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Finding useful cancer information may reduce cancer information overload for Internet users
ConclusionHealth literacy around cancer information is challenging for frequent Internet users. Health professionals, information specialists and librarians should orient people to reliable sources. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - August 7, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: P ınar Serçekuş, Hatice Gencer, Sevgi Özkan Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

How to keep up to date with medical information using web ‐based resources: a systematised review and narrative synthesis
ConclusionInternet provides many resources that can help the actors of the health care system stay up to date with the latest scientific findings. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - July 20, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Konstantinos I. Bougioukas, Emmanouil C. Bouras, Konstantinos I. Avgerinos, Theodore Dardavessis, Anna ‐Bettina Haidich Tags: Review Article Source Type: research

Personal, technical and organisational factors affect whether physicians seek answers to clinical questions during patient care: a literature review
ConclusionInformation systems designers, health service managers and librarians may need to work together to provide systems and settings that encourage doctors to seek information to answer their clinical questions during patient care. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - July 20, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Azra Daei, Mohammad Reza Soleymani, Hasan Ashrafi ‐rizi, Roya Kelishadi, Ali Zargham‑Boroujeni Tags: Review Article Source Type: research

Health literacy and COVID ‐19
AbstractIn early 2020, the world experienced an unprecedented health crisis. When the pandemic of coronavirus was declared by the World Health Organization, it brought with it sudden and dramatic changes to everyday life. In the UK, the key message from the Government was to ‘Stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives’, sending out a clear warning that failing to stay at home would put other lives and the ability of the NHS to cope at risk. This editorial discusses COVID‐19, how society responded and the vital role that health literacy plays in saving lives during a global health emergency. (Source: Health Information...
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - July 15, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Hannah Spring Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

An exploration of how fake news is taking over social media and putting public health at risk
This article reports on a small study which attempted to identify the types and sources of COVID‐19 misinform ation. The authors identified and analysed 1225 pieces of COVID‐19 fake news stories taken from fact‐checkers, myth‐busters and COVID‐19 dashboards. The study is significant given the concern raised by the WHO Director‐General that ‘we are not just fighting the pandemic, we are also figh ting infodemic’. The study concludes that the COVID‐19 infodemic is full of false claims, half backed conspiracy theories and pseudoscientific therapies, regarding the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, origin and ...
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - July 13, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Salman Bin Naeem, Rubina Bhatti, Aqsa Khan Tags: International Perspectives And Initiatives Source Type: research

Global responses of health science librarians to the COVID ‐19 (Corona virus) pandemic: a desktop analysis
AbstractThe COVID ‐19 pandemic has posed significant challenges for health science librarians. During this pandemic, librarians are playing an active role by increasing the public’s awareness of the virus, maintaining document delivery services and providing research support. This paper uses the method of desktop analysis of the websites of selected library associations to identify the responses of health science librarians to the COVID‐19 pandemic. The study highlights significant initiatives taken by some health science librarians which can be replicated by others to meet the needs of library users in t he COVID‐...
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - July 8, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Mayank Yuvaraj Tags: Regular Feature: International Perspectives And Initiatives Source Type: research