Increasing Inner-City Access to Health Information

描述（由申请人提供）： 纽约医学院（NYAM）与一个基于社区的 2005年，美国社区组织（CBO）和哥伦比亚大学生物医学信息学系提出了“增加城市内部获得健康信息的机会”项目，以减少城市内部弱势居民在获得健康信息方面的差距。该项目将在社区组织现有的社会服务方案中增加一个低成本和可持续的健康信息外展组成部分。该项目的具体目标是：1.制定一个双语培训教练健康信息推广计划，并将其调整为高级中心和开端计划。2.创建一个网站和邮件列表，使开端和高级中心计划的参与者，工作人员和志愿者为健康信息外展计划的持续发展和加强做出贡献。3.描述模式的健康信息寻求行为的参与老年人和先声夺人的父母之前和之后的健康信息推广计划使用定量和定性技术相结合。培训培训员课程将以NYAM的“互联网上的健康信息”课程为基础，重点是国家医学图书馆和NOAH -纽约在线获取健康的双语消费者健康资源。24名CBO工作人员和84名计划参与者将在项目期间接受培训，其中三分之一的人将西班牙语作为他们的主要语言。NYAM是一个独立的非营利机构，自1847年以来一直致力于通过研究，教育和宣传来提高公众的健康。 NYAM的信息管理司负责制定创新战略，向专业人员和公众传播卫生信息，特别关注减少城市卫生差距。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM), in collaboration with a consortium of community-based organizations (CBOs) and the Department of Biomedical Informatics of Columbia University, proposes this "Increasing Inner-City Access to Health Information" project in order to reduce disparities in access to health information experienced by disadvantaged inner-city residents. The project will add a low-cost and sustainable health information outreach component to existing social services programs in CBOs. The specific aims of the project are to: 1. Develop a bilingual train-the-trainer health information outreach program and tailor it to senior centers and Head Start programs. 2. Create a web site and listservs to enable Head Start and senior center program participants, staff and volunteers to contribute to the continuing development and enhancement of the health information outreach program. 3. Characterize patterns of health-information seeking behavior of participating seniors and Head Start parents before and after the health information outreach program using a combination of quantitative and qualitative techniques. Train the- trainer classes will be based on NYAM's "Health Information on the Internet" course with a focus on bilingual consumer health resources available from the National Library of Medicine and NOAH - New York Online Access to Health. 24 CBO staff and 84 program participants will be trained during the course of the project, with 1/3 having Spanish as their primary language. NYAM is an independent, non-profit institution, committed since 1847 to enhancing the health of the public through research, education and advocacy. NYAM's Division of Information Management is responsible for developing innovative strategies for disseminating health information to professionals and the public, with a special concern for reducing urban health disparities.