The minutes of the October 24, 2003 meeting were approved as distributed. Announcements: J. Violette distributed a summary table of this year's Special Needs Funds requests. The Library Subcommittee will review the requests at the next meeting. J. Violette will distribute copies of the applications along with Larry Griffin's notes prior to the meeting. J. Violette distributed a copy of the draf...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate patients' preferences for message features and assess their relationships with health literacy, monitor-blunter coping style, and other patient-dependent characteristics. METHODS Patients with coronary heart disease completed an internet-based survey, which assessed health literacy and monitor-blunter coping style, as well as various other patient characteristics such as...

Introduction. This paper reports a study on informationseeking behaviour of prospective geography teachers at the National University of Lesotho based on their experiences during teaching practice. It is part of a larger doctoral study on information needs and information-seeking patterns of secondary level geography teachers in Lesotho. Method. The study used a questionnaire survey of the pros...

background: poor literacy can impede one’s ability not only to seek out needed health information but also to process, understand and use it to make appropriate health care decisions. the objective of the study was to assess the health literacy among adult patients seeking oral health care at in a private dental hospital in bangalore, karnataka, india. materials and methods: a cross sectional q...

Introduction The social reconfigurations of the last few decades have changed role women in society, moving them away from extended family and reducing their time to build supportive relationships, essential factors informal support during transition parenthood. This new reality led emergence alternative sources support, namely internet, currently constituting one main health information for pr...

information and services to make appropriate health decisions—is essential to promote healthy people and communities. Health care institutions and public health systems play a critical role in health literacy, because they can make it easier or more difficult for people to find and use health information and services. For the first time, there are national data that demonstrate currently availa...

The advent and development of the Internet has changed students’ pattern of information seeking behaviors. That is also the case in Iran. The current research was carried out by interviewing with and observing of 20 intermediate girl students to assess their information seeking behavior on the web environment through a qualitative approach. Findings indicate an acceptable level of access to the...

Study Design An Internet-based evaluation of Web sites regarding lumbar fusion. Objective The Internet has become a major resource for patients; however, the quality and readability of Internet information regarding lumbar fusion is unclear. The objective of this study is to evaluate the quality and readability of Internet information regarding lumbar fusion and to determine whether these measu...