Hailemeskel Bisrat, Dutta Arjun P, Daftary Monika, Akiyode Oluwaranti, Ayuk-Egbe Patricia, Koomer Ajoy, Ellis Larry, Ward Latoya, Xue Zhenyi
School of Pharmacy, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA.
J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2007 May-Jun;47(3):385-9. doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2007.06067.
To determine the impact of a campus-community pharmacy partnership to foster awareness and use of National Library of Medicine (NLM) databases, including MedlinePlus, among minority populations.
Uncontrolled study with pretest and posttest.
Two community pharmacies and Bethel World Ministry in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.
8 student pharmacists and pharmacy residents and 92 patients.
Training of patients by student pharmacists and pharmacy residents in the use of NLM databases during prescription-fill wait time.
Pre- and post-survey responses and telephone followup designed to assess familiarity with NLM databases, including MedlinePlus.
Overall, the familiarity of the participants with MedlinePlus and NLM databases increased fivefold before versus after training. The 1-week follow-up confirmed this trend. However, no statistically significant differences in responses (pre-and posttest/follow-up) to the surveys were observed in regard to specific questions on daily and future use of the NLM databases available on the Internet.
Awareness and use of MedlinePlus by study participants increased.
确定校园-社区药房合作关系对提高少数族裔人群对美国国立医学图书馆（NLM）数据库（包括MedlinePlus）的认知度及使用率的影响。
采用前后测试的非对照研究。
华盛顿特区都会区的两家社区药房及伯特利世界教会。
8名学生药剂师和药房住院医师以及92名患者。
在患者等待配药期间，由学生药剂师和药房住院医师对患者进行NLM数据库使用培训。
旨在评估对包括MedlinePlus在内的NLM数据库熟悉程度的前后调查回复及电话随访。
总体而言，参与者对MedlinePlus和NLM数据库的熟悉程度在培训前后相比提高了五倍。为期1周的随访证实了这一趋势。然而，在关于互联网上可用的NLM数据库的日常和未来使用的具体问题上，未观察到调查回复（前后测试/随访）有统计学显著差异。
研究参与者对MedlinePlus的认知度和使用率有所提高。
