Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Resources The Role of the National Library of Medicine (1997) / Chapter Skim
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Furthermore, with the many competing demands on health professionals' time, it is difficult, even for specialists, to keep apprised of rapidly evolving i, 1The committee's use of the term environmental health includes health issues regardng exposures to hazardous substances in the workplace, home, and community settings.
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.2 Its mission is to provide selected core information resources and services, facilitate access to national and international information resources, and strengthen the information infrastructure of toxicology and environmental health (NLM, 1995~. Currently, the TEHIP program encompasses 16 online databases that contain bibliographic and factual information on hazardous substances, including chemical properties, carcinogenicity, exposure levels, adverse health effects, emergency treatment protocols, and federal regulations.
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The committee realizes that the health professional community does not have homogeneous information needs and there is a wide range of variation in access to online databases and other information resources. Even with these variations, however, the committee believed that it was worthwhile to discuss potential user communities to provide generalized insights into how NLM might better meet the toxicology and environmental health information needs of these groups.
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This chapter provides the context for the report by discussing the ways in which both the public health impacts of hazardous substances and the changing trends in health care are reinforcing the need for authoritative and easily accessible information in the fields of toxicology and environmental health. PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES The proliferation of synthetic organic chemicals has created many hazards to human health and the environment.
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When patients are unable to independently find or Filly understand information related to their environmental health concerns, they may turn to their primary care physician or other trusted health professional for accurate information and answers (IOM, 1988~. Since disease prevention is an area of growing interest and activity, it is important that health professionals deficits in attention and IQ scores (ATSDR, 1988; CDC, 1991; Needleman et al., 1979, 1990~.
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The use of an evidence-based approach5 to health care may increase the emphasis on the analysis of medical literature in clinical decisionmaking and may have an impact on the use of online bibliographic databases. Thus, the committee believes that both current trends in health care and heightened concerns about environmental health issues are increasing the need for online information resources in toxicology and environmental health.
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As a result, the intended audience for this report extends beyond NLM staff to include government and private sector information providers as well as policymakers, librarians, and health professionals involved in providing and using toxicology and environmental health information. REFERENCES ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)
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1995. National Library of Medicine Fact Sheet: Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program.
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