Health Libraries and Information Services in Tanzania: A Strategic Assessment

An abstract of this project was presented as a poster at the 6th Annual CUGH Conference: Consortium of Universities for Global in 2015, Boston, MA. The abstract was published in 'Annals of Global Health' 2015;81:151.BackgroundThe intention of...

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Autores principales:	Hussein Haruna, Majaliwa Mtoroki, Dan D. Gerendasy, Ellen G. Detlefsen
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Publicado:	Ubiquity Press 2017
Materias:	health information health information needs health information specialist health sciences libraries Tanzania Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:cc56dabaa8ce427cb6c71ae7119241442021-12-02T02:36:39ZHealth Libraries and Information Services in Tanzania: A Strategic Assessment2214-999610.1016/j.aogh.2016.10.003https://doaj.org/article/cc56dabaa8ce427cb6c71ae7119241442017-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/720https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996<p>An abstract of this project was presented as a poster at the 6th Annual CUGH Conference: Consortium of Universities for Global in 2015, Boston, MA. The abstract was published in 'Annals of Global Health' 2015;81:151.</p><p>Background</p><p>The intention of the Government of Tanzania is to establish more health information resource canters in all health facilities. With this regard, health information science personnel are needed to provide adequate and accurate health information services. However, availability of these personnel remains to be a challenge because of their non-existence.</p><p>Objective</p><p>To identify the current status and local impact of health sciences libraries and user perception of these libraries, as a prerequisite to the development of a competence-based curriculum for health information science training in Tanzania.</p><p>Methods</p><p>A needs assessment was carried out using a convenience sample of local respondents, including librarians, trainers, academicians, students, health care providers, and patients and families, drawn from national, referral, regional, district hospitals, health training institutions, and universities from both government and nongovernment entities in Tanzania. A focus group approach was used to gather data from respondents.</p><p>Results</p><p>Results from this assessment revealed that health science libraries in Tanzania are faced with the challenges of insufficient infrastructure, old technology, limited facilities and furniture, inadequate and incompetent library staff, lack of health sciences librarians, outdated and insufficient resources, and low knowledge and use of information technologies by library clients. Most respondents would prefer to have both physical and electronic libraries, as well as librarians with specialized health information science skills, to cope with changing nature of the medical field.</p><p>Conclusions</p><p>The findings obtained from this assessment are strong enough to guide the development of a curriculum and training strategy and an operational plan and training packages for health information professionals. The development of a training curriculum for health information science professionals will mean better health information service delivery for Tanzania.Hussein HarunaMajaliwa MtorokiDan D. GerendasyEllen G. DetlefsenEllen G. DetlefsenUbiquity Pressarticlehealth informationhealth information needshealth information specialisthealth sciences librariesTanzaniaInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 82, Iss 5, Pp 912-921 (2017)
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spellingShingle	health information health information needs health information specialist health sciences libraries Tanzania Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Hussein Haruna Majaliwa Mtoroki Dan D. Gerendasy Ellen G. Detlefsen Ellen G. Detlefsen Health Libraries and Information Services in Tanzania: A Strategic Assessment
description	<p>An abstract of this project was presented as a poster at the 6th Annual CUGH Conference: Consortium of Universities for Global in 2015, Boston, MA. The abstract was published in 'Annals of Global Health' 2015;81:151.</p><p>Background</p><p>The intention of the Government of Tanzania is to establish more health information resource canters in all health facilities. With this regard, health information science personnel are needed to provide adequate and accurate health information services. However, availability of these personnel remains to be a challenge because of their non-existence.</p><p>Objective</p><p>To identify the current status and local impact of health sciences libraries and user perception of these libraries, as a prerequisite to the development of a competence-based curriculum for health information science training in Tanzania.</p><p>Methods</p><p>A needs assessment was carried out using a convenience sample of local respondents, including librarians, trainers, academicians, students, health care providers, and patients and families, drawn from national, referral, regional, district hospitals, health training institutions, and universities from both government and nongovernment entities in Tanzania. A focus group approach was used to gather data from respondents.</p><p>Results</p><p>Results from this assessment revealed that health science libraries in Tanzania are faced with the challenges of insufficient infrastructure, old technology, limited facilities and furniture, inadequate and incompetent library staff, lack of health sciences librarians, outdated and insufficient resources, and low knowledge and use of information technologies by library clients. Most respondents would prefer to have both physical and electronic libraries, as well as librarians with specialized health information science skills, to cope with changing nature of the medical field.</p><p>Conclusions</p><p>The findings obtained from this assessment are strong enough to guide the development of a curriculum and training strategy and an operational plan and training packages for health information professionals. The development of a training curriculum for health information science professionals will mean better health information service delivery for Tanzania.
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title	Health Libraries and Information Services in Tanzania: A Strategic Assessment
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title_fullStr	Health Libraries and Information Services in Tanzania: A Strategic Assessment
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Health Libraries and Information Services in Tanzania: A Strategic Assessment

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