Consumer Health Informatics for Racial and Ethnic Minoritized Communities: Minor Progress, Major Opportunities
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DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1742520
Abstract: Summary Objective : By reducing barriers to accessing health services and by supporting health management, consumer health informatics has the potential to reduce health disparities. Yet, technologies are still being designed without considerations for racial… read more here.
Keywords: health; health informatics; ethnic minoritized; racial ethnic ... See more keywords
An Unconventional Role for Librarians: Consumer Health Librarian and Health Literacy Consultant
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DOI: 10.1080/15323269.2020.1702843
Abstract: Librarians are branching out in health care, applying their unique skills to new, innovative roles in health literacy, patient education, and consumer health. These librarians use their diverse skillset to create, organize, and disseminate patient… read more here.
Keywords: unconventional role; consumer health; health literacy; role ... See more keywords
Mining and standardizing chinese consumer health terms
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DOI: 10.1186/s12911-018-0695-6
Abstract: BackgroundHealth professionals and consumers use different terms to express medical events or concerns, which makes the communication barriers between the professionals and consumers. This may lead to bias in the diagnosis or treatment due to… read more here.
Keywords: chinese consumer; consumer health; health terms; consumer ... See more keywords
Secondary Use of Recorded or Self-expressed Personal Data: Consumer Health Informatics and Education in the Era of Social Media and Health Apps.
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DOI: 10.15265/iy-2017-037
Abstract: Objective: To summarize the state of the art during the year 2016 in the areas related to consumer health informatics and education with a special emphasis in secondary use of patient data. Methods: We conducted… read more here.
Keywords: social media; use; consumer health; secondary use ... See more keywords