LGBTQ+健康研究指南:对使用模式和用户信息需求的多机构分析。

IF 2.9 4区 医学 Q1 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Gregg A Stevens, Martin Morris, Robin M N Parker, Francisco J Fajardo, Erica R Brody, Katie McLean
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目标:LGBTQ+健康研究指南可以通过将人们与高质量的健康服务和信息联系起来,加强LGBTQ+T社区,以前的研究建议健康科学图书馆创建和维护这些指南。然而,关于这些指南是如何使用的,以及它们在多大程度上满足了LGBTQ+用户的需求,几乎没有证据。使用从多个LGBTQ+健康研究指南中检索的回顾性数据,我们检查了最常用的LGBTQ#健康信息类别,以及指南的访问频率。基于这些结果,我们希望找到能够为图书馆带来最佳实践的模式。方法:五家北美学术健康科学图书馆从其LGBTQ+健康研究指南中提供了精选的使用数据,为期三年(2018年7月至2021年6月)。数据通过两种方式进行分析。首先,通过开放编码对每个指南中点击率最高的20个资源进行分类,以评估某些信息资源类别是否在指南用户中更受欢迎,从而推断用户需求。还使用移动平均值的经典季节分解方法对两个地点进行了时间序列分析,以提供对数据的更深入了解。结果:开放编码数据显示,消费者健康信息资源的使用频率高于其他健康资源类别。来自更多当地组织以及拥有提供者和服务信息的组织的资源被大量使用,这表明用户可能正在寻找与当地卫生服务和提供者有关的信息。时间序列分析使指南推广的潜在积极影响得以以原始数据中不清楚的方式展示出来。结论:本研究表明,人们通过学术图书馆研究指南获取LGBTQ+消费者健康信息,并倾向于当地信息。指南的使用似乎受到机构内部和更广泛社区的积极推动。寻找外部合作伙伴可能会增加指南的影响力,并提供与当地资源和服务的重要联系。
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LGBTQ+ health research guides: a multi-institutional analysis of usage patterns and user information needs.

LGBTQ+ health research guides: a multi-institutional analysis of usage patterns and user information needs.

LGBTQ+ health research guides: a multi-institutional analysis of usage patterns and user information needs.

LGBTQ+ health research guides: a multi-institutional analysis of usage patterns and user information needs.

Objective: LGBTQ+ health research guides can strengthen the LGBTQ+ community through connecting people to quality health services and information, and previous studies have recommended that health sciences libraries create and maintain these guides. Little evidence exists, though, on how these guides are used and how well they meet the needs of LGBTQ+ users. Using retrospective data retrieved from multiple LGBTQ+ health research guides, we examined the categories of LGBTQ+ health information most used, as well as how often guides were accessed. Based on these results, we hope to find patterns which can lead to best practices for libraries.

Methods: Five North American academic health sciences libraries contributed select usage data from their LGBTQ+ health research guides, covering a three-year period (July 2018-June 2021). Data was analyzed in two ways. Firstly, the 20 most-clicked resources from each guide were categorized through open coding, to assess if certain information resource categories were more popular among guide users, allowing for inference of user needs. A time-series analysis was also conducted for two sites, using the Classical Seasonal Decomposition by Moving Averages method, to provide deeper insights into the data.

Results: Open coding data showed consumer health information resources were used more often than other health resource categories. Resources from more locally based organizations and those with provider and services information were heavily used, indicating that users may be looking for information connecting to local health services and providers. The time series analysis allowed the potential positive effect of guide promotion to be showcased in ways that would not have been clear from the raw data.

Conclusion: This study shows that people are accessing LGBTQ+ consumer health information through academic library research guides, with a preference for local information. Guide usage appears to be positively driven by outreach within one's institution and to the greater community. Locating external partners may increase guide impact and provide important links to local resources and services.

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Journal of the Medical Library Association
Journal of the Medical Library Association INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-
CiteScore
4.10
自引率
10.00%
发文量
39
审稿时长
26 weeks
期刊介绍: The Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) is an international, peer-reviewed journal published quarterly that aims to advance the practice and research knowledgebase of health sciences librarianship. The most current impact factor for the JMLA (from the 2007 edition of Journal Citation Reports) is 1.392.
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