Healthy Starts Here
A Guide to Dietetics and Nutrition
Science and Technology Librarianship
Medical and Healthcare Sciences
Within the field of Science and Technology Librarianship, there are many specific areas of study. One of those is Medical and Healthcare Sciences.
To learn more about resources for librarians serving patrons in Medical and Healthcare Sciences, visit these seven websites!
1. Association of Academic Health Science Libraries (AAHSL): The group of libraries that supports the colleges part of the AAMC. They provide professional development, collaboration and communication.
2. Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC): A non-profit association that works with medical education, health care and medical research.
3. Krafty Librarian: The blog of “things of interest to a medical librarian.”
4. ACRL LibGuide for Health Sciences: The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is a division of the ALA. This LibGuide provides resources for the Health Sciences interest group
5. Medical Library Association (MLA): A division of the ALA. A professional, non-profit association for health information professionals.
6. OSU Health Sciences Library: The Twitter account @OSUhsl serves the health sciences staff and students at OSU.
7. Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA): The go-to journal for health sciences librarianship.
The Discipline and the Professionals
Nutrition
Within the field of medical and health sciences, one sub-discipline is Nutrition.
Professionals
The professionals associated with nutrition are dietitians and nutritionists.
Students
The students associated with nutrition could be those studying dietetics, but also those in general biology courses but moving elsewhere eventually (veterinary, education, medicine, etc.)
Hobbyists
The hobbyists associated with nutrition are those who are interested in it for personal reasons such as weight lifters, athletes, etc
Some major issues that nutritionists face are: GMO's, counting macronutrients, diets, world hunger, vegetarian/vegan, global water crisis, and the obesity crisis.
Some major questions that nutritionists are:
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What is the best way to diet?
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How do we solve the global water crisis?
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How do we prevent food scarcity and ensure food security?
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How do we balance diet with exercise?
Key Issues & Questions
Information Seekers and their Behavior
Click on each image below to read about three fictional personas who are information seekers in the field of nutrition.
Want to learn more? Check out these four articles from which the personas were created:
Jalali S; Keshvari M; Soleymani M.R. (2020). Fitness information-seeking behavior among female university students: A qualitative study. PLoS One, 15(8). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237735. PMID: 32804937; PMCID: PMC7430743.
Lee, H.S. (2015). Health information needs and seeking behaviors among Korean mothers of young children in the United States. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science & Technology, 52(1), 1-4. https://doi-org.proxy.ulib.uits.iu.edu/10.1002/pra2.2015.145052010064
Murphy, J.L.; Holmes, J.; & Brooks, C. (2017). Nutrition and dementia care: Developing an evidence-based model for nutritional care in nursing homes. BMC Geriatr, (17)1. doi: 10.1186/s12877-017-0443-2. PMID: 28196475; PMCID: PMC5309970.
Ramachandran D. et al. (2018). Food trends and popular nutrition advice online - Implications for public health. Online J Public Health Inform, 10(2): doi: 10.5210/ojphi.v10i2.9306. PMID: 30349631; PMCID: PMC6194095.