NC Live Workshop Health Information Resources

1. • Brenda Linares, MLIS,
AHIP
• Librarian and Outreach
Liaison
• UNC Chapel hill
• blinares@unc.edu
NC LIVE Health
Information Resources

2. AGENDA
•Introductions/Goals/Objectives
•Part 1:
Consumer Health/Clinical Trials
•Part 2:
Nursing Resources
•Part 3:
Drug Information Resources
•Part 4:
Mental Health Resources
•Closing Remarks/Evaluations

3. Introductions
Name
Institution
Learning
objectives
Fun fact about
http://www.terroirist.com/2012/02/daily-wine-news-who-me/

4. *Use NC Live databases to
find health information
*Identify the basic
guidelines for providing
health information
*Locate credible consumer
health information
*Answer basic nursing or
mental health questions
*Identify basic drug
information guidelines
*Answer
drug/pharmaceutical
related questions
Objectives

5. Dad - Roger 35
yrs
Mom - 32 yrs
Son 1 - 10 yrs
Son 2 - 7 yrs
Son 3 - 6 yrs
Son 4 - 4 yrs
Daughter – 2 yrs
HTTP://RECRUITERPOET.COM/2011/10/18/REFLECTIONS-OF-FAMILY-QUOTES-AND-PICTURES/
1800’S FAMILY WILL ACCOMPANY US THROUGH OUR HEALTH
INFORMATION JOURNEY

6. WHAT DO YOU USE TO EVALUATE A WEBSITE?

7. EVALUATING WEBPAGES
HTTP://WWW.SPAT.PITT.EDU/

8. PART 1:
CONSUMER HEALTH
INFORMATION
AND
CLINICAL TRIALS

9. • Founded on Standard Reference
practices
• Takes into account privacy,
specialized nature of medical
information
http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/ethi
cs.html
Guidelines
for Providing
Health
Inform
ation

10. Can you tell me
some guidelines
for providing
health
information?

11. 1. Provide a welcoming and
safe environment.
2. Be aware of the person
who is asking the
question.
3. Get as much information
as possible.
4. Verify medical
terminology in a medical
dictionary or
GUIDELINES

12. 5. Be aware of the
limitations of medical
information.
6. Provide the most
complete information to
answer the question.
GUIDELINES
(CONT)

13. GUIDELINES
(CONT)
7. Do not interpret
medical information.
8. Provide referrals.
HTTP://WWW.TANGLEWOODFOOTSPECIALISTS.COM/BLOG/YOU-RE-COOL-YOU-RE-NOT-A.CFM

15. GETTING STARTED
NC LIVE
https://www.nclive.org/

16. HEALTH AND
INFORMATION CENTER

17. • Health Source:
Consumer
Edition
• NC Health Info
• MedlinePlus
CONSUM
ER
HEALTH
INFORM
ATION
RESOURCES

18. HEALTH SOURCE: CONSUMER EDITION

19. NC HEALTH INFO

20. http://christysloveofbooks.com/blogger-break/

21. MEDLINEPLUS

22. CLINICAL TRIALS
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov

24. 1. Roger thinks that his oldest
son might have some mental
issues. He describes the signs,
and you realize he might be
schizophrenic. Can you tell me
some of the symptoms of
schizophrenia?
2. For which other languages
is there information available
on this topic in MedlinePlus?
3. Can you find a clinical trial
on schizophrenia for children in
another country other than the
US?
EXERCISE

25. HTTP://I1275.PHOTOBUCKET.COM/ALBUMS/Y446/PORSCHALINK/JASMINE%20PORSCHE%20CENTRE/ANYQUESTIONS_ZPS6309316A.JPG

26. http://iampierremenard.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/adventure-time-lunch-time.png

27. PART 2:
NURSING RESOURCES

28. • CINAHL
• Health Source:
Nursing/Academi
c Edition
• MetaSearching
• Saving Results
http://www.artistsvalley.com/previewicons-Medical-Healthcare-Icons/Nurse_Information-icon.html

30. CINAHL • Subjects: nursing, biomedicine,
alternative medicine, consumer
health, and allied health
• More than 3.9 million records
• Indexed more than 5,000 journals
• Full text dating back to 1937
• Searchable by keyword, controlled
subject heading, or citation linking

32. • Key word
searching
• Subject
heading
• Citation
searching
• Saving
results and
personal
preferences
CINAHL

33. KEYWORD SEARCHING

34. SUBJECT HEADING

35. SUBJECT HEADING

37. LIMITS

38. RESULTS SCREEN

41. MAJOR AND MINOR SUBJECTS

42. SEARCHING BY JOURNAL NAME

43. CITED REFERENCES BROWSING

45. • 829 abstracted
and index
journals
• Over 500 full-text
journals
• 436 peer-
reviewed, full-text
journals
• USP DI: Volume II
HEALTH
SOURCE: NURSING
&
ACADEM
IC
EDITION

47. METASEARCHING

48. 1. Mom is taking care of
her older mother and
feels like she can’t take it
anymore. She comes to
you and asks if there are
articles about depression
and caregivers.
2. How can you advise
her how to search for this
in CINAHL?
EXERCISE

49. SAVING RESULTS/PERSONAL PREFERENCES

50. http://christysloveofbooks.com/blogger-break/

51. PART 3:
DRUG RESOURCES

52. • Drug Information
Guidelines
• MedlinePlus Drugs
and Supplements
• NIH Center for
Complementary and
Alternative Medicine
(NCCAM)
• Other resources to
keep in mind

53. Can you tell me some
guidelines for
providing drug
information?

54. DRUG INFORMATION GUIDELINES
1. Be aware if the person asking the question.
2. Never prescribe (or dispense) any medication, herb, or supplements.
3. Never provide an authoritative answer.
4. Recognize that the most complete information may not be available to you.
5. Always refer the patron to his pharmacist and/or physician for complete
information.

55. DRUG INFORMATION:
CRITERIA FOR GOOD SOURCES
A good source of information is…..
1.Independent and unbiased.
2.Current.
3.Available online but easy to read offline.
4.Appropriate to the health literacy level of your patron.

56. DISCUSSION
•What drug related questions have people asked you?
•Where did you go for answers?

57. NC LIVE Browse Subjects Health
and Wellness Information Center
MedlinePlus
• Provided free by the National Library
of Medicine
• Consumer appropriate content
M
EDLINE
PLUS:
DRUG
&
SUPPLEM
ENTS

60. DRUGS

61. EXAMPLE: ZANTAC

63. NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative
Medicine (NCCAM)
Source: Natural Standards
 Evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies
MEDLINEPLUS: HERBS AND SUPPLEMENTS

65. NC LIVE Browse Subjects
Health and Wellness Information
Center National Center for
Complementary and Alternative
Medicine
http://nccam.nih.gov/
NIH
CENTER
FOR
COM
PLEM
ENTARY
AND
ALTERNATIVE
M
EDICINE
(NCCAM
)

69. PILLBOX
http://pillbox.nlm.nih.gov/
Developed to aid in the
identification of unknown solid
dosage pharmaceuticals
Enables users to identify solid
dosage forms based on physical
criteria: imprint (characters or
number printed on a
medication), shape, color, size,
and scoring.
Users are shown thumbnail
images of possible matches.
These images are continually
updated as the user enters
additional information.

71. DAILYM
ED
http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/
• High quality information
about marketed drugs
• Includes FDA labels
(package inserts)

74. Roger was told
that ginkgo biloba
is a good
supplement to
take. He comes to
ask you if there are
any risks of taking
it.
1. What will your
answer be?
2. What
resource did you
use to answer this
question?
EXERCISE

75. HTTP://I1275.PHOTOBUCKET.COM/ALBUMS/Y446/PORSCHALINK/JASMINE%20PORSCHE%20CENTRE/ANYQUESTIONS_ZPS6309316A.JPG

76. http://christysloveofbooks.com/blogger-break/

77. PART 4:
MENTAL HEALTH
INFORMATION
RESOURCES

78. AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF
“MENTAL HEALTH”
What is “mental health”:
“1. A state of emotional and psychological well-being in which an
individual is able to use his or her cognitive and emotional
capabilities, function in society, and meet the ordinary demands of
every day life.
2. A branch of medicine that deals with the achievement and
maintenance of psychological well-being
3. A person’s overall emotional and psychological condition “

79. • Lots of
resources exist
for health
information
• Pubmed
(MEDLINE)
• CINAHL, etc.
• Lots of
resources
exists for
sociology
• Sociology
FINDING
M
ENTAL HEALTH
INFORM
ATION

80. PubMed treats mental
health differently in the
MeSH hierarchy than
“physical” health
• Diseases category vs.
Psychiatry &
Psychological category
• Category includes
mechanisms, disorders,
processes, and discipline
• Mental Health: “The state
in which a person is well
USING
NON-SPECIFIC
RESOURCES

81. Where do you go
for mental
health
information?

82. • Academic Search
Complete
• National
Institute of
Mental Health
NC
LIVE
AVAILABLE
RESOURCES

83. ACCESSING DATABASES FROM NC LIVE

84. ACADEMIC SEARCH COMPLETE

85. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

86. Roger wants more
information on eating
disorders because he is
noticing that his wife is
becoming too thin. He
wants to clarify some myths
about eating disorders that
he heard from his co-
worker?
1. Can you tell him two
myths that are not correct?
2 What resource did you
use?
HTTP://RECRUITERPOET.COM/2011/10/18/REFLECTIONS-OF-FAMILY-QUOTES-
AND-PICTURES/
EXERCISE

87. • http://lib.law.washington.edu/lawlibrarianship/CILLPapers/Harrell2012.
pdf
• “Dealing with Difficult People in the Library” by Mark R. Willis 1999
SERVING PATRONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS

88. *Use NC Live databases to find
health information
*Identify the basic guidelines
for providing health
information
*Locate credible consumer
health information
*Answer basic nursing or
mental health questions
*Identify basic drug information
guidelines
*Answer drug/pharmaceutical
related questions
Re-visitObjectives

89. Workshop evaluation -
www.surveymonkey.com/s/NCLIVEheal
th
Thank you!
Brenda Linares, MLIS , AHIP
blinares@unc.edu