{"id":1235,"date":"2011-11-16T08:31:57","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T15:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.med.utah.edu\/blog\/eccles\/?p=1235"},"modified":"2012-05-04T09:16:06","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T15:16:06","slug":"when-information-literacy-informs-health-literacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.med.utah.edu\/blog\/eccles\/2011\/11\/16\/when-information-literacy-informs-health-literacy\/","title":{"rendered":"When Information Literacy Informs Health Literacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/library.med.utah.edu\/blog\/eccles\/?s=health+literacy\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-961\" style=\"border: 0pt none; float: left; padding:0.5em;\" title=\"Health Literacy logo\" src=\"http:\/\/library.med.utah.edu\/blog\/eccles\/files\/2011\/08\/logoHealthLiteracy.png\" alt=\"Health literacy logo\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a>A <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/thR8E8\">recent Columbia Daily Tribune article<\/a> highlights <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonespr.net\/images\/TeleVox-PoorHealthStudyFNL.pdf\"><em>A Fragile Nation In Poor Health<\/em><\/a>, a recent study by the for-profit corporation <a href=\"http:\/\/www.televox.com\/\">TeleVox Software<\/a> showing that about &#8220;four out of five Midwesterners admit they don&#8217;t follow treatment plans exactly as prescribed, and more than one-third said they could better follow those plans with encouragement from their doctors between visits&#8221; (from the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/thR8E8\">article<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately for the newspaper&#8217;s readers, the journalist goes on to include a response from Geni Alexander, public information officer for the Columbia\/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services, who said, &#8220;We would be very careful basing&#8221; programs &#8220;strictly off that study&#8221; because it makes the case for technology that TeleVox sells. The article goes on to cite other quality resources that support some of the study&#8217;s findings while not endorsing the TeleVox healthcare product line, which includes automated messaging systems, website hosting, and other tools &#8220;not just stay in touch but actually engage their patients while saving money in the process&#8221; (from the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/vgLDXI\">company website<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Health sciences libraries are in the business of helping patrons find evidence-based health and medical information. Here at Eccles Library, we can point you to quality information resources &#8212; websites, journals and more &#8212; on everything from <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/v06PGg\">health statistics<\/a>, to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/medlineplus\/\">personal\/consumer health<\/a>, to sites that address <a href=\"http:\/\/library.med.utah.edu\/km\/refdesk.php#rumors\">rumors and hoaxes on the Web<\/a>. Got a question? 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