Gerald J Perry

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• Perry, G. J. (2020). The activist health sciences librarian.. Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 108(1), 5-16. doi:10.5195/jmla.2020.859
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  At the remove of 2019, it is hard for many to imagine the sense of apocalypse that was palpable throughout the gay community during the 1980s and much of the 1990s. My professional career was launched at the height of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) pandemic, and at the time, saving lives through librarianship was my mission. This Janet Doe Lecture presents my personal story of activism and advocacy as a lens through which to consider the larger story of activism around social justice issues for the Medical Library Association, by groups such as the Relevant Issues Section, now the Social Justice Section, and by the work of past Doe Lecturers Rachael K. Anderson, AHIP, FMLA, and Gerald Oppenheimer. It is also the story of an association that has at times been deeply conflicted about the role of such activism in our niche of librarianship. With anchors in poetry and prose, this is a story of hope through justice, conveying a message of the essentialness of our work as librarians and health information professionals to the mission of saving lives.
• Shaffer, C., Richesson, R. L., Platt, J., Perry, G., Middleton, B., Mcintosh, L. D., Greenes, R. A., Dymek, C., & Bray, B. E. (2020). Summary of second annual MCBK public meeting: Mobilizing Computable Biomedical Knowledge-A movement to accelerate translation of knowledge into action.. Learning health systems, 4(2), e10222. doi:10.1002/lrh2.10222
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  The volume of biomedical knowledge is growing exponentially and much of this knowledge is represented in computer executable formats, such as models, algorithms and programmatic code. There is a growing need to apply this knowledge to improve health in Learning Health Systems, health delivery organizations, and other settings. However, most organizations do not yet have the infrastructure required to consume and apply computable knowledge, and national policies and standards adoption are not sufficient to ensure that it is discoverable and used safely and fairly, nor is there widespread experience in the process of knowledge implementation as clinical decision support. The Mobilizing Computable Biomedical Knowledge (MCBK) community formed in 2016 to address these needs. This report summarizes the main outputs of the Second Annual MCBK public meeting, which was held at the National Institutes of Health on July 18-19, 2019 and brought together over 150 participants from various domains to frame and address important dimensions for mobilizing CBK.
• Perry, G. J. (2002). Health information for gay men on the internet. Health Care on the Internet archive, 6(1), 47-55. doi:10.1300/j138v06n01_05
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  The groundbreaking publication in April 2001 of the Healthy People 2010 Companion Document for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health supplement to the nation's Healthy People 2010 prevention agenda marked a crucial milestone for gay men, as well as other sexual minorities in the United States. Based on work done by the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association and scholars at Columbia University, this policy document outlined the most pressing health concerns for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) people. This article identifies those health concerns specific to gay men, and provides a review of highly select Web resources targeting this population.
• Perry, G. J. (2001). Health information for lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgendered people on the Internet: context and content. Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 6(2), 23-34. doi:10.1300/j136v06n02_03
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  ABSTRACT The groundbreaking publication in April 2001 of the Healthy People 2010 Companion Document for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health supplement to the nation's Healthy People 2010 prevention agenda marked a crucial milestone for gay men, as well as other sexual minorities in the United States. Predicated on work done by the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association and scholars at Columbia University, this policy document outlined health concerns for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) people. Antecedents to those concerns, based in the historic and ongoing oppression of sexual minorities in the United States, are described, as are deficits in the nation's health information gathering systems for addressing both the concerns and presupposing social conditions. The document's authors finally make recommendations for correcting research and knowledge deficits, and for the implementation of policies to ensure adequate and appropriate health care services for LGBT people. The Companion D...
• Perry, G. J. (2001). Tonics for masculinity: CAM Web resources for men. Health Care on the Internet archive, 5(1), 75-79. doi:10.1300/j138v05n01_07
• Perry, G. J. (1998). Web sites as weapons in the war on HIV: educational and prevention geared to the new at-risk populations. Health Care on the Internet archive, 2(2), 39-51. doi:10.1300/j138v02n02_05
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  Summary The demographic profile of HIV infection has evolved just as the science of anti-HIV therapy has progressed. Rates of new infection are disproportionately rising within minority groups. Continued ignorance about HIV continues to take a grisly toll. The World-Wide Web, as a democratic information distribution system allowing privacy at point of access, may be the best medium available to improve prevention initiatives. This article evaluates a select list of HIV/AIDS education and prevention Web sites geared to the new at-risk populations. An Appendix provides an additional list of general interest HIV/AIDS education and prevention Web sites.
• Perry, G. J. (1997). A guy thing: consumer-oriented men's health resources on the World-Wide Web. Health Care on the Internet archive, 1(2), 3-9. doi:10.1300/j138v01n02_02
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  Abstract The Men's Movement, celebrity disclosures about prostate cancer, and recent epidemiologic research identifying gender-related health risks for men have all resulted in, and simultaneously fostered, a burgeoning demand for information on men's health issues. The Internet may serve as a convenient, timely, and interactive service complementing traditional print resources for patients, their families, and their affectional partners looking for information on sexual and reproductive health and other health conditions as they present in men. Included in this article is a select list of Web-based men's health resources, with annotations, available from the Internet.