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Author Smith, Catherine Arnott

Title Consumer Health Informatics Enabling Digital Health for Everyone
Published Milton : CRC Press LLC, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (262 p.)
Series Chapman and Hall/CRC Healthcare Informatics Ser
Chapman and Hall/CRC Healthcare Informatics Ser
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Part I: Foundations -- Chapter 1: Individuals' Opportunities and Challenges in the Era of Participatory Healthcare -- 1.1 From Paternalistic Roots to Ethical Patient Engagement -- 1.2 21st -Century Information Technology as Game-Changer -- 1.3 Information Sources for Facilitating Patients' and the Public's Engagement with Healthcare -- 1.4 Participatory Healthcare Societies and Conferences -- 1.5 Patient Participation in Different Aspects of Medical Care, Research, and Development
1.5.1 Patient Participation in Their Care -- 1.5.2 Patients as Influencers and Promoters of Biomedical Research -- 1.5.3 Patient Communities as Participant-Organized Crowdsourcing Networks -- 1.5.4 Patients as Procedure and Technology Developers -- 1.6 Impact of Participatory Medicine on Health Outcomes and the Cost of Care -- 1.7 Systemic Barriers and Challenges to Patient Engagement -- 1.8 The Challenge of Health Literacy and Digital Literacy Requirements for Participation -- 1.9 Patient Engagement: Right Versus Responsibility
1.10 Role of Consumer Health Informatics Tools in Supporting Participatory Healthcare -- Web Resources -- References -- Chapter 2: Consumer Health Informatics as a Field -- 2.1 What Is Consumer Health Informatics? -- 2.2 Scope of the CHI Field -- 2.3 Who Does Consumer Health Informatics? -- Web Resources -- References -- Chapter 3: Health Literacy and Other Competencies: The Skills Consumers Need in Order to Be Effective in the Digital Health Information Environment -- 3.1 Health Literacy -- 3.1.1 The Concept's Beginnings -- 3.1.2 Early Assessment of Health Literacy
3.1.3 Health Literacy Levels in the Population -- 3.2 Association with Health Behaviors and Outcomes -- 3.3 Is the Relationship Between Health Literacy and Outcomes Causal? -- 3.4 Newer Definitions and Measures of Health Literacy -- 3.5 From Health Literacy to E-Health Literacy: Other Relevant Competencies -- 3.6 Practical Considerations for Designers and Promoters of Consumer Health Information Tools -- 3.6.1 Reading Competency Problems -- 3.6.2 Numeracy Problems -- 3.6.3 Supporting Media and Information Literacy -- 3.6.4 Supporting Computer Literacy -- 3.6.5 Supporting Science Literacy
3.7 Conclusions -- Web Resources -- References -- Chapter 4: Online Databases to Support Consumer Health Informatics -- 4.1 Health Information Online: An Introduction -- 4.2 Bibliographic Databases -- 4.3 Databases and Literature for CHI -- 4.3.1 Healthcare: Medicine -- 4.3.1.1 PubMed and MEDLINE -- 4.3.1.2 PsycINFO -- 4.3.2 Healthcare: Nursing -- 4.3.2.1 CINAHL -- 4.3.2.2 HaPI -- 4.3.3 Healthcare: Consumer-Facing -- 4.3.3.1 Consumer Health Complete -- 4.3.4 Computer and Information Science -- 4.3.4.1 ACM Digital Library -- 4.3.5 Library and Information Science
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Medical informatics.
Form Electronic book
Author Keselman, Alla
ISBN 9780429808890
0429808895