LGBTQ+ health research guides at North American health sciences libraries: a survey and content analysis.
HIV/AIDS
LGBTQ+
health disparities
health information
health sciences libraries
research guides
transgender
women's health
Journal
Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA
ISSN: 1558-9439
Titre abrégé: J Med Libr Assoc
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101132728
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Jul 2021
01 Jul 2021
Historique:
entrez:
11
10
2021
pubmed:
12
10
2021
medline:
29
10
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Current literature recommends online research guides as an easy and effective tool to promote LGBTQ+ health information to both health care providers and the public. This cross-sectional study was designed to determine how extensive LGBTQ+ health guides are among hospital and academic libraries and which features are most prevalent. In order to locate LGBTQ+ health guides for content analysis, we searched for guides on the websites of libraries belonging to the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL). Additionally, we searched the Springshare interface for LibGuides with the word "health" and either "LGBT" or "transgender." Content analysis was performed to identify major characteristics of the located guides, including target audience and the information type provided. LGBTQ+ research guides were identified for 74 libraries. Of these, 5 were hospital libraries, and the rest were academic libraries. Of 158 AAHSL member libraries, 48 (30.4%) had LGBTQ+ guides on their websites. Nearly all guides (95.9%) provided general LGBTQ+ health information, and a large majority (87.8%) also had information resources for transgender health. Smaller percentages of guides contained information on HIV/AIDS (48.6%) and women's health (16.2%). Even though literature recommends creating LGBTQ+ health guides, most health sciences libraries are missing an opportunity by not developing and maintaining these guides. Further research may be needed to determine the usage and usefulness of existing guides and to better identify barriers preventing libraries from creating guides.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34629969
doi: 10.5195/jmla.2021.1189
pii: jmla.2021.1189
pmc: PMC8485968
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
406-413Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 Gregg A. Stevens, Francisco J. Fajardo.
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