title: Barriers to information access among county health department employees.
abstract: As part of a study to explore information use, 137 public health employees responded to the question: What are the main barriers that you face in accessing information you need to do your job? 74% of employees indicated 154 barriers. Of these 65% were related to technology or resources. Fewer barriers related to time (24%) and communication (13%). Efforts to address resource and technology barriers could improve how information is used by public health employees.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University, Department of Biomedical nformatics, USA.
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Merrill
authors.forename: Maxine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rockoff
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bakken
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caldwell
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D003201:Computers; D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D009111:Local Government; D011634:Public Health; D040442:Public Health Informatics