Authors share their educational resource developed for the health sciences, that guides users in awareness of health disparities, vulnerable populations, and social determinants of health, directing them to specific guidance and resources available through the library

Henderson, Stephanie

Morgan, Rebecca J.

Reeder, Beth

Robinson, Cayla M.

Robinson, Lauren E.

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University of Kentucky

OCOTBER 2023Creating an InteractiveGuide to Support HealthDisparities CompetencyLAUREN E. ROBINSONSTEPHANIE HENDERSONCAYLA M. ROBINSONREBECCA J. MORGANBETH REEDERUNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER LIBRARYBackgroundModulesInstructional GuideFuture DirectionsToday’s SessionBackgroundBackgroundEBOOK COLLECTIONIn 2021, our medical library purchased a collection ofDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) eBooks. Instead ofmerely folding them into our digital collection,  we builta resource guide that highlights those purchasedeBooks alongside newly created tutorials. Social Determinants ofHealth & VulnerablePopulationsThree tutorials for conceptsexamining:Social Determinants of HealthVulnerable PopulationsResearch Health DisparitiesThree interactive modulesexamining literature searching forspecial populations:LGBTQIA+Appalachian PopulationsRacial and Ethnic MinoritiesLibGuide DevelopmentEmbed curated collection ofpopulations based eBooks:on guide homepage; andin embedded Primocollections.https://libguides.uky.edu/healthdisparities/GettingStartedLibGuide DevelopmentSocial Determinants of Healthhttps://libguides.uky.edu/healthdisparities/SocialDeterminantsUnderstanding SDOHHelp users learn about factorsrelated to social determinantsof health.First video created to explainsocial determinants of health. Five additional videos presentspecific domains associatedwith the topic.Vulnerable Populations Student & Faculty ProjectWe have seen an increase in student research, and inparticular this research focuses on vulnerablepopulations. In a 1st year medical student class, a groupproject is assigned where students have to choose avulnerable population and design an intervention. Thisassignment and question received from studentsinfluenced the design of this page.How to Define a PopulationThe Vulnerable Populations tutorial video helps  students examine how to define a vulnerable  population. It challenges them to think more holisticallywhen choosing and defining their research population. https://libguides.uky.edu/healthdisparities/VulnerablePopulationsSearchable TopicsA quick video created to help users develop searchabletopics. Designed to demonstrate which topics are toobroad or too narrow when searching for vulnerable andhealth disparate populations.GeneralizabilitySecond part to the first video. Demonstrates how to findresults on a vulnerable population or health disparitytopics and be able to generalize articles and results toanother, similar, population.Term ListThis page also contains a term list for users to beginsearching for vulnerable and health disparatepopulations.Researching Health Disparitieshttps://libguides.uky.edu/healthdisparities/ResearchingHealthDisparityInstructional ModuleDevelopmentModulesThis module highlights someof the many identities andorientations that may besearched while addressingproblematic terminology andissues of previous indexing. LGBTQIA+This module addresses uniquechallenges to searchingpopulations across a nebulousgeographic designation andhow controlling tools likeexplosion can improve asearch.AppalachianThis module highlights recentchanges in MeSH to moreinclusive language as well asthe importance of tools likethe OR Boolean operator tosuccessful searching.Racial & EthnicMinoritieshttps://libguides.uky.edu/healthdisparities/LGBTLGBTQIA+https://libguides.uky.edu/healthdisparities/appalachiaAppalachianhttps://libguides.uky.edu/healthdisparities/minoritiesRacial & EthnicMinoritiesPrimo CollectionsCollection Discovery allows us to buildcollections and sub-collections withinthe Primo interface; we link to thesefrom the LibGuide.LGBTQIA+ Collection has beeninitiated; other collections to followWe are currently adding previouslyowned and recently purchased catalogtitles to those purchased as EDIcollectionFuture Primo enhancement will allowCollections to link back to LibGuidehttps://bit.ly/3tbekgkFuture DirectionsSensitivity ReadingSome completed,more needed(please let us knowif you’re interested)1Expansion Include otherpopulationsExpand on contentalready providedAssessment Focus groups totest effectivenessPossible futurestudyOpen AccessProvide open-source unbrandedcontent via OSF orother platforms2 3 4Future DirectionsReach out tocayla.robinson17@uky.edu orlaurene.robinson@uky.edufor any questions.Questions

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