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Diversity not Disparities: Health Information Literacy and Your Community

Rachel Vukas, MLSKansas/Technology CoordinatorNational Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental RegionA.R. Dykes Library - University of Kansas Medical Center

What is Health Literacy?

Ability to obtain health information

Ability to understand it Ability to use it to make good

decisions about health and medical care

Health Information Literacy

12% of adults have proficient health literacy

14% have below basic health literacy– Report poor health (42%)– Lack health insurance (28%)– Higher rate of hospitalization– Less use of preventive services

Vulnerable Populations

Older Adults Low income Immigrant Poplulations Minority Populations

Vulnerable Populations

Immigrant Populations – Adults who spoke a language other than

English before starting school Minority Populations Below Basic Level

– 41% Hispanics – 25% American Indians & Native Alaskans

– 24% Blacks– 13% Asians

Online Resources

For and about minority populations

Available in multiple languages

Produced by NLM & NIH

Objectives

An increased awareness of online health resources in multiple languages

An increased knowledge of appropriate free online health resources to recommend to culturally diverse and minority clients

MedlinePlus

MedlinePlus.gov medlineplus.gov MedlinePlus en español

medlineplus.gov/spanish

MedlinePlus Health Topics: Demographic Groups: Population Groups http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/populationgroups.html

African American Health

Asian American Health

Hispanic American Health

Native American Health

Topic Page – African American Health

MedlinePlus in Multiple Languages

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/languages.html

How to get there

On Medlineplus.gov homepage

Scroll down to very bottom of page

Lower right hand side

Specialized Information Services: Outreach Activities and Resources

http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach.html

Office of Minority Health

http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/– African American– American Indian/Alaska Native– Asian American– Hispanics/Lations– Native Hawaiians/Other Pacific Islanders

Hispanic American Health

Medlineplus.gov/spanish

Alzheimer’s Association http://www.alz.org/espanol/

Hispanic American Health - 2

http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/ http://healthfinder.gov/espanol/ http://www.hispanichealth.org/ http://www.womenshealth.gov/espan

ol/ http://espanol.ninds.nih.gov/

http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/

http://www.hispanichealth.org/

Asian American Health

http://asianamericanhealth.nlm.nih.gov/

http://www.cancer.org/apicem/ http://www.library.tufts.edu/hsl/spiral/ http://www.apiahf.org/ http

://www.womenshealth.gov/minority-health/– Has 2 groups

• Asian Americans• Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders

African American Health

http://www.alz.org/africanamerican/

http://www.womenshealth.gov/minority-health/african-americans/

http://journeytowellness.com/ http://http://www.bwhi.org/

Native populations Health

http://americanindianhealth.nlm.nih.gov/

http://www.arctichealth.org/ http://www.ihs.gov/ http://www.womenshealth.gov/mi

nority-health/american-indians/ http://nnaapc.org/ http://natamcancer.org/ http://oneskycenter.org/

Refugee Resources & Multiple Languages

Refugee Health Information Network – 90+ languages. Formats include print, audio and video. http://www.rhin.org/

New Americans Health Information Portal – 20 + languages, formats include audio, multimedia, podcasts and video. http://palantir.lib.uic.edu/nahip/

Health Information Translations – 19 languages, including ASL. Formats include print, audio and video. https://www.healthinfotranslations.org/

EthnoMed – 10 languages. Strong in SE Asian and E. African languages. Primarily print

http://ethnomed.org/patient-education

Pt. 2 DeafMD – disease and illness information from

the CDC and NIH translated into American Sign Language http://www.deafmd.org/

Vaccine Immunization Statements from the CDC – 28 languages about 14 diseases. Click on “language index” http://www.immunize.org/vis/

National Network of Libraries of Medicine - Consumer Health information in multiple languages http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/multi.html

Specific topic information

Special Populations: Emergency and Disaster Preparedness http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/specialpopulationsanddisasters.html

Multicultural Resources http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/multicultural.html

Womens Healthhttp://www.womenshealth.gov/minority-health/

National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region

Bringing Health Information to the Community http://nnlm.gov/bhic/

– Look for “minority health concerns”

Thank You

Slides available on Slideshare.net

Rachel Vukas

rvukas@kumc.edu