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BACKGROUND: Health promotion can empower populations to gain more control over their well-being by using digital interventions that focus on preventing the root causes of diseases. Digital platforms for personalized health coaching can improve health literacy and information-seeking behavior, leading to better health outcomes. Personal health records have been designed to enhance patients' self-management of a disease or condition. Existing personal health records have been mostly designed and deployed as a supplementary service that acts as views into electronic health records. OBJECTIVE: We aim to overcome some of the limitations of electronic health records. This study aims to design and develop a personal health library (PHL) that generates personalized recommendations for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine promotion and cancer prevention. METHODS: We have designed a proof-of-concept prototype of the Digital Personal Health Librarian, which leverages machine learning; natural language processing; and several innovative technological infrastructures, including the Semantic Web, social linked data, web application programming interfaces, and hypermedia-based discovery, to generate a personal health knowledge graph. RESULTS: We have designed and implemented a proof-of-the-concept prototype to showcase and demonstrate how the PHL can be used to store an individual's health data, for example, a personal health knowledge graph. This is integrated with web-scale knowledge to support HPV vaccine promotion and prevent HPV-associated cancers among adolescents and their caregivers. We also demonstrated how the Digital Personal Health Librarian uses the PHL to provide evidence-based insights and knowledge-driven explanations that are personalized and inform health decision-making. CONCLUSIONS: Digital platforms such as the PHL can be instrumental in improving precision health promotion and education strategies that address population-specific needs (ie, health literacy, digital competency, and language barriers) and empower individuals by facilitating knowledge acquisition to make healthy choices.
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La emergencia sanitaria ocasionada por la pandemia de la COVID-19 impone mantenerse actualizado y continuar aprendiendo mediante el uso de las redes y de los entornos virtuales. En el año 2013 el área de Atención de la Red del Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas de Mayabeque creó el boletín electrónico Bibliodebate, que se distribuye vía correo electrónico mediante la utilización de la lista de discusión Biblioredmay, y que se encuentra disponible en el sitio web de la institución y en las redes sociales. Se realizó un estudio descriptivo, retrospectivo y longitudinal en la red de bibliotecas de la provincia para valorar la efectividad del boletín Bibliodebate a partir de su uso por el personal que labora en las bibliotecas médicas. Resulta significativo que solamente tres encuestados lo descargan del sitio web institucional y 14 (51,8 por ciento) lo usan como vía para capacitarse en temas relacionados con la biblioteca. De ellos, 12 son informáticos. El 81,4 por ciento evaluó el boletín de excelente. Se concluye que el boletín Bibliodebate contribuye al aprendizaje en red del personal que labora en las bibliotecas médicas de la provincia(AU)
The health emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic makes it necessary to remain updated and continue to learn through the use of virtual networks and environments. In the year 2013 the care section of the network at the Provincial Medical Sciences Information Center of Mayabeque created the electronic bulletin Bibliodebate, which is distributed via electronic mail using the discussion list Biblioredmay and made available in the website of the institution and in social networks. A retrospective longitudinal descriptive study was conducted in the network of libraries of the province to evaluate the effectiveness of the bulletin Bibliodebate based on its use by health librarians. It is noteworthy that only three respondents download the bulletin from the institutional website and 14 (51.8percent) use it as a professional development tool about topics related to the library. Of these, 12 are information specialists. 81.4percent evaluated the bulletin as excellent. It is concluded that the bulletin Bibliodebate contributes to network learning by health librarians in the province(AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Electronic Publications , Professional Training , Information Literacy , Libraries, Medical , Epidemiology, Descriptive , Retrospective Studies , Longitudinal StudiesABSTRACT
Health literacy has been redefined in recent years to move beyond an individual's own communication skills to include the skills of persons working within health care organizations, including librarians. Provision of consumer health services and resources, while a long-standing practice in hospital libraries, has also been redefined. As definitions of health literacy have evolved, so too have hospital librarian services as they embrace their role within health literacy. Many hospital medical and consumer health librarians have developed programs, services, and collaborations to further health literacy awareness, education, and initiatives for consumers, health care professionals, and their parent organizations.
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Health Literacy/organization & administration , Health Services , Information Dissemination/methods , Librarians , Libraries, Medical/organization & administration , Patient Education as Topic/methods , Professional Role , HumansABSTRACT
Introducción: la alfabetización informacional es importante para aprovechar las ventajas de la investigación disponible en diferentes formatos.Objetivo: determinar el conocimiento que tienen los profesionales de la salud sobre la alfabetización informacional.Métodos: se realizó una investigación descriptiva transversal en el Hospital Docente Ginecoobstétrico Eusebio Hernández, entre el primero de septiembre y el 31 de diciembre de 2011, con un total de 120 profesionales. Los mismos se seleccionaron mediante muestreo aleatorio, a partir de los conocimientos sobre competencias en información necesarios para su desarrollo profesional, precisando las siguientes informaciones: uso de búsqueda de información, aprendizaje, conocimiento sobre los buscadores, opciones de búsqueda de avanzada y su uso en el trabajo diario. La recolección de los datos estuvo basada en la aplicación de un cuestionario anónimo, que constó de tres preguntas para definir las necesidades de aprendizaje a partir del programa de desarrollo de Competencias Informacionales en Salud que está llevando a cabo INFOMED.Resultados: la mayor cantidad de encuestados refirió que utilizó la búsqueda bibliográfica para la realización de trabajos académicos; el modo en que aprendieron fue de forma independiente; el mayor porcentaje conocía y usaba los buscadores de información, pero no así las opciones de búsqueda de avanzada.Conclusiones: en nuestro trabajo se pudo constatar la falta de competencias en el manejo y uso de la información científico-técnica por parte de los profesionales estudiados, lo cual representa un reto importante tanto para los técnicos de la información como para los propios profesionales de la salud
Background: information Literacy is an important aspect because it gives you the opportunity to take advantage of the benefits of research which is available in different formats.Objectives: to determine the level of awareness among health professionals about information literacy.Methods: a transversal descriptive research was performed in Eusebio Hernández Gynecobsteric Teaching Hospital from September 1st to December 31st including a total of 120 professionals. They were selected by a random sampling based on the information skills necessary for their professional development, specifying the following information: use of information search, learning, knowledge about search engines, opinions on advanced search options and their use in daily work.The data collection was based on the application of an anonymous questionnaire which consisted of three questions to define learning needs using the program for competency development in health that INFOMED is conducting.Results: most respondents reported that they carried out a bibliographic search to perform academic works and they also reported that they learned independently. The highest percentage knew and used information searchers, but advanced search options were unknown to them.Conclusions: in this study we could verify the lack of skills in the management and use of Scientific and Technical Information the professionals under this study have, which represents an important challenge for both information technology technicians and health professionals
