Public Health

Current Awareness

Vaccines and immunization for monkeypox: Interim guidance, 14 June 2022.
World Health Organization (WHO); 2022.
(This interim guidance, developed with the advice and support of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) Ad-hoc Working Group on smallpox and monkeypox vaccines, provides the first WHO recommendations on vaccines and immunization for monkeypox.)

COVID-19 health information needs of older adults from ethnic minority groups in the UK: a qualitative study.
Paudyal P. BMJ Open 2022;12:e059844.
(The study highlights that health information interventions should recognise the intersection between multigenerational living, family structure, and the health and well-being of older adults, and should promote intergenerational discussion.)

Abortion statistics for England and Wales: 2021.
Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (OHID); 2022.
(Statistics and commentary on abortions carried out in 2021.)

The educational burden of disease: a cohort study Nordmo M, Kinge J, Reme B , Flato M et al, The Lancet; June 1 2022 (Students with health disorders might be at risk of disengaging from education, which can reinforce socioeconomic inequalities in health. This study aimed to evaluate the associations between 176 diseases and injuries and later school performance in Norwegian adolescents and to estimate the importance of each disorder using a novel measure for the educational burden of disease (EBoD)).

Health Information Week

4th – 10th July 2022

This week we are celebrating health information week. If you visit us at the Lantern centre be sure to have a look at our display in the entrance, containing key information on health literacy, how to find quality information and how to spot fake news.

We also have free fruit for anyone passing – enjoy a healthy snack on the library this week.

Please feel free to download and share our resources with your colleagues:

The library also offers training on health literacy awareness. Please get in touch with katie.roper@lscft.nhs.uk to arrange this.

Library Bulletin

Serious Mental Illness

The current bulletin for Serious Mental Illness, produced by Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust, is now available to view and download. Some articles may require an Open Athens account to read the full text articles. For support accessing any of the articles within the bulletins please contact: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Library Newsletter

July 2022

The July newsletter is now available to view and download. Featuring our resource of the month – The Library and Knowledge Hub, details of our lunch and learn session next week and key events happening throughout the month.

Resource of the Month

The Knowledge and Library Hub

The Knowledge and Library Hub connects NHS staff to high quality knowledge
and evidence resources all in one place. Full access is free with your Open
Athens credentials
.

The Knowledge and Library Hub includes:

  • Journals, books and databases
  • Clinical decision making resources including NICE guidelines and BMJ Best Practice
  • Policy and management information and research literature
  • Resources purchased nationally and locally
  • One-click links to full-text, request a copy or contact an NHS library

If you do not already have an Open Athens account, you can complete your own registration here: https://openathens.nice.org.uk/ or get in touch with the library for support: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Please feel free to download our resource of the month poster and share with your team or within your department.

The Patients Association

Shared decision making from the perspective of clinicians and healthcare professionals

Source: The King’s Fund

This report finds health care professionals are positive about shared decision-making – a way of working with patients to decide treatment options. But the report also finds professionals’ ability to practice shared decision-making regularly is limited by the current crisis in the NHS. The report makes a number of recommendations and The Patients Association will now look to partner with NHS England, the Personalised Care Institute and other organisations to support professionals’ call for more support to practice shared decision-making.