MedlinePlus and the challenge of low health literacy: findings from the Colonias project.

MedlinePlus and the challenge of low health literacy: findings from the Colonias project. Research Abstract Details 

Research Abstract Table of Contents

Jump to the:

MedlinePlus and the challenge of low health literacy: findings from the Colonias project. Abstract Text:

Cynthia A Olney,Debra G Warner,Greysi Reyna,Fred B Wood,Elliot R Siegel,

OBJECTIVE: To explore the potential of a community-based health information outreach project to overcome problems associated with health literacy in low-income Hispanic communities along the Texas-Mexico border. METHODS: Using a train-the-trainer approach, community outreach workers known as promotoras were trained by a health information outreach team to search English and Spanish versions of MedlinePlus. These 15 promotoras submitted written examples on a weekly basis of the topics they helped residents explore on MedlinePlus and the ways in which the residents used the information. These weekly reports, along with verbal interviews with promotoras and others in the communities, allowed development of a database of 161 incidents ("stories") demonstrating how community residents used MedlinePlus. These stories were thematically analyzed to explore how the program benefited participants. RESULTS: The database of stories included examples of community residents becoming better informed about their illnesses, resolving to visit doctors, making decisions about recommended treatments, reducing their anxiety about health conditions, committing to healthy or preventive behavior, and assisting family members. CONCLUSION: With the help of paraprofessionals like promotoras, community-based health information outreach projects may improve the ability of community residents to understand their health conditions and to participate actively in their health care.

MedlinePlus and the challenge of low health literacy: findings from the Colonias project. Publishing Authors By Initials

CA Olney,DG Warner,G Reyna,FB Wood,ER Siegel,

For similar geographic locations: americas: north america: united states: southwestern united states: texas research abstracts see: geographic locations: americas: north america: united states: southwestern united states: texas research

PUBMED ID PMID:

MEDLINE DATE:

MedlinePlus and the challenge of low health literacy: findings from the Colonias project. Journal Published:

PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, N.I.H., Extr

Journal: Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA

VOLUME: 95

Page Numbers: 31-9

Journal Abbreviation:

ISSN: 1558-9439

DAY: 3

MONTH: Jan

YEAR: 2007

MedlinePlus and the challenge of low health literacy: findings from the Colonias project. Information

Number of References:

LANGUAGE: eng

NlmUniqueID: 101132728

MedlinePlus and the challenge of low health literacy: findings from the Colonias project. Keywords Mesh Terms:

KEYWORDS: Texas

MESH TERMS: utilization

Chemical & Substance for Abstract: MedlinePlus and the challenge of low health literacy: findings from the Colonias project. Information

Substance Name:

Registry Number:

Grant and Affiliation Information for MedlinePlus and the challenge of low health literacy: findings from the Colonias project.

AFFILIATION: C.O. Evaluation Consulting LLC, P.O. Box 4891, Greensboro, NC 27404, USA. olneyc@triad.rr.com

Country: United States

AGENCY: United States NLM

GRANT: N0-1-LM-1-3515

ACRONYM: LM

MEDLINETA: J Med Libr Assoc

REFSOURCE:

DATABASENAME:

ACCESSION NUMBER:

Number Hits: 0

MedlinePlus and the challenge of low health literacy: findings from the Colonias project Related Publications

• Anti-TGF-beta2 antibody therapy inhibits postoperative resynostosis in craniosynostotic rabbits.
• Association of PSD-95 with ErbB4 facilitates neuregulin signaling in cerebellar granule neurons in culture.
• At what age can children report dependably on their asthma health status?
• Attentional modulation of receptive field structure in area 7a of the behaving monkey.
• Autoimmunity versus tolerance: can dying cells tip the balance?
• Effect of the ovulatory cycle on oviductal sperm storage in the domestic fowl.
• Effects of glossopharyngeal insufflation on cardiac function: an echocardiographic study in elite breath-hold divers.
• Fighting cancer with fitness: dietary outcomes of a randomized, controlled lifestyle change intervention in healthy African-American women.
• Hypocretin (orexin) cell loss in Parkinson's disease.
• Informatics in radiology: GridCAD: grid-based computer-aided detection system.
• Integration of hydrogels with hard and soft microstructures.
• Large germline deletions and duplication in isolated cerebral cavernous malformation patients.
• MDCT of tracheobronchial narrowing in pediatric patients.
• Mecamylamine blocks nicotine-induced enhancement of the P20 auditory event-related potential and evoked gamma.
• MedlinePlus and the challenge of low health literacy: findings from the Colonias project.
• Mortality partitions and their relevance to research on senescence.
• Onset of puberty in CD-1 mouse pups exposed prenatally through weaning to endophyte-infected tall fescue seed.
• Oxidation of 2-mercaptobenzothiazole in latex gloves and its possible haptenation pathway.
• Phage display-based molecular methods in immunohematology.
• Pharmacokinetic and behavioral characterization of a long-term antipsychotic delivery system in rodents and rabbits.
• Pneumonitis in human cytomegalovirus infection.
• Postoperative anti-Tgf-beta2 antibody therapy improves intracranial volume and craniofacial growth in craniosynostotic rabbits.
• Premature carotid artery disease in long-term survivors of childhood cancer treated with neck irradiation: a series of 5 cases.
• Reproducibility of platelet function testing.
• Sexual violence inside prisons: rates of victimization.
• Stress and health: psychological, behavioral, and biological determinants.
• The effects of yoga practice on psychological well-being: 2426: board #105 june 1 3:30 PM -5:00 PM.
• The neurobiology of aggression and rage: role of cytokines.
• Trends in the inpatient mental health treatment of children and adolescents in US community hospitals between 1990 and 2000.
• Yield of brain 18F-FDG PET in evaluating patients with potentially operable non-small cell lung cancer.