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Background: Having diverse representation in clinical trial participation is important. Historically, rural residents have been underrepresented in clinical trial research. Public librarians have an opportunity to promote clinical trial participation among rural residents by offering consumer health information services that help patrons to understand what clinical trials are and how they can find relevant clinical trials. Case Presentation: A consumer health library and a clinical trial center located at a large academic medical center collaborated to provide clinical trial information programming to rural public libraries. The group was awarded a Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) Community Outreach Grant and was able to plan, develop, promote, and implement programs including training workshops, a speaker event, and a book discussion to rural public librarians. Discussion: Marketing the programs to rural public libraries was difficult and many barriers were encountered. Though registration and subsequent participation were low, participants expressed interest and gratitude for the programs. For any future programs targeting this population, further strategies will need to be implemented to ensure increased registrations and attendees. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on how librarians support and facilitate patient leadership. Topics include role of patient leader can be facilitated and supported by librarians, provide the way that librarians can use their expertise to support patients with rare diseases, and finding reliable consumer-level information but also support patients who become leaders in their health care. that.

Reliable online and print consumer level information about dental and oral health disease and interventions (other than prevention) is in short supply and difficult to find. Two medical librarians from the Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences collaborated to conduct a one-hour lunch and learn workshop for Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Dentistry (SOD) faculty on how to find reliable dental consumer health information to provide their patients. This article describes the workshop and websites that provide valid consumer oral health information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Librarians in all library settings may receive health-related questions from patrons. Librarians in settings outside of medical and consumer health libraries may not have received training or experience in consumer health information provision. Two medical librarians with extensive consumer health information experience developed a two-day training workshop for local area librarians. The first day of the training focused on finding and evaluating medical apps for patrons. The second day emphasized consumer health information provision: consumer health reference interview, ethics, website evaluation, and demonstrations of several reliable consumer health websites. This paper explores the development and implementation of the consumer health information workshop. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]