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Roles and responsibilities of libraries in increasing consumer health literacy and reducing health disparities
The rampant health injustices that occur daily throughout the world are exacerbated by health information injustice something which libraries and librarians play an instrumental role in addressing. This volume brings together librarians, LIS students, educators, and researchers, to discuss the many...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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United Kingdom :
Emerald Publishing,
2020.
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| Colección: | Advances in librarianship
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Chapter 1. Introduction: Libraries and Librarians as Agents of Health Information Justice; Beth St. Jean, Paul T. Jaeger, Gagan Jindal and Yuting LiaoPublic Libraries/Healthy Communities Chapter 2. Consumer Health Literacy, the National Library of Medicine, and the Public Library: Bridging the Gaps; Catherine Arnott Smith, Alla Keselman, Amanda J. Wilson and M. Nichelle Midón Chapter 3. Growing Food at and through the Local Library: An Exploratory Study of an Emerging Role; Christine D'Arpa, Noah Lenstra and Ellen Rubenstein Chapter 4. Opioid Consumer Health Information Literacies in Alabama's Public Libraries: An Exploratory Website Content Analysis; Bharat Mehra and Baheya S. Jaber Chapter 5. Applying a Health Justice Framework to Examine Health and Social Justice in LIS Course Offerings; Emily Vardell and Deborah H. Charbonneau Health Information Assessment Chapter 6. Consumer Health Information Literacy and Information Behavior of Young Adults; Joan C. Bartlett Chapter 7. Asking Good Questions: Developing Skilled Health Information Consumers; Heather Brodie Perry Overcoming Barriers to Health Information Access Chapter 8. Making Health Information Accessible for All: The Impact of Universal Design in Public Libraries; Gerd Berget Chapter 9. Sexual Education is a Human Right: Information Inequities of K-12 Sexual Education and Librarians' Roles in Supporting Adolescents' Sexual Health Literacy; Karina Kletscher Serving Disadvantaged Populations Chapter 10. Public Libraries Expanding Health Literacy for Drug Court Participants; Anne M. Dannerbeck Janku, Jenny Bossaller, Denice Adkins and Rachel Thudium Chapter 11. Increasing Health Literacy in Rural Appalachia Tennessee through Outreach, Communication, and Education: How Libraries Can Reduce Health Disparities in their Communities; Kelsey Leonard Grabeel Chapter 12. The Health of a Musician: Documenting and Addressing Health Disparities among Performing Musicians; Loriene Roy Health Information as a Communal Asset Chapter 13. (Im)patient Narratives: Peer-to-Peer Health Information Transfer in the LGBTQ+ Community via Zines from the Queer Zine Archive Project (QZAP); Joyce M. Latham and Sarah Cooke Chapter 14. 'When it's Time to Come Together, We Come Together': Reconceptualizing Theories of Self-efficacy for Health Information Practices within LGBTQIA+ Communities; A. Nick Vera, Travis L. Wagner and Vanessa L. Kitzie Conclusion Chapter 15. Libraries and Librarians as Agents of Health Information Justice: Concluding Thoughts; Beth St. Jean, Gagan Jindal, Paul T. Jaeger, Yuting Liao and Beth Barnett.