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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/
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”
