Roles and Responsibilities of Libraries in Increasing Consumer Health Literacy and Reducing Health Disparities
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Roles and Responsibilities of Libraries in Increasing Consumer Health Literacy and Reducing Health Disparities
About This Book
The rampant health injustices that occur daily throughout the world are exacerbated by health information injustice â 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 ways that information professionals and libraries serve as agents of securing health information justice.
Kicking off with an introductory chapter which covers the central concepts of health information injustice, the following chapters focus on the roles of libraries and librarians in improving consumer health literacy and reducing health disparities in their communities. In the final chapter, the editors draw on the authors' work to highlight the ways in which libraries and librarians are moving us closer to health justice, and they also discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic is both illuminating and intensifying health disparities, reinforcing the need for libraries and librarians to continue their important roles as agents of health information justice to ensure the physical and intellectual accessibility of information for all.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- INTRODUCTION
- Chapter 1Â Â Introduction: Libraries and Librarians as Agents of Health Information Justice
- PUBLIC LIBRARIES/HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
- Chapter 2Â Â Consumer Health Literacy, the National Library of Medicine, and the Public Library: Bridging the Gaps
- Chapter 3Â Â Growing Food at and through the Local Library: An Exploratory Study of an Emerging Role
- Chapter 4Â Â Opioid Consumer Health Information Literacies in Alabamaâs Public Libraries: An Exploratory Website Content Analysis
- Chapter 5Â Â Applying a Health Justice Framework to Examine Health and Social Justice in LIS Course Offerings
- HEALTH INFORMATION ASSESSMENT
- Chapter 6Â Â Consumer Health Information Literacy and Information Behavior of Young Adults
- Chapter 7Â Â Asking Good Questions: Developing Skilled Health Information Consumers
- OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO HEALTH INFORMATION ACCESS
- Chapter 8Â Â Making Health Information Accessible for All:The Impact of Universal Design in Public Libraries
- Chapter 9Â Â Sexual Education is a Human Right: Information Inequities of K-12 Sexual Education and Librariansâ Roles in Supporting Adolescentsâ Sexual Health Literacy
- SERVING DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS
- Chapter 10Â Â Public Libraries Expanding Health Literacy for Drug Court Participants
- Chapter 11Â Â Increasing Health Literacy in Rural Appalachia Tennessee through Outreach, Communication, and Education: How Libraries Can Reduce Health Disparities in their Communities
- Chapter 12Â Â The Health of a Musician: Documenting and Addressing Health Disparities among Performing Musicians
- HEALTH INFORMATION AS A COMMUNAL ASSET
- Chapter 13Â Â (Im)patient Narratives: Peer-to-Peer Health Information Transfer in the LGBTQ+ Community via Zines from the Queer Zine Archive Project (QZAP)
- Chapter 14Â Â âWhen Itâs Time to Come Together, We Come Togetherâ: Reconceptualizing Theories of Self-Efficacy for Health Information Practices within LGBTQIA+ Communities
- CONCLUSION
- Chapter 15Â Â Libraries and Librarians as Agents of Health Information Justice: Concluding Thoughts
- Index