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Consumer Health Information on the InternetMedlinePlus and other Resources
With the Health Professional in Mind
Created & presented by:
Jacqueline Leskovec, MLIS, MA, RN
Librarian, University of South Florida Area Health Education Center
Created & presented by:
Jacqueline Leskovec, MLIS, MA, RN
Librarian, University of South Florida Area Health Education Center
Gulfcoast North AHEC, Inc. • University of South Florida AHEC • All Children’s Hospital
Supported by National Library of Medicine contract N01-LM-1-3522 as a subcontract from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.
Objectives
• Learn the types of consumer health information available on the Internet
• Learn the differences between MedlinePlus and PubMed
• Learn three ways of using MedlinePlus to find health information
Introduction
Guides to Healthy Surfing
• Authoritative: Consider the source
• Qualitative: How do you know?
• Currency: Is it up-to-date?
• Purpose/bias?
• Privacy Issues
• HONcode principles of the Health On the Net Foundation.
Anatomy of a URL
• URL: uniform resource locator
• http: hypertext transfer protocol
• What’s in a domain?
• com, edu, gov, org, dot, dot, dot…
General Reference Tools
• Search Engines and Indexes– Google– Yahoo– Vivisimo
• Dictionaries– Merriam Webster Online
• Encyclopedias– Britannica Online– encyclopedia.com
Health Information Sites
• Topic Specific Sites– American Diabetic Association– Alzheimer's Association
• Health Megasites– CDC– HealthWeb– HealthFinder
Nursing Resource
• CINAHL®: Cumulative index to nursing and allied health literature– Over one million records as of 2004
MedlinePlus
Why MedlinePlus?
• Premier source of health information from the National Library of Medicine & National Institutes of Health
• Consumer directed, professionally useful
• Quality, authority and accuracy of content
• Educational not commercial
• Organized and maintained
And…
• Easily printable materials
• Spanish as well as English
• Available 24 hours a day
• Free and full text!
Site Layout
• Top navigation
• Left column
• Center column
• Right column
• Footer
Top Navigation
• Banner
• Stable links
• Search box
• Navigation tabs
• Spanish language option
Footer
• Quick links– U.S. National Library of Medicine– National Institutes of Health– Department of Health & Human Services– Freedom of Information Act
• Informational Links– Copyright | Privacy | Accessibility | Selection
Guidelines – Page URL and date
About MedlinePlus
• Public Library Initiative/Consumer Health Site
• October, 1998
• Debuted with 22 health topics
• In its first month, received 116,000 page hits
• April, 2003: over 2-million unique visitors
► Page Layout
• Left column: Table of Contents
• Center column: News
• Right column: Interactive Tutorials and more from NIH
• Header and footer
Left Column: Table of Contents
• Health Topics
• Drug Information
• Medical Encyclopedia
• Dictionary
• News
• Directories
• Other Resources
►Health Topics
• Alphabetical– A for Arthritis
• Broad Group– Bones, Joints and Muscles
• Diagnosis and Therapy– Diagnostic Tests
• Demographic Groups– Seniors’ Health, Women’s Health, Child & Teen Health
• Health and Wellness– Food and Nutrition
►Drug Information
• MedMaster™ and USP DI® Advice for the Patient®
• Browse by first letter of generic or brand name drug
• Proper uses, side effects, warnings, recalls, other information
• Late-breaking news from the FDA
And…
• Spanish language version
• Easily printable
• Prescription and OTC medications
• Links to Medicines, OTCs, and Drug and Medical Device Safety pages
► Medical Encyclopedia
• Full-text medical encyclopedia with photographs and illustrations
• Over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries
• Contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations
Medical Encyclopedia Image: Scoliosis
• Click Medical Encyclopedia link in the left column or Encyclopedia tab
• Select S-Sh from Browse by first letter of topic
• Select Scoliosis from list of topics• Select Illustrations from Table of
Contents• Click on selected thumbnail for larger
image
► Dictionary
• Merriam-Webster
• Box to enter search term
• Wildcard option *
Medical Dictionary:
• Click Dictionary link in the left column or Dictionary tab at the top
• Enter search term in the box, click Search– Unsure of spelling, enter first few letters
followed by an asterisk: *
• If multiple terms appear, select appropriate term from options
► News
• News from past 30 days
• Reuters, New York Times Syndicate, and more
• Search by date or news topic
• Specific news items– Related news– Related MedlinePlus pages
► Directories
• General Doctors and Dentists
• General Hospitals and Clinics
• Doctor/Dentist Specialists
• Other Health Care Providers
• Specialized Hospitals and Clinics
Directory Resources
• American Medical Association
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• National Cancer Institute
• American Academy of Dermatology
• National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
► Other Resources
• Local libraries with consumer health services
• Organizations providing health information– Grouped alphabetically or health topic
• International sites
• Databases beyond MedlinePlus
• Link to PubMed
► Center Column: News
• Topical News
• Featured Site
• In the Spotlight– New! Videos of surgical procedures
► Right Hand Column
• Interactive Tutorials
• Link to ClinicalTrials.gov
• NIH Senior Health
• What’s New– MedlinePlus Listserve
• Take a Tour!
MedlinePlus Tour
• Contains text, pictures and sound• Requires a Flash plug-in• Self-paced• About 8 minutes in length• Start from “About MedlinePlus”
Interactive Tutorials
• Diseases & Conditions– Acne– Latex Allergies
• Tests & Diagnostic Procedures– Echocardiogram
• Surgery & Treatment– LASIK– Preparing for Surgery
• Prevention & Wellness– Exercising for a Healthy Heart
Tutorial Interface
PubMed
About PubMed
• A service of the National Library of Medicine
• Over 15 million citations for biomedical articles from MEDLINE and additional life science journals
• Include links to many full text articles and other resources
• “Public MEDLINE”
What is MEDLINE?
• MEDLINE is NLM's premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, the preclinical sciences, and some other areas of the life sciences.
• Contains citations, not full-text articles.
Anatomy of a Citation
Orthop Nurs.
2004 Mar-Apr;
23 (2) :101-5.
Use of backpacks in children and adolescents.
Dale JC.
• Journal title (abbr)• Date• Volume, Issue, pages
• Article title
• Author
PubMed Tutorial
• http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pubmed_tutorial/m1001.html
• Or search for “pubmed tutorial”
Searching PubMed
• MeSH: Medical Subject Headings
• Natural language search option– Details
• Default search options
• Limits– Specific fields
• Author, journal, text word
– Ages, language, gender
PubMed & MedlinePlus
• Links from MedlinePlus to PubMed– Drug Information
• Search MEDLINE/PubMed for specific research articles on your drug
– Other Resources• MEDLINE/PubMed as a direct link
Navigation Hints
• Tablet box– Blank– Lines– Colored lines
Related articles• Links
– Substance via MeSH– Linkout– Books
Search Results
• Citation
• Abstract
• Print or email
• Full-text when available
• Save via My NCBI
Summary
• MedlinePlus: a consumer oriented health resource
• PubMed: professionally medical literature
• Both useful for health care professionals
HealthySchoolsFlorida.org
Supported by National Library of Medicine contract N01-LM-1-3522 as a subcontract from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.
And…
Supported by National Library of Medicine contract N01-LM-1-3522 as a subcontract from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.
• All Childrens Hospital
• Florida AHEC Network
• Gulfcoast North Area Health Education Center Program, Inc.
• University of South Florida Area Health Education Center Program
Jacqueline Leskovec, MLIS, MA, RN
University of South Florida
Area Health Education Center
• [Health Schools Florida email link]