A community engagement program to improve awareness for credible online health information.
Background: The volume of online health information available makes it difficult to navigate and check its validity and reliability. A community-based MedlinePlus training program was developed to improve participants' ability to access credible online health information. Case Presentation: The prog...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the Medical Library Association Vol. 112; no. 4; pp. 341 - 350 |
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University of Pittsburgh, University Library System
Oct2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=180300396&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 180300396 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 15365050 PI8 jtl: Journal of the Medical Library Association issn: 15365050 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Oct2024 vid: 112 iid: 4 pid: 60406 pub: University of Pittsburgh, University Library System place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 180300396 180300396 180300396 10.5195/jmla.2024.1899 180300396 ppf: 341 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: A community engagement program to improve awareness for credible online health information. aug: au: Austin, Shamly Hughes, Emily Haiyan Qu affil: Research, Development & Analytics, Highmark Wholecare, Pittsburgh, PA sug: subj: Community Programs Health Promotion Online Services Health Information Managed Care Information Systems Libraries, Public Pennsylvania Cooking Education Medicaid Insurance Benefits Medline Meal Preparation Information Seeking Behavior Pennsylvania Attitude to Illness ab: Background: The volume of online health information available makes it difficult to navigate and check its validity and reliability. A community-based MedlinePlus training program was developed to improve participants' ability to access credible online health information. Case Presentation: The program was a public-private partnership between a managed care organization and four local public libraries. A total of eight programs were held between October and November 2017. Each program had a 30- minute cooking demonstration followed by a 30-minute training on access to and navigation of the MedlinePlus website. Program participants were Medicaid beneficiaries, dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and community members from a Pennsylvania county (n=39). A pre-and post-training questionnaire was administered to assess participants' knowledge and practice, and their ability to access health information on the MedlinePlus website. We conducted a retrospective analysis of the data collected during the MedlinePlus trainings. Results from the Wilcoxon Signed Rank test indicated no statistically significant change in participants' ability to access information (Z= -1.41, p=0.16) after attending the program. Conclusion: Although the median pre- to post-program responses improved from 'incorrect' to 'correct,' the number of programs held, and low attendance might be the reason for non-significant results. Participants reported that the program was informative, the website was comprehensive and user-friendly, and they were impressed by the healthy and inexpensive meal preparation from discount store-bought food. Holding MedlinePlus training programs in conjunction with a cooking program and collaborating with local public libraries might be a promising format that needs additional research. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: case study tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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