Preston Medical Library

Kelsey Grabeel, MSIS, AHIP

Associate Professor
Assistant Director, Health Information Center

Research Focus

Consumer and patient health
Health literacy
Delivery of health information to patients and consumers

Published Book Chapters

Oelschlegel SI, Earl M, Leonard, K. Consumer health information services and programs: Best practices. London: Rowman & Littlefield; 2016. Chapter 2, The University of Tennessee Medical Center’s Preston Medical Library and Health Information Center; p. 19-34.

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Current Publications

Grabeel KL, Luhrs J, Roberts RE, Earl M.
How one library's health information center expanded its marketing plan. Medical Reference Services Quarterly. 2019 Jul-Sep;38(3):218-227.

Tester E, Grabeel KL, Oelschlegel S, Heidel RE, Russomanno J.
Call to action: Librarians promoting health literacy assessments in oral communication. Journal of Hospital Librarianship . 2019 May 6. [Epub ahead of print]

Grabeel KL, Tester E.
Patient education: A change in review. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet. 2018;22(3):229-237.

Oelschlegel S, Grabeel KL, Tester E, Heidel RE, Russomanno J.
Librarians promoting changes in the health care delivery system through systematic assessment. Medical Reference Services Quarterly. 2018 Apr-Jun;37(2):142-152.

Leonard K, Oelschlegel S, Tester E, Russomanno J, Heidel RE.
Assessing the print communication and technology attributes of an academic medical center. Health Literacy Research and Practice. 2018 Feb;2(1):e26-e34.

Grabeel KL, Beeler CJ.
Taking the pulse of the University of Tennessee Medical Center's health literacy knowledge. Medical Reference Services Quarterly. 2018 Jan-Mar;37(1):89-96.

Grabeel KL, Russomanno J, Oelschlegel S, Tester E, Heidel RE.
Computerized versus hand-scored health literacy tools: A comparison of Simple Measure of Gobbledygook (SMOG) and Flesch-Kincaid in printed patient education materials. Journal of the Medical Library Association. 2018 Jan;106(1):38-45. Epub 2018 Jan 2.

Leonard K, Oelschlegel S, Doyle D.
Collaboration, visibility, and relationship marketing: Driving use and demonstrating value of a consumer health information service. Journal of Hospital Librarianship. 2017 Oct;17(4):272-281. Epub 2017 Sep 12.

Leonard K.
Evaluating patient education materials for grade level. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet. 2017 Jan;21(1):87-94.

Lindsay JM, Partee RP, Oelschlegel S, Leonard K.
Mapping the changes to a health information service. Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries. 2016;13(3):124-130. Epub 2016 Oct 10.