Health Literacy Month runs each October and aims to empower patients and the public with knowledge, information, understanding, skills, and confidence in relation to their health.
As Christie colleagues we can help to support patients and carers with the patient-friendly resources available to us through our electronic subscriptions. Providing this information ensures patients are absorbing accurate and appropriate information on their health conditions and feel empowered and confident when discussing their conditions with healthcare professionals.
ClinicalKey offers a variety of resources with the aim of educating patients. They have guides on various tests which patients may be required to undergo, areas of anatomy, and plain-language descriptions of common health conditions. These resources can be filtered by the specialty of ‘Oncology’ to help you find the best resources for your patients.
A few resources which may be useful for Christie patients:
BMJ Best Practice also has a list of resources written with patients in mind. There is a search box at the top of this list which can be used to discover specific resources that will be useful for your patients.
A few resources which may be useful for Christie patients:
UpToDate also has a section called ‘Patient Education’ containing lists of resources to educate patients. You can select ‘Cancer’ as a category and browse the list of resources available for your patients.
A few resources which may be useful for Christie patients:
The Library is here to support you to support your patients, so let us know if you need any assistance from us in retrieving information or finding trustworthy resources. We offer a literature searching service which can be beneficial in retrieving evidence-based information for you to pass on to your patients.
All of these resources are available to you with an active OpenAthens account. If you would like to find out more about setting an account up, please get in touch with us on 0161 446 3452 or email The-Christie.Library@.nhs.net. Alternately, you can register for an account yourself via the online OpenAthens registration form.
You can find out more about Health Literacy Month by following the hashtag #HealthLiteracyMonth, following us on Twitter throughout October @ChristieLibrary, or visiting Health Literacy Month.