title: Providing consumer health information via health professionals.
abstract: The Health Education Center in Pittsburgh, a community-based health promotion agency which provides library services to health professionals, students, and the lay public, received a resource grant in 1981 from the National Library of Medicine to study professionals' awareness of consumer health information (CHI) materials for their patients and clients. A survey of telephone patrons and on-site library patrons provided details on health professionals' use of the CHI resource center: their areas of interest, the material formats they preferred, and the intended use of the materials. Health professionals' demand for information about consumer-oriented materials and their satisfaction with the HEC library suggest that such a resource can be a valuable asset to a community.
mesh_terms: D001113:Area Health Education Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion; D006280:Health Workforce; D007999:Library Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012576:Schools, Health Occupations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013334:Students; D013664:Teaching Materials