Les programmes de formation continue en matiere de bibliotheconomie et de sciences de l'information ne sont pas encore tres developpes en Italie, en particulier dans le domaine de l'information administrative et des publications officielles. La communication suivante presente quelques initiatives qui pallient cette lacune, mettant en particulier l'accent sur un annuaire des ressources officielles italiennes disponibles sur l'internet. Cet annuaire s'intitule Documentazione di Fonte Pubblica in rete (DFP ou information officielle italienne sur l'internet), il est heberge sur le site de l'Association des Bibliotheques italiennes (AIB) depuis 1997 (http://www.aib.it/aib/commiss/pubuff/guida.htm). La DFP est avant tout un outil qui tient les bibliothecaires et les utilisateurs finaux informes des meilleures sources disponibles sur l'internet : neanmoins, bien que n'etant pas a l'origine concu comme un outil de formation, il vise aussi a ameliorer la competence des bibliothecaires, par le truchement de la liste de diffusion des bibliothecaires italiens AIB-CUR. Ainsi, les bibliothecaires specialistes d'information administrative transmettent leur savoir et leur savoir-faire a la communaute des bibliotheques, en touchant un nombre sans cesse croissant d'utilisateurs finaux.
Health Literacy (HL) is an important health determinant: low HL skills result in less healthy choices, riskier behavior, poorer health, less self-management and more hospitalization. An observational study was conducted in a selected population, attending the waiting rooms of family general practitioners, with the aim of assessing HL capabilities through the administration of two HL screeners (IMETER and SILS-IT), and comparing the two measures. An anonymous questionnaire was administered, consisting of the Italian versions of the two tests on a single sheet. Demographic data, as well as concomitant chronic diseases and vaccines received, were also collected. HL skills were measured by the scores observed at both tests, and by the frequency of subjects with low HL levels according to the respective cut-off values. Overall, 305 questionnaires were collected and analyzed. Regarding IMETER, the observed frequency of subjects with low HL skills was 25.2% and the mean score and mean adjusted-score (26.3 ± 8.8 and 23.2 ± 9.4, respectively) were lower than those observed in previous studies. Similarly, at SILS-IT the percentage of subjects with low skills (49.9%) was higher than observed previously. IMETER showed high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha > 0.9). The two measures were significantly correlated, although with a low Spearman's coefficient, and IMETER did not provide significant information about the probability to predict low HL according to SILS-IT. These results are explainable by the differences in assessment and domains between the two tests, both reliable and suitable to screen patients with low functional HL.
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