Today’s theme for Health Information Week is information for women’s health.
Patient Information to support Women’s Health
From the
NHS, take a look at these websites:
- NHS: Endometriosis Overview
- NHS: Menopause
- NHS: Osteoporosis
- NHS overview of smear tests and cervical screening
You can learn more about health issues that may affect
trans-gender patients:
- Terrence Higgins Trust: Sex and sexual health for trans women and trans feminine people
- The British Student Doctor: What all doctors should about trans health – a conversation between a medic and a sociologist
You can find good
quality patient information and leaflets from our library resources.
BMJ Best Practice Patient Leaflets
BMJ Best Practice is
available to all NHS staff. You need to log in with your NHS OpenAthens username. You can download a variety of leaflets for your
patients.
Here are some examples
of patient leaflets for conditions that can affect women:
- Endometriosis: what treatments work?
- Ovarian torsion
- Polycystic ovary syndrome: what is it?
- Pre-eclampsia: what treatments work?
- Toxoplasmosis in pregnancy: what is it?
Clinical Key Patient Education
Clinical Key is available to staff working at UHNM. Log in
with your NHS OpenAthens username. It hosts patient education
leaflets on a wide range of topics. You can search or browse the list.
Here are some examples of the patient
education leaflets for conditions that may affect women:
Clinical Key includes patient information in easy to read format and
languages other than English.
Looking on the Internet for resources?
You can search the
Internet for resources to support patients – charities, professional royal
colleges and patient support groups are good sources to check. Remember to
check the quality of the information sources you find. Complete our tutorial Evaluating
information on the Internet. Use this checklist for a simple and
quick evaluation of information.
Need more help?
Get in touch with the Health Library if you need any help accessing resources or finding
the right information.
You will find more
patient information sources on our Patient Information subject links web page.
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