The role of libraries in the dissemination of health information in Botswana

Ntlotlang, Tuelo; Grand, Balulwami

doi:10.1108/lr-05-2015-0051

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“…Keywords closely related to health information seeking are users , behavior , health information needs , and consumer health information behavior . An examination of the literature corresponding to important nodes revealed that the users of library, online health consultation platform, social media, and other media were often considered research objects and that a discussion of these users’ health information needs and behaviors was a research hotspot in this period [ 50 , 51 ]. For example, taking the online health consultation case on “Taiwan eDoctor,” an online health consultation platform, as the research object, Chiu et al [ 52 ] studied the length, time, communication mode, purpose, and identity disclosure of online consultation questions and described the communication mode of patients in the process of health information searching.…”

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Evolutionary Overview of Consumer Health Informatics: Bibliometric Study on the Web of Science from 1999 to 2019

Ouyang¹,

Xie²,

Xin³

et al. 2021

J Med Internet Res

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Background Consumer health informatics (CHI) originated in the 1990s. With the rapid development of computer and information technology for health decision making, an increasing number of consumers have obtained health-related information through the internet, and CHI has also attracted the attention of an increasing number of scholars. Objective The aim of this study was to analyze the research themes and evolution characteristics of different study periods and to discuss the dynamic evolution path and research theme rules in a time-series framework from the perspective of a strategy map and a data flow in CHI. Methods The Web of Science core collection database of the Institute for Scientific Information was used as the data source to retrieve relevant articles in the field of CHI. SciMAT was used to preprocess the literature data and construct the overlapping map, evolution map, strategic diagram, and cluster network characterized by keywords. Besides, a bibliometric analysis of the general characteristics, the evolutionary characteristics of the theme, and the evolutionary path of the theme was conducted. Results A total of 986 articles were obtained after the retrieval, and 931 articles met the document-type requirement. In the past 21 years, the number of articles increased every year, with a remarkable growth after 2015. The research content in 4 different study periods formed the following 38 themes: patient education, medicine, needs, and bibliographic database in the 1999-2003 study period; world wide web, patient education, eHealth, patients, medication, terminology, behavior, technology, and disease in the 2004-2008 study period; websites, information seeking, physicians, attitudes, technology, risk, food labeling, patient, strategies, patient education, and eHealth in the 2009-2014 study period; and electronic medical records, health information seeking, attitudes, health communication, breast cancer, health literacy, technology, natural language processing, user-centered design, pharmacy, academic libraries, costs, internet utilization, and online health information in the 2015-2019 study period. Besides, these themes formed 10 evolution paths in 3 research directions: patient education and intervention, consumer demand attitude and behavior, and internet information technology application. Conclusions Averaging 93 publications every year since 2015, CHI research is in a rapid growth period. The research themes mainly focus on patient education, health information needs, health information search behavior, health behavior intervention, health literacy, health information technology, eHealth, and other aspects. Patient education and intervention research, consumer demand, attitude, and behavior research comprise the main theme evolution path, whose evolution process has been relatively stable. This evolution path will continue to become the research hotspot in this field. Research on the internet and information technology application is a secondary theme evolution path with development potential.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evolutionary Overview of Consumer Health Informatics: Bibliometric Study on the Web of Science from 1999 to 2019

Ouyang¹,

Xie²,

Xin³

et al. 2021

J Med Internet Res

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“…The basis of the researcher-made HISB questionnaire was the questionnaires used in previous studies[2520232425] with 15 questions and 8 dimensions, which included the need for health information (questions 1–3), the type of health information seeking (questions 4 and 5), the source of health information (questions 6 and 7), the time of referring to health information sources (questions 8–11), the purpose of health information seeking (question 12), the evaluation of reasons for referring to the library (question 13), barriers to obtaining health information (question 14), and the validity of the health information sources (question 15). The measurement scale of questions 1–14 was based on the Likert scale from 4 to 0 and that of question 15 was based on the Likert scale from 3 to 0.…”

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Prediction of health information-seeking behavior components based on health anxiety among users of public libraries

Musarezaie

Samouei

Shahrzadi

et al. 2019

J Edu Health Promot

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“…Kanyengo (2010) reported that the University of Zambia Medical Library had established health information provision programs, including the provision of information in various formats in addition to capacity building for librarians in health information literacy skills. Ntlotlang and Grand (2016) also reported that public libraries in Botswana had organized both print and electronic health information sources for the provision of accurate and useful health information to members of the community.…”

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confidence: 99%

High blood pressure awareness among residents in Lagos State, Nigeria

Zaid

2017

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Purpose This study examines the level of awareness about high blood pressure and the role of librarians in the dissemination of health information among residents in Lagos State, Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The population comprised high blood pressure patients at the University of Lagos Teaching Hospital in Lagos State, Nigeria. A sample of 900 patients was taken from the existing population of high blood pressure patients comprising male and female aged 15-55 years and above. Data for the study were collected through the use of a structured questionnaire. Few in-depth interviews were also conducted to enrich the data from the structured questionnaire. Some descriptive statistical techniques were used to analyze the data obtained from the structured questionnaire, while the data obtained from the in-depth interviews were subjected to content analysis. Findings The findings revealed that awareness about high blood pressure was generally low among the study population. It was also discovered that the librarians working in the medical and public libraries in Lagos State provided information services to members of the communities. However, the librarians affirmed that their role in the dissemination of information to the public was inadequate. Research limitations/implications The study was limited to the high blood pressure patients at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, while the patients attending other hospitals in Lagos State were not included as a result of time factor and lack of funding for the research. The views of the excluded category of patients on the level of awareness of high blood pressure may vary. Originality/value Good health is the bedrock of human development, and awareness is the first step in the battle against the scourge of ill-health. Recognizing the need for increased level of awareness and the value of disseminating useful information are vital to patients in the management of high blood pressure.

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The role of libraries in the dissemination of health information in Botswana

Cited by 8 publications

References 22 publications

Evolutionary Overview of Consumer Health Informatics: Bibliometric Study on the Web of Science from 1999 to 2019

Evolutionary Overview of Consumer Health Informatics: Bibliometric Study on the Web of Science from 1999 to 2019

Prediction of health information-seeking behavior components based on health anxiety among users of public libraries

High blood pressure awareness among residents in Lagos State, Nigeria

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