Journal of Communication in Healthcare is new electronic journal available via your Athens passsword from Liverpool PCT (If you don’t have an Athens password and are eligible you can get one here).  Content in this issue is detailed below:

• Editorial

• The paradigm shift in healthcare — Overcoming challenges in giving patients access to their electronic records

• Alcohol screening and brief intervention by community pharmacists: Benefits and communication methods

• How Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida use Personal Health Reports to inform and educate its members

• Using videotaped objective structured clinical examination as a tool for reflection on communication skills

• Educating a new profession: Developing the communication and information management skills of health information specialists

• Engaging patients to understand and improve their experience of attending hospital

• Understanding and defining roles in the pharmacist–patient relationship

• NHS Direct — What challenges has it faced and how have they been overcome?

• Educating older adults to avoid harmful self-medication

If you need any training in using this or any other electronic resource and you work for Liverpool PCT use the contact form below to contact the library.

We get asked about places to search for grey literature and haven’t yet blogged about the OpenSIGLE - System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe which provides open access to SIGLE bibliographical references of reports and other grey literature (GL) produced in Europe.
OpenSIGLE combines the ressources of major European information and document supply centres who have joined together in an association known as EAGLE : European Association for Grey Literature Exploitation.  It’s worth noting that the British Library resigned from EAGLE in 2003.

Each centre is responsible for collecting grey literature produced in its own country and for providing details of it

February Focus

Editorials

Original Papers

Brief Reports

Discussion Papers

Letters

The Back Pages

The new issue of Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health is now available online. If you want to access the full text of the journal you’ll need your Athens password from the NHS (at the moment you’ll need one from Cheshire and Merseyside but from April this resource will be available nationally. If you don’t have an Athens password and are eligible you can get one here). Full contents of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2008 62(3) March

In this issue
Carlos Alvarez-Dardet, Joint Edit and John R Ashton, Joint Edit
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 185. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

“Public health needs to be chameleon”
L Levin
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 186. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Help! Where is the European public health community?
Ilona Kickbusch
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 186. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.057869 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

World population, world health and security: 20th century trends
A Bashford
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 187-190. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.055608 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Loss and representativeness in a biomedical survey at age 45 years: 1958 British birth cohort
K Atherton, E Fuller, P Shepherd, D P Strachan, and C Power
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 216-223. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.058966 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Education and race-ethnicity differences in the lifetime risk of alcohol dependence
S E Gilman, J Breslau, K J Conron, K C Koenen, S V Subramanian, and A M Zaslavsky
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 224-230. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.059022 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Impact of cumulative area-based adverse socioeconomic environment on body mass index and overweight
E Regidor, J L Gutiérrez-Fisac, E Ronda, M E Calle, D Martínez, and V Domínguez
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 231-238. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.059360 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Changes in leisure time and occupational physical activity over 8 years: the Cornellè Health Interview Survey Follow-Up Study
C I Cornelio, M García, A Schiaffino, J M Borrès, F J Nieto, E Fernández, and for the CHIS.FU Study Group
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 239-244. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.051953 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Job insecurity, chances on the labour market and decline in self-rated health in a representative sample of the Danish workforce
R Rugulies, B Aust, H Burr, and U Bültmann
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 245-250. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.059113 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Changes in traditional risk factors no longer explain time trends in cardiovascular mortality and its socioeconomic differences
K Harald, S Koskinen, P Jousilahti, J Torppa, E Vartiainen, and V Salomaa
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 251-257. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.060707 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Trends in socioeconomic mortality inequalities in a southern European urban setting at the turn of the 21st century
C Borrell, E Azlor, M Rodríguez-Sanz, R Puigpinós, G Cano-Serral, M I Pasarín, J M Martínez, J Benach, and C Muntaner
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 258-266. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.057166 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Cardiac arrhythmia emergency room visits and environmental air pollution in São Paulo, Brazil
U P Santos, M Terra-Filho, C A Lin, L A A Pereira, T C B Vieira, P H N Saldiva, and A L F Braga
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 267-272. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.058123 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Socioeconomic variations in women’s diets: what is the role of perceptions of the local food environment?
V Inglis, K Ball, and D Crawford
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 191-197. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.059253 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

The contextual effects of neighbourhood access to supermarkets and convenience stores on individual fruit and vegetable consumption
J Pearce, R Hiscock, T Blakely, and K Witten
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 198-201. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.059196 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Personal, neighbourhood and urban factors associated with obesity in the United States
C E Joshu, T K Boehmer, R C Brownson, and R Ewing
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 202-208. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.058321 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Factors affecting in-hospital heat-related mortality: a multi-city case-crossover analysis
M Stafoggia, F Forastiere, D Agostini, N Caranci, F de’Donato, M Demaria, P Michelozzi, R Miglio, M Rognoni, A Russo, and C A Perucci
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 209-215. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.060715 [Abstract] [Full text] [web only table] [PDF]

Methodological insights: fuzzy sets in medicine
P Vineis
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 273-278. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.063644 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Social inequalities in health: new evidence and policy implications
Daniel D Reidpath
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 279. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.059584 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Reflection in action: developing reflective practice in health and social services
Ioannis DK Dimoliatis
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 279. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.064683 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Critical appraisal of epidemiological studies and clinical trials
Miguel Angel Martinez-Gonzalez
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 279-280. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.068643 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Correction
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 280. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.056960corr1 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Correction
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 280. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.056341corr1 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

If you need any training in using this or any other electronic resource and you work for Liverpool PCT use the contact form below to contact the library.

On a day that NLH are experiencing difficulties it’s worth remembering that you can get at your Athens resources via MyAthens.

The new issue of the British Journal of General Practice is in to access the full text you’ll need your Athens password from the NHS. (If you work in the North West and don’t have an NHS Athens Password this link will let you apply for one)

Editorials

Original Papers

Letters

Correction

The Back Pages

If you need help with this resource or other electronic resources and you work for Liverpool PCT use the form below to contact us.

In the North West we’ve enjoyed access to JAMA full text for a little while but now the Archives Journals are available to all with coverage from 1998 onwards. The usual challenge from Fade on the use of e-journals to ‘Fill yer boots’ applies!

• JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association)
• Archives of Dermatology
• Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery
• Archives of General Psychiatry
• Archives of Internal Medicine
• Archives of Neurology
• Archives of Ophthalmology
• Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
• Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
• Archives of Surgery

To use them you’ll need your Athens password from the NHS. (If you work in the North West and don’t have an NHS Athens Password this link will let you apply for one)

If you need training in the use of electronic resources and you work for Liverpool PCT use the contact form below to contact the library.

It’s always useful to remember that Google isn’t the only search engine on the block.  There are loads of them out  there and you should always use more than one for an internet search.  When we come across one we’ve not used before and like the look of we’ll let you know.  MedWorm is a search engine and RSS provider service. It collects updates from over 4500 authoritative data sources (growing each day) via RSS feeds. From the data collected, MedWorm provides new outgoing RSS feeds on various medical categories that you can subscribe to, via the free MedWorm online service, or another RSS reader of your choice like MyUpdate on NLH. The advantage of haveing a search tool using RSS is the speed of update and the ability to create a feed from a search makes this an interesting tool.

If you don’t know what RSS is you can check out the description on MedWorm itself or our post on ‘What is this RSS Thing?’. Alternatively if you work in Liverpool PCT you can ask on of the library staff to train you in the use of RSS to help you stay up-to-date.

If you want some training, give the library a yell using the contact form below.

….and if you’re a librarian don’t forget to check out LibWorm!

It’s busy times at Fade as we map the impact of changes to National Electronic Resources and work on plans to minimise the impact of changes to you our friends and colleagues whilst maximising your access to the resources you need.

From 1st April 2008

Bibliographic Databases Available to you will be

• Medline

• Embase

• British Nursing Index

• PsycInfo

• Amed

• DH-Data

• CINAHL - Full Text (to see the implications of this look here)

E-Journals

• Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

• Archives of Disease in Childhood

• BMJ (British Medical Journal)

• British Journal of Ophthalmology

• British Journal of Sports Medicine

• Emergency Medicine Journal

• Evidence-Based Medicine

• Evidence-Based Mental Health

• Evidence-Based Nursing

• Gut

• Heart

• Injury Prevention

• Journal of Clinical Pathology

• Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

• Journal of Medical Ethics

• Journal of Medical Genetics

• Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

• Occupational & Environmental Medicine

• Postgraduate Medical Journal

• Practical Neurology

• Quality & Safety in Health Care

• Sexually Transmitted Infections

• Thorax

• Tobacco Control

• JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association)

• Archives of Dermatology

• Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery

• Archives of General Psychiatry

• Archives of Internal Medicine

• Archives of Neurology

• Archives of Ophthalmology

• Archives of Otololaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery

• Archives of Surgery

• Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

E-Books remain the same.

Whilst we will lose access to Proquest, we recognise this as a good deal because it will release resources we currently use for purchase of electronic resources in terms of the BMJ and print resources too. This we’ll redirect to other resources to ensure we make the best use of electronic resources. Kudos to all at NLHCCDG.

What do librarian’s talk about at meetings?  No it’s not some dodgy library joke but a way of introducing some facts about Liverpool PCT’s use of Athens authenticated resources.  These are the electronic resources that you can access.

In 2006 our use increased by 48.2% across the PCT (9048 sessions) which made us the highest using PCT in the North West.  This equates to around 25 log-ins a day.

1958 of the sessions were using the National Library for Health (again we were the top PCT user in the North West for this resource). 

What’s all the train spotting mean?  Well clearly as a PCT we’re improving our use of the available evidence to deliver evidence based services.  So congratulations to all of you.  If you have yet to get an Athens password and you work for Liverpool PCT you can request one here.

If you need some training in making the most of the electronic resources available to you using your NHS Athens password ust the contact form below.