Consumer Health Information Service for Patients and Medical Consumers. National Cancer Center-Cancer Information Service.

Object: This study aimed to assess the relationships between trend of mortality rate from subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and blood pressure and smoking prevalence among about 700,000 residents of Shimane prefecture, Japan. Methods: A retrospective review was performed to identify the age-adjusted mortality rate from SAH calculated using the standard population of Japan in 2010 and changes in population of Shimane prefecture used the date based on government statistics during 1999 through 2017. Blood pressure dates were extracted from Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare during 2008 through 2015, and smoking prevalence from Cancer Registry and Statistics. Cancer Information Service, National Cancer Center, Japan every 3 years since 2001. Result: Age-adjusted mortality rate from SAH in Shimane prefecture tended to decline by 3.6% between 1999 through 2017 regardless of gender, as 14.86 (95%CI:14.65-15.07) per 100,000 person-year in 1999 to 7.96 (95%CI:7.81-8.11) in 2017. The Population of Shimane prefecture, where one of the most aging region in Japan, was decreased by 10.4% since 764,291 in 1999 to 684,668 in 2017. Blood pressure was invariable during 2008 through 2015, while smoking prevalence decreased since 2001 to 2016, as 25.0% to 18.0%. Conclusion: Age-adjusted mortality rate from SAH in Shimane prefecture have declined since 1999 to 2017, regardless of decrease of population and advancement of aging region. The factor of decline might be not only development of treatment and management, but decrease of incidence of SAH in Japan accompanied by improvement of smoking prevalence or lifestyle habitation.

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Consumer Health Information Service for Patients and Medical Consumers. Role of Medical Libraries for Conveying Medical Information to Patients and the General Public.

Igaku Toshokan ◽

10.7142/igakutoshokan.45.44 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

pp. 44-46

Author(s):

Sadao KAWAMURA

Keyword(s):

Health Information ◽

General Public ◽

Medical Information ◽

Information Service ◽

Consumer Health Information ◽

Consumer Health ◽

Medical Libraries

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Consumer Health Information Service for Patients and Medical Consumers. Consumer Health Information Services in the United States.

Igaku Toshokan ◽

10.7142/igakutoshokan.45.36 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

pp. 36-43

Author(s):

Junko Adachi SNYDER ◽

Katherine L. LINDER

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Health Information ◽

Information Service ◽

The United States ◽

Consumer Health Information ◽

Information Services ◽

Consumer Health

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Providing Consumer Health Information Service at Queens Borough Public Library.

Igaku Toshokan ◽

10.7142/igakutoshokan.50.260 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 50 (3) ◽

pp. 260-267

Author(s):

Noriko SUGIE

Keyword(s):

Health Information ◽

Information Service ◽

Public Library ◽

Consumer Health Information ◽

Consumer Health

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Consumer health information on the Internet: an evaluation report on the Nova Scotia Health Network

Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association / Journal de l Association de bilbiothèques de la santé du Canada ◽

10.5596/c05-013 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 41 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mardi Amirault ◽

Shelley Cobbett ◽

Andrea Doherty ◽

Jackie Hartigan-Rogers ◽

Adele LeBlanc ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Nova Scotia ◽

Health Information ◽

Online Survey ◽

Information Service ◽

Time Frame ◽

Consumer Health Information ◽

Ease Of Use ◽

Consumer Health ◽

Health Network

The Nova Scotia Health Network (NSHN) is a province-wide, Web-based consumer health information service provided through the cooperative efforts of various organizations, including public libraries, health sciences libraries, the Nova Scotia Provincial Library, and Dalhousie University. The primary intent of the NSHN was to build on existing community resources to provide a quality source of local and general health information. Objective – The purpose was to evaluate the NSHN from the perspective of its users in relation to the ease of use of the site and the usability of the information and content. Methods – A descriptive design was chosen to address the study objectives. Results – Study participants were those users of the NSHN site who agreed to complete and submit an online survey between June 2002 and June 2003. The majority of study respondents were white, middle-aged, English-speaking females, who resided in rural Nova Scotia. They were mostly able to find the information they wanted with little effort and in a reasonable time frame. One in four participants indicated that the information had been used to help them change their lifestyle, whereas one in three reported that they had shared the information with their health care provider. The content found on the site was very highly rated, with more than 90% reporting that the information was easy to understand, useful, and of high quality. Conclusion – The data obtained in this study was positive and encouraging. Sixty-six percent rated the site as a 4 or 5 (with 5 being the best rating) when compared with other health information sites they had visited. Individuals who visited the NSHN site in the past used the acquired information to change health care practices and (or) seek further treatment.

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