Jean P. Shipman|Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi|Carla J. Funk
The Health Information Literacy Research Project
Medical Library Association
research studied hospital administrators hospitalbased health care providers collectively target group perceived value consumer health information resources librarians roles promoting health information literacy institutionsa webbased needs survey developed administered hospital administrators health care providers multiple health information literacy curricula developed one pilottested nine hospital libraries united states canada quantitative qualitative methods used evaluate curriculum impact target groupa majority survey respondents believed providing consumer health information resources critically important fulfilling institutions missions hospitals could improve health information literacy increasing awareness impact patient care training staff become knowledgeable health literacy barriers study showed librariantaught health information literacy curriculum raise awareness issue among target group increased use national library medicine consumer health resources referrals librarians health information literacy supportit hoped many hospital administrators health care providers take health information literacy curricula recognize librarians educate topic providers use related consumer health services resources