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CILIP Health Libraries Group: The power of networks. CILIP健康图书馆组：网络的力量。

IF 2.2 4区医学

Health Information and Libraries Journal Pub Date : 2025-05-20 DOI: 10.1111/hir.12567

Hong-Anh Nguyen, Paul Cannon

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Sustainability in health libraries: A report on CILIP's second Green Libraries Conference. 健康图书馆的可持续性：第二届绿色图书馆会议报告。

IF 2.2 4区医学

Health Information and Libraries Journal Pub Date : 2025-05-20 DOI: 10.1111/hir.12571

Janine Hall, Adam Tocock

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Health information services of academic medical libraries in China during the pandemic era. 疫情时期中国高校医学图书馆的卫生信息服务

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Health Information and Libraries Journal Pub Date : 2025-04-30 DOI: 10.1111/hir.12572

Yuan Meng, Weijing Gong, Rui Guan, Li Dong

{"title":"Health information services of academic medical libraries in China during the pandemic era.","authors":"Yuan Meng, Weijing Gong, Rui Guan, Li Dong","doi":"10.1111/hir.12572","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12572","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Academic medical libraries, with their dual university/medical roles, face significant challenges in pandemics to provide health information services effectively.Objectives: To discover the types, characteristics, and weaknesses of health information services of academic medical libraries in China during the COVID-19 pandemic; consider the provision of health information services effectively; and promote this understanding.Methods: Literature review plus a survey of websites and WeChat public platforms of academic medical libraries from 15 of the top medical universities in China, in respect of the four aspects of health information resources, access, service, and management during the COVID-19 pandemic.Results: Academic medical libraries provided health information services for these four aspects. However, problems such as insufficient integration of health information, insufficient customised and featured health information resources, insufficient cooperation, lack of systematic information literacy education, and lack of professional departments with health librarians are also revealed.Discussion: Health information services should be improved by strengthening the integration and optimisation of health information resources, enhancing cooperation, strengthening systematic health information literacy education, and building health information departments with professional health librarians.Conclusion: This study provides a practical reference and rationale for academic medical libraries and health institutions regarding health information services.","PeriodicalId":47580,"journal":{"name":"Health Information and Libraries Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144021922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Health consumers' emotional responses toward asthma videos on YouTube are influenced by time since posting, number of tags, subject of content and the emotional tone. 健康消费者对YouTube上哮喘视频的情绪反应受到发布时间、标签数量、内容主题和情绪基调的影响。

IF 2.2 4区医学

Health Information and Libraries Journal Pub Date : 2025-03-28 DOI: 10.1111/hir.12570

Yanyan Wang, Jin Zhang, Xiaohan Yan, Benjamin Ombati Omwando

{"title":"Health consumers' emotional responses toward asthma videos on YouTube are influenced by time since posting, number of tags, subject of content and the emotional tone.","authors":"Yanyan Wang, Jin Zhang, Xiaohan Yan, Benjamin Ombati Omwando","doi":"10.1111/hir.12570","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12570","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Social media platforms and user-generated videos have become important channels and resources for health consumers seeking information and learning about asthma management.Objectives: This study examined the characteristics of asthma-related videos on YouTube, health consumers' emotional responses to these videos and explored the video attributes influencing their emotional responses and attitudes toward asthma-related content.Methods: The study employed manual subject analysis, sentiment analysis, descriptive statistical analysis and regression modelling.Results: The most popular content categories were Treatment, Prevention and Cause & Pathophysiology. Consumer interactions confirmed interest in Treatment. The time since posting, the number of tags, the subject of content and the general tone (positive/neutral/negative) of a video influenced whether it elicited positive or negative emotions.Discussion: The consumer interactions might indicate interest in a content category, but the analysis might show negative attitudes to that content. 'Sign & Symptom' content can reduce the positive emotional responses, and 'Cause & Pathophysiology' content can raise the negative emotional responses, thus reducing the consumers' expression of positive attitudes in different ways.Conclusion: The content priorities of video creators and health consumers differed, and keeping the emotional tone positive appears important for fostering positive emotional responses and attitudes.","PeriodicalId":47580,"journal":{"name":"Health Information and Libraries Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143731560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Use of large language models to identify pseudo-information: Implications for health information. 使用大型语言模型识别伪信息：对健康信息的影响。

IF 2.2 4区医学

Health Information and Libraries Journal Pub Date : 2025-03-20 DOI: 10.1111/hir.12569

Boris Schmitz

{"title":"Use of large language models to identify pseudo-information: Implications for health information.","authors":"Boris Schmitz","doi":"10.1111/hir.12569","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12569","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Open-access scientific research is an essential source of health-related information and self-education. Artificial intelligence-based large language models (LMMs) may be used to identify erroneous health information.Objective: To investigate to what extent LMMs can be used to identify pseudo-information.Methods: Four common LMM applications (ChatGPT-4o, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Gemini and Copilot) were used to investigate their capability to indicate erroneous information provided in an open-access article.Results: Initially, ChatGPT-4o and Claude were able to mark the provided article as an unreliable information source, identifying most of the inaccuracy problems. The assessments provided by Gemini and Copilot were inaccurate, as several critical aspects were not identified or were misinterpreted. During the validation phase, the initially accurate assessment of ChatGPT-4o was not reproducible, and only Claude was able to detect several critical issues in this phase. The verdicts of Copilot and Gemini remained largely unaltered.Discussion: Large heterogeneity exists between LMMs in identifying inaccurate pseudo-information. Replication in LMM output may constitute a significant hurdle in their application.Conclusion: The accuracy of LMMs needs to be further improved until they can be reliably used by patients for health-related online information and as assistant tools for health information and library services workers without restriction.","PeriodicalId":47580,"journal":{"name":"Health Information and Libraries Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143664925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Effective use of maternal health information among pregnant women in Tanzania towards achievement of sustainable development goals. 坦桑尼亚孕妇有效利用孕产妇保健信息，以实现可持续发展目标。

IF 2.2 4区医学

Health Information and Libraries Journal Pub Date : 2025-03-06 DOI: 10.1111/hir.12568

Jelly Ayungo, Emmanuel Frank Elia

{"title":"Effective use of maternal health information among pregnant women in Tanzania towards achievement of sustainable development goals.","authors":"Jelly Ayungo, Emmanuel Frank Elia","doi":"10.1111/hir.12568","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12568","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Good maternal health is essential (UN Sustainable Development Goal 3). Pregnant women need to effectively evaluate and utilize health information for proper health decision making.Purpose: To examine the ability of pregnant women to evaluate and utilize maternal health information in the Coastal region of Tanzania (a region with high levels of maternal morbidity).Methodology: Mixed research approach and descriptive cross-sectional design were used to collect data from 132 pregnant women and 8 nurses/midwives using questionnaires and focus group discussions as data collection methods. IBM SPSS version 21 was used to analyse quantitative data, while thematic analysis was used to analyse qualitative data.Findings: Many of the pregnant women surveyed (64/128) had low or very low perceived abilities to evaluate maternal health information, but most women, according to health care staff, made appropriate decisions to seek help to avoid major risks. The higher the level of education of a pregnant woman, the higher, generally, her perceived evaluation skills.Conclusion: Low ability to evaluate maternal health information affects the effective utilization of maternal health services. Collaboration between libraries and health facilities is recommended for the repackaging of information in a user-friendly format.","PeriodicalId":47580,"journal":{"name":"Health Information and Libraries Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143574254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Effectiveness of educational interventions for improving healthcare professionals' information literacy: A systematic review. 教育干预对提高医疗保健专业人员信息素养的有效性：一项系统综述。

IF 2.2 4区医学

Health Information and Libraries Journal Pub Date : 2025-02-02 DOI: 10.1111/hir.12562

Mauricette Moling Lee, Xiaowen Lin, Eng Sing Lee, Helen Elizabeth Smith, Lorainne Tudor Car

{"title":"Effectiveness of educational interventions for improving healthcare professionals' information literacy: A systematic review.","authors":"Mauricette Moling Lee, Xiaowen Lin, Eng Sing Lee, Helen Elizabeth Smith, Lorainne Tudor Car","doi":"10.1111/hir.12562","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12562","url":null,"abstract":"Background: It is unclear which educational interventions effectively improve healthcare professionals' information literacy.Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of educational interventions for improving the formulation of answerable clinical questions and the search skills of healthcare professionals.Methods: We followed the Cochrane methodology and reported according to the PRISMA statement. The following databases from inception to November 2022: MEDLINE, Cochrane CENTRAL, EMBASE, Web of Science, CINAHL, and Google Scholar search engine, were searched. Randomised controlled trials and crossover trials on any educational interventions were included. Studies on search tools that are obsolete were excluded.Results: Ten studies that mainly compared the effectiveness of lectures and bedside education to lectures or no intervention for searching of PubMed and/or MEDLINE, were included. There was evidence for improved attitude towards the intervention favouring lecture with self-directed learning over lecture, bedside education, and computer-assisted self-directed learning (RR: 1.14; 95% CI 1.06-1.23; N = 2 studies; 1064 participants; I2 = 0%; moderate certainty evidence). There were limited findings on the knowledge, skills, satisfaction, and behaviour outcomes.Conclusion: Future research should include a wider set of outcomes, be reported better and explore the use of digital technology for delivery of educational interventions. Further research should entail well-designed trials with relevant outcomes evaluating novel digital-based educational interventions.","PeriodicalId":47580,"journal":{"name":"Health Information and Libraries Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143081458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Understanding how and why users might use NHS repositories: A mixed methods study. 了解用户如何以及为什么可能使用NHS知识库：一项混合方法研究。

IF 2.2 4区医学

Health Information and Libraries Journal Pub Date : 2025-01-25 DOI: 10.1111/hir.12566

Matt Holland, Beth Rawson

{"title":"Understanding how and why users might use NHS repositories: A mixed methods study.","authors":"Matt Holland, Beth Rawson","doi":"10.1111/hir.12566","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12566","url":null,"abstract":"Background: There is little evidence on the use or potential use of NHS repositories within the UK.Methods: A mixed methods (quantitative/qualitative) study of two repositories: amber-the home of ambulance service research, and East Midlands Evidence Repository (EMER). A structured online questionnaire was distributed via the repository home page, and promoted via social media, email networks, and lists. Next, three research leaders were interviewed in person online (see Appendix S1, supporting information). Transcripts of the recorded interviews were summarised using ChatGPT 3.5.Results: From the 148 questionnaire responses, 38% of respondents had used an NHS repository. Librarian activities were key to encouraging repository use (that is, searching and depositing materials). ResearchGate was the most widely used alternative. Perceived benefits of using repositories included open access to materials, and knowledge sharing with colleagues. Users generally did not know the deposit process, and over 50% of respondents were unaware of Green Open Access.Discussion: Building greater awareness, and institutional support is key to increasing repository usage. Marketing activities and educating researchers about the benefits of engaging with the repository are fundamental.Conclusion: NHS librarians need to market NHS repositories using principles of knowledge management and ensure that the grey literature of research and evaluation reports in repositories is better used.","PeriodicalId":47580,"journal":{"name":"Health Information and Libraries Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143048174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Bridging the health information gap among undergraduate university students: The role of academic libraries. 弥合大学生健康信息鸿沟：高校图书馆的作用。

IF 2.2 4区医学

Health Information and Libraries Journal Pub Date : 2025-01-13 DOI: 10.1111/hir.12563

Paulina Nana Yaa Kwafoa, Christopher K Filson, Gloria Tachie-Donkor, Diana Atuase, Paul Nunekpeku

{"title":"Bridging the health information gap among undergraduate university students: The role of academic libraries.","authors":"Paulina Nana Yaa Kwafoa, Christopher K Filson, Gloria Tachie-Donkor, Diana Atuase, Paul Nunekpeku","doi":"10.1111/hir.12563","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12563","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Although university students are young and seem generally healthy, they do have health information needs that affect their academic work. Some university healthcare services and academic libraries collaborated during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide health information to students.Aims/objectives: The study explored the health information gap among undergraduate students in universities in Ghana.Methodology: The study involved 382 students from the University of Cape Coast, the University of Ghana, and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, including nine librarians and six university health professionals. Respondents for the study were chosen using stratified sampling and purposeful sampling techniques. A questionnaire and a semi-structured interview guide were used to collect the data.Results: The study revealed limited access to health information for undergraduate students. Male and female students had similar high priorities (personal hygiene, disease prevention, healthy living, mental health) but reproductive health information was mostly a priority for female students.Discussion: Inadequate access to health information among undergraduate students may pose a threat to avoidable health risks and academic productivity.Conclusion: Based on the findings, a functional Collaborative Health Information Model for Academic Libraries and University Healthcare Systems is proposed to address undergraduate students' health information needs.","PeriodicalId":47580,"journal":{"name":"Health Information and Libraries Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142972673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Vaccination uptake is influenced by many cues during health information seeking online. 在网上寻找卫生信息时，接种疫苗受到许多线索的影响。

IF 2.2 4区医学

Health Information and Libraries Journal Pub Date : 2025-01-08 DOI: 10.1111/hir.12564

Mohammad Khojah, Mohammad Y Sarhan

{"title":"Vaccination uptake is influenced by many cues during health information seeking online.","authors":"Mohammad Khojah, Mohammad Y Sarhan","doi":"10.1111/hir.12564","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12564","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Much government response to improving vaccination uptake during the COVID-19 pandemic has focused on the problems of misinformation and disinformation. There may, however, be other signals within online health information that influence uptake of vaccination.Objective: This study identified the influence of various health information signals within online information communities on the intention of receiving the vaccine.Method: A deductive approach was used to derive constructs from signalling theory. Constructs were validated by a convenience sample using a questionnaire. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to evaluate the measurement model, the structural model and the multigroup analysis.Results: The analysis showed a significant impact of signals derived from past experience, information asymmetry and source credibility constructs on the perceived quality of the vaccine service. The perceived quality also had a significant impact on the intention to receive the vaccine.Discussion: Signalling theory was able to explain the importance of health information signals perceived from online platforms on the intention of individuals to receive the vaccine.Conclusion: Information asymmetry between information provider and receiver, perceived credibility of sources and perceived quality of the vaccination service may influence decisions about vaccination.","PeriodicalId":47580,"journal":{"name":"Health Information and Libraries Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142956619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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