Dr. Harry Romanowitz; Mayor Michael Pavia; Ferguson Library Board Chair Kathryn Emmett; Purdue Pharma President and CEO John Stewart; Ferguson Library President Ernest DiMattia
STAMFORD, CT - The Ferguson Library and Purdue Pharma L.P. have launched the Purdue Pharma Consumer Health Information Center at The Ferguson Library, a new library service and media collection designed to provide the public with accurate, up-to-date health information. Purdue Pharma is giving the Ferguson $50,000 to buy materials and provide library services for the Center.
The grant from Purdue Pharma enables The Ferguson to create a significant Consumer Health Information Center to meet the growing interest in health information, according to Library President Ernest DiMattia. The Ferguson has already purchased 300 titles on everything from child rearing to cancer to health and fitness, and will now be able to grow this robust collection even further.
“One of the most exciting additions is our new database, Consumer Health Complete, which is a comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content, covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine,” DiMattia said. “We look forward to continuing to work with Purdue Pharma on this important consumer health initiative.”
John H. Stewart, President and Chief Executive Officer of Purdue Pharma L.P., said the company was thrilled to partner with The Ferguson Library to bring this new consumer health information service to the citizens of Stamford, where Purdue Pharma is headquartered.
“As a pharmaceutical company and a partner in health across the country and around the world, Purdue Pharma L.P. is happy to give back to its hometown. We hope the community will use and benefit from the Purdue Pharma Consumer Health Information Center, and we thank The Ferguson for providing the facility and staff expertise that will make it a vibrant resource for the area,” Stewart said.
Consumer Health Complete, in addition to health care references and articles, also features:
· Thousands of full-text evidence-based, health reports;
· Hundreds of medical images and diagrams;
· Over 750 physician-generated videos with audio narration on women’s health, healthy aging, general health and men’s health;
· More than 2,350 Health Daily videos from NBC Digital Health Network;
· More than 450 full-text consumer health pamphlets and leaflets;
· Cover-to-cover full text from more than 560 consumer health related periodicals as well as full text of the United Press International English-Language Health Newswire;
· More than 240 animations with audio narration.
The Ferguson Library is Stamford’s public library system, consisting of the Main Library downtown, the Harry Bennett Branch, the Weed Memorial & Hollander Branch, the South End Branch and a traveling Bookmobile. It provides free and equal access to print, audiovisual and evolving electronic resources. Our website, www.fergusonlibrary.org, offers remote access to information and resources 24 hours a day.
