NLM CONSUMER HEALTH RESOURCES. Lydia N Collins, MLIS NN/LM MAR Consumer Health Coordinator

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1 NLM CONSUMER HEALTH RESOURCES Lydia N Collins, MLIS NN/LM MAR Consumer Health Coordinator

2 AGENDA NLM Consumer Health Resources NN/LM MAR Your Regional Medical Library NLM Materials for Public Libraries Discussion/Questions

3 NLM CONSUMER HEALTH RESOURCES MedlinePlus NIHSeniorHealth Pill Box Drug Information Portal Genetics Home Reference ClinicalTrials.gov ToxTown ToxMystery To see more Consumer Health Resources visit:

4 THE NEED FOR RELIABLE CONSUMER HEALTH RESOURCES 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)

5 MEDLINEPLUS

6 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

7 TOPICS Health Insurance (ACA) Prescription Drug Abuse Elder Abuse Tick Bites Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Health Self-Harm Coping with Chronic Illness Osteoporosis Food Allergy Cardiac Rehabilitation Caregivers Obesity

8 MEDLINEPLUS: HEALTH INSURANCE

9 HEALTH TOPIC: HEALTH INSURANCE

10 RESOURCES

11 MEDLINEPLUS: DRUGS AND SUPPLEMENTS

12 MEDLINEPLUS: DRUGS

13 MEDLINEPLUS: SUPPLEMENTS

14 MEDLINEPLUS: VIDEOS AND COOL TOOLS

15 TUTORIAL-MANAGING STRESS

16 MEDLINEPLUS MAGAZINE EASY TO READ MULTIPLE LANGUAGES DIRECTORIES ORGANIZATIONS

17 NIHSENIORHEALTH.GOV

18 NIHSENIORHEALTH: HEALTH TOPICS

19 NIHSENIORHEALTH: TRAINERS TOOLKIT

20 PILLBOX Pillbox enables rapid identification of unknown solid-dosage medications (tablets/capsules) based on physical characteristics and high-resolution images. Once a medication is identified, Pillbox provides links to drug information and drug labels.

21 DRUG INFORMATION PORTAL

22 GENETICS HOME REFERENCE

23 RESOURCE FOR GENETIC CONDITIONS, INCLUDING RARE DISEASES

24 CLINICALTRIALS.GOV

25 WHAT IS CLINICALTRIALS.GOV Registry and results database of clinical trials 140,000+ trials; with results Freely available to the general public Policy and Regulation FDAMA established ClincialTrials.gov in 2000 ICMJE required trial registration as prerequisite for publication FDAAA required trial registration and results reporting for most trials (2007)

26 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION

27 TOXTOWN

28 WHAT CAN YOU SEE IN THE PORT?

29 TOXMYSTERY Designed for elementary aged students Search for health hazards with Toxie the Cat Available in Spanish

30 GARAGE

31 NLM K-12 RESOURCES

32 NLM MATERIALS FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES NN/LM MAR Website Public Libraries LibGuides Training Educational and Printed Materials MedlinePlus Magazine Information RX NLM Exhibition Program and much more

33 NN/LM MAR WEBSITE

34 NN/LM MAR PUBLIC LIBRARIES

35 NN/LM MAR PUBLIC LIBRARY LIBGUIDE

36 NN/LM MAR TRAINING & EDUCATION

37 NN/LM MAR EDUCATIONAL AND PRINTED MATERIALS Libraries can order for distribution

38 PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE FROM KRAMES STAYWELL MEDLINEPLUS MAGAZINE

39 INFORMATION RX Refer people to MedlinePlus and Genetics Home Reference Order special prescription pads and other materials Help people: better understand health information enhance conversations between healthcare providers and patients encourage the use of evidencebased health information on the Internet

40 NLM EXHIBITION PROGRAM

41 DISCUSSION How do you see NLM Consumer Health Resources being used in public libraries? What type of training do you envision being needed for public library staff in your area? Open Discussion

42 QUESTIONS?

43 THANK YOU! Lydia N Collins, MLIS National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region lydia@pitt.edu 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 C with the University of Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Library System.