-month consumer health project entitled Expanding Access to Consumer Health Electronic Resources in Iowa City and Rural Johnson County, Iowa. This project included health-related computer classes, demonstrations, and programs and was funded by the National Library of Medicine through a subcontract with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Greater Midwest Region. The Iowa City Public Library project built on the work completed by the Iowa Consumer Health Information Project, an earlier subcontract also funded by the National Library of Medicine. The Expanding Access project was an overall success. Project goals were met while patrons and staff increased knowledge and skills using electronic consumer health resources.

关键词： 焦虑/预防和控制   信息交流   大不列颠   卫生服务研究   信息服务/标准   图书馆   病人教育/标准   手术前护理   职业病人关系   角色   外科手术/心理学   人类  

摘要： This article is concerned with the importance of communicating information to patients as an aid to recovery by decreasing anxiety. Recent research suggests that pre-operative information helps to decrease post-operative stress and leads to a quicker recovery. The health belief model has proven to be an effective predictor of individuals' responses towards health-related matters. It is described as a useful theoretical framework for medical professionals in deciding the content and quantity of information that each patient should receive. A study for further research is suggested, exploring the hypothesis that reading about illness significantly helps to reduce anxiety when the patient has added emotional support from a health professional. The existing problem of who is ultimately responsible for giving information to patients is highlighted in the general practice, hospital and public settings. Recommendations are made for the improvement of patient information provision in these three areas. Librarians are seen as being in a good position to liaise with medical professionals to provide the most effective health information service possible for patients and the consumer in general.