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Abstracts: http://eventscribe.com/2013/MLA/SessView.asp?SessionNumber=7
Cosponsored by Hospital Libraries Section, Pharmacy and Drug Information Section, Relevant Issues Section
Moderator: Claire B. Joseph, AHIP, Director, Jules Redish Memorial Medical Library, South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, NY
Structured Health Information Text for Improving Health Communication: Content Analysis of Short Disease Explanation Texts in Lay Medical Books
Yukiko Sakai, AHIP
Health Information-Seeking Behavior of South Indian Elderly Immigrants: An Investigation of the Use and Availability of Consumer Health Resources in South Indian Languages
Prasanna Vaduvathiriyan and Shari Clifton, AHIP
Using Crowdsourcing and Participatory Design in the Development of Graphics to Enhance Health Education Materials for Underrepresented Populations
Erica Lake, Qing Zeng-Treitler, and Jean P. Shipman, AHIP, FMLA
Influencing Patient-Provider Communication and Promoting Patient Self Advocacy
Linda C. Butson, AHIP, Rebecca R. Pauly, Jennifer A. Lyon, AHIP, and Michele Tennant, AHIP
Contributing to the Establishment of a Medical Home Model for Sickle Cell Disease
Tracy C. Shields, Adeola R. Davis, Michael DeBaun, and Nunzia Bettinsoli Giuse, FMLA