Assessing Health Information Consumers' Competencies in Managing Digital Media: A

描述（由申请人提供）：本研究旨在评估测量健康信息能力（信念、技能和知识）的方法和技术，这些能力与从新数字媒体中寻找和评估健康资源有关。该应用程序用于：(a)验证对卫生信息能力的在线互动评估；(b)评估未来卫生专业人员的卫生信息能力和(c)评估评估对参与者能力建设意图的影响。为了实现这一目标，将收集关于在高等教育机构参加学术课程的未来卫生专业人员的卫生信息能力的数据。为了验证的目的，样本包括了背景不同的个人，从大学一年级，没有经验到获得高等学位，从事信息密集型学科。除了仪器验证研究外，还将回答以下研究问题：1)未来的卫生专业人员在管理和判断数字健康信息方面的技能达到何种程度？2)他们最弱和最强的能力是什么，这些能力是否因卫生专业和教育水平而异？3)年轻人和专业前评估者在完成评估并接受个性化反馈后，对建立自己的健康信息能力有什么意图？将收集新的定量数据：400名学生将完成健康信息能力的交互式在线评估，25名医学图书馆员将对评估中包括的项目的重要性进行评级。此外，对424名大学生胜任力建设意向的档案数据进行内容分析。通过本研究获得的数据将用于建议课程改进，建立图书馆-讲师合作的能力建设意图，并估计美国健康信息消费者所拥有的高端技能水平，这些消费者在健康相关学科中具有专业培训的优势。对本科生和研究生进行评估，教育他们了解数字健康信息资源，将有以下好处：(a)参与者将更有能力就自己的健康做出知情决定；(b)作为受教育程度较高、有互联网接入的社区成员，研究参与者将更有可能与其文化程度较低的家庭成员和朋友分享高质量的健康信息；（三）完成学业后，这些卫生专业人员将能够更好地为识字率低、收入低的病人提供服务。公共卫生相关性：通过本研究获得的数据将用于建议课程改进，建立图书馆-讲师合作的能力建设意图，并估计美国健康信息消费者所拥有的高端技能水平，这些消费者在健康相关学科中具有专业培训的优势。对本科生和研究生进行评估，教育他们了解数字健康信息资源，将有以下好处：(a)参与者将更有能力就自己的健康做出知情决定；(b)作为受教育程度较高、有互联网接入的社区成员，研究参与者将更有可能与其文化程度较低的家庭成员和朋友分享高质量的健康信息；（三）完成学业后，这些卫生专业人员将能够更好地为识字率低、收入低的病人提供服务。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This research serves to evaluate the methodology and technology for measuring health information competencies (beliefs, skills, and knowledge) pertaining to finding and evaluating health resources from new digital media. This application serves to: (a) Validate an online interactive assessment of health information competencies; (b) Assess health information competencies of future health professionals and (c) Evaluate the impact of the assessment on participants' competency-building intentions. To achieve this aim, data will be collected on the health information competencies of future health professionals who are enrolled in academic programs at a higher education institution. For validation purposes, the sample includes individuals whose background varies from first year in college and no experience to earning an advanced degree and practicing an information-intensive discipline. In addition to the instrument validation study, the following research questions will be answered: 1) To what extent are future health professionals skilled in managing and judging digital health information? 2) What are their weakest and strongest competencies and do those competencies vary by health profession and education level? 3) What intentions do young and pre-professional assessment takers have for building their health information competencies as a result of completing the assessment and receiving its individualized feedback? New quantitative data will be collected: 400 students will complete an interactive online assessment of health information competencies and 25 medical librarians will rate the importance of items included in the assessment. In addition, archival data on competency-building intensions of 424 undergraduates will be content analyzed. Data acquired through this research will be used to suggest curriculum improvements, to establish library-instructor collaborations for competency-building intentions, and to estimate the higher- end level of skills held by health information consumers in the U.S. who have the advantage of specialized training in a health-related discipline. Assessment of undergraduate and graduate students that educates them about digital health information resources will have the following benefits: (a) the participants will be better equipped to make informed decisions about their health; (b) as better educated community members with Internet access, study participants will be more likely to share high-quality health information with their less literate family members and friends; and (c) after completing their education, these health professionals will be better able to provide services to patients with low literacy and income. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Data acquired through this research will be used to suggest curriculum improvements, to establish library-instructor collaborations for competency-building intentions, and to estimate the higher-end level of skills held by health information consumers in the U.S. who have the advantage of specialized training in a health-related discipline. Assessment of undergraduate and graduate students that educates them about digital health information resources will have the following benefits: (a) the participants will be better equipped to make informed decisions about their health; (b) as better educated community members with Internet access, study participants will be more likely to share high-quality health information with their less literate family members and friends; and (c) after completing their education, these health professionals will be better able to provide services to patients with low literacy and income.