Health literacy and consumer health information

IF 2.2 4区医学 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Health Information and Libraries Journal Pub Date : 2023-03-30 DOI:10.1111/hir.12477

Maria J. Grant PhD

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Abstract

The rigours of the past few years have demonstrated the importance of good health literacy levels with the imperative of being able to obtain and interpret information to maintain and improve one's health never more apparent. With this in mind, this issue is focused on consumer health information, the gender and population group differences that exist in information seeking behaviour, the challenges of understanding medical explanations and terminology, and existing criteria to assess and ultimately produce better consumer health information.

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健康素养和消费者健康信息

过去几年的严峻形势表明，良好的健康素养水平的重要性，以及能够获取和解释信息以保持和改善健康的必要性从未如此明显。考虑到这一点，本期重点关注消费者健康信息、寻求信息行为中存在的性别和人口群体差异、理解医学解释和术语的挑战，以及评估和最终产生更好的消费者健康信息的现有标准。

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Health Information and Libraries Journal INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

CiteScore

6.70

自引率

10.50%

发文量

期刊介绍： Health Information and Libraries Journal (HILJ) provides practitioners, researchers, and students in library and health professions an international and interdisciplinary forum. Its objectives are to encourage discussion and to disseminate developments at the frontiers of information management and libraries. A major focus is communicating practices that are evidence based both in managing information and in supporting health care. The Journal encompasses: - Identifying health information needs and uses - Managing programmes and services in the changing health environment - Information technology and applications in health - Educating and training health information professionals - Outreach to health user groups