Roles and responsibilities of libraries in increasing consumer health literacy and reducing health disparities. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Beth St. Jean, Gagan Jindal, Yuting Liao, Paul T. Jaeger.
• Editors: St. Jean, Beth; Jindal, Gagan; Liao, Yuting; Jaeger, Paul T, 1974-
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: United Kingdom : Emerald Publishing
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 025.1; Library administration -- Social aspects; Health literacy; Health -- Information services -- Management
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781839093425; 9781839093401
• Related ISBNs: 9781839093418
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