Growing Community Health Literacy through Libraries
Sharing Global Perspectives
- 313 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
Growing Community Health Literacy through Libraries
Sharing Global Perspectives
About this book
The capacity to understand and communicate health information is a major international health concern. Sponsored by the Health and Biosciences Section of International Federation of Library Associations, this book highlights the contribution that librarians are making to improving health literacy and enabling citizens to be active participants in the management of their own health. Knowledge is power and the World Health Organization recognizes that health literacy, involving effective access to and understanding of health information, is essential to health and well-being in society by empowering and enabling citizens to participate in their own healthcare. The book presents inspiring studies from an international group of authors showing how libraries and librarians are partnering with diverse sectors of society including universities, hospitals, public health clinics, community-based organisations, voluntary bodies and government agencies, to help citizens understand and manage their health. It provides guidance by example to suggest how libraries can help citizens participate in their healthcare and their communities by collaborating with others to increase health literacy in society.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- About IFLA
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part 1: The Context
- 1 Perspectives on Health Literacy: An Introductory Essay
- 2 Health Literacy of Children, Adolescents and Parents
- 3 Managing Health Information to Improve Health Literacy
- 4 Consumer Health Information Literacy: Librarians’ Contribution to Health and Well-being
- Part 2: Library Case Studies
- 5 The Hospital Library’s Role in Patient Health Literacy in Colombia
- 6 The Contribution of Australian Hospital Libraries to Improving Consumer Health Literacy: Four Case Studies
- 7 Promoting Health Literacy through the Health Sciences Library: An Irish Perspective
- 8 Academic Librarians and Health Professionals Enhance Health Literacy in Uganda
- Part 3: Collaboration and Partnerships
- 9 Health Literacy at the Free Library of Philadelphia: Discovering Best Practices to Meet Customer Need
- 10 The Public Library as a Leader in Health Literacy: The Croatian Experience
- 11 The Dynamics of Health Literacy: Cross-Sectoral Collaboration in Turkey
- 12 Health Mediaries and their Partnerships with Librarians
- 13 Empowering Peer Navigators to Improve Health Literacy of Refugees in Anchorage, Alaska
- 14 Partnering with Community-Based Organizations to Meet Health Literacy Needs in Virginia
- Part 4: Looking Ahead: New Horizons
- 15 Librarians Researching Health Literacy: A Scoping Review
- Contributors