Jean Blackwell, MLS, AHIP  

Jean has been associated with the Health Sciences Library since 1994. During that time, she has provided information and consultation services to faculty, staff, and students across the range of Health Affairs schools and UNC Hospitals. She currently serves as  the library liaison to UNC Health Care Administration. In that capacity, she provides knowledge-based information to hospital managers involved in patient safety, quality improvement, risk management, and operational decision making.

Having worked in public libraries before becoming a health sciences librarian, Jean has a longstanding interest in consumer health. She is the library liaison to the hospitals’ Patient Resource Centers and  a member of the UNC Healthcare Patient and Family Education Committee.

 Education

AB, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

MLS, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Lara Handler, Karen Crowell, Barbara Rochen Renner, Christie Silbajoris, Jean Blackwell, Robert Ladd.  "On the Air!:  Librarians and Doctors Using the Radio to Communicate with Listeners About Health."  A paper accepted for presentation at the 2012 Annual meeting of the Medical Library Association, May 21, 2012, Seattle, WA.

Healthcare-Associated Infections. Healthy People 2020 Structured Evidence Queries. PubMed searches developed by Jean C. Blackwell for the Healthy People 2020 Information Access Project.  <Accessed August 23, 2011>

Patel BN, Beste J, Blackwell JC. FPIN’s Clinical inquiries. Antidepressant use during pregnancy. American Family Physician. 2011 May 15;83(10):1211-5.

Yates JE, Hadi Shah S, Blackwell JC. Clinical inquiries: Do NSAIDs impede fracture healing? Journal of Family Practice. 2011 Jan;60(1):41-2.

Pickett H, Blackwell JC. FPIN's clinical inquiries. Acupuncture for migraine headaches. American Family Physician. 2010 Apr 15; 81(8):1036-7.

Searson S, Blackwell JC, Neher JO. Clinical inquiries. Does routine amniotomy have a role in normal labor? Journal of Family Practice. 2009 Mar; 58(3):E2.

“Panning for Gold: Finding and Using Evidence-Based Resources.” Continuing Education workshop presented at Nash General Hospital (Rocky Mount, NC, May 30, 2008).

“Finding the Evidence in the Literature.” Presented at the UNC-CH School of Nursing Continuing Education Conference on Evidence-Based Practice: You Can Do It at Your School (Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC, May 20, 2008).

Jeffrey T. Huber, Jo Anne Boorkman, Jean C. Blackwell, Eds. Introduction to Reference Sources in the Health Sciences, 5th ed. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2008.

Jean C. Blackwell, Jo Anne Boorkman, Anneliese Taylor. Organization and Management of the Reference Collection, in Introduction to Reference Sources in the Health Sciences, 5th ed. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2008.

Jean Blackwell, Beth Ellington, Adrianne Leonardelli and Alice Sheridan “No Snake Oil Here - The Consumer Health Information Online Experience.” Presented at the 2007 Biennial Conference of the North Carolina Library Association (Hickory NC, October 2007).

Don’t Just Jump on the Health Literacy Bandwagon – Lead It: Strategies for Health Sciences Libraries. Contributed Paper presented at the MAC/MLA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, on October 15, 2006.

Roederer MW, Blackwell JC, Blenning C. Risks and benefits of combination contraceptives. American Family Physician. 2006 Dec 1;74(11):1915-1916.

McDonald KC, Blackwell JC, Meurer LN. What lifestyle changes should we recommend for the patient with newly diagnosed hypertension? Journal of Family Practice. 2006 Nov;55(11):991-3.

Roederer MW, Blackwell JC, Crawford P. Clinical inquiries. What are the relative risks and benefits of progestin-only contraceptives? Journal of Family Practice. 2005 Sep;54(9):806-8.

Fisher M, Blackwell J, Saseen J. Clinical inquiries. What is the best way to identify patients with white-coat hypertension? Journal of Family Practice. 2005 Jun; 54(6):549-50, 552.

Singh A, Blackwell J, Neher J. Clinical inquiries. Does furosemide decrease morbidity or mortality for patients with diastolic or systolic dysfunction? Journal of Family Practice. 2005 Apr; 54(4):370-2.

Hale, J. and Blackwell, J. Section Editors and Co-authors. Clinical Inquiries: Patient Education. Evidence-Based Practice, 2005-2006.

Blackwell  J. Consumer Health. Low Health Literacy: Impact on Patients. MLA News, May 2005: 12.

Blackwell J. Low Health Literacy: How It Impacts Your Patients. MLANET - Health Information Literacy – Resources for Health and Information Professionals. http://www.mlanet.org/resources/healthlit/ <accessed August 20, 2010>

“Low Health Literacy: How It Impacts Your Patients and What You Can Do about It.” Education Roundtable presented for UNC Health Care on May 13, 2005, Chapel Hill, NC.

“Sharing the Power: Training Consumer Health information Center Volunteers Online.” Poster presented with Kate McGraw, Mary W. White, and Angelique Jenks-Brown at MLA, May 2004, San Antonio, TX.

Blackwell, Jean C. and Brice, Jane H. "Searching the medical literature: a primer for EMS personnel." NAEMSP News: Newsletter of the National Association of EMS Physicians 9(5):11-12, September 2000.