title: Campus-community pharmacy partnership to foster awareness and use of MedlinePlus.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the impact of a campus-community pharmacy partnership to foster awareness and use of National Library of Medicine (NLM) databases, including MedlinePlus, among minority populations.
  
  
  METHODS
  Uncontrolled study with pretest and posttest.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two community pharmacies and Bethel World Ministry in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.
  
  
  METHODS
  8 student pharmacists and pharmacy residents and 92 patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Training of patients by student pharmacists and pharmacy residents in the use of NLM databases during prescription-fill wait time.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pre- and post-survey responses and telephone followup designed to assess familiarity with NLM databases, including MedlinePlus.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, the familiarity of the participants with MedlinePlus and NLM databases increased fivefold before versus after training. The 1-week follow-up confirmed this trend. However, no statistically significant differences in responses (pre-and posttest/follow-up) to the surveys were observed in regard to specific questions on daily and future use of the NLM databases available on the Internet.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Awareness and use of MedlinePlus by study participants increased.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Bisrat
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hailemeskel
authors.forename: Arjun P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daftary
authors.forename: Oluwaranti
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Akiyode
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ayuk-Egbe
authors.forename: Ajoy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koomer
authors.forename: Larry
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: Latoya
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: Zhenyi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xue
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001364:Awareness; D003157:Community Pharmacy Services; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D049293:MedlinePlus; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000193:education*; D009317:National Library of Medicine (U.S.); D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010595:Pharmacists; D012580:Schools, Pharmacy; D014481:United States