Growing Community Health Literacy through Libraries: Sharing Global Perspectives

dc.audienceAudience::Health and Biosciences Libraries Sectionen_US
dc.contributor.authorIFLA Health and Biosciences Libraries Section
dc.contributor.editorDalrymple, Prudence W.
dc.contributor.editorGalvin, Brian
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-11T12:56:11Z
dc.date.available2020
dc.date.available2021-08-11T12:56:11Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThe 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 and Institutions, 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.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn9783110362510
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/1079
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDe Gruyter Sauren_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIFLA Publications Series;Vol. 168.
dc.rights.holderInternational Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)en_US
dc.subjectSubject::Health librariesen_US
dc.subjectSubject::Health informationen_US
dc.subjectSubject::Health literacyen_US
dc.subjectSubject::Access to health informationen_US
dc.titleGrowing Community Health Literacy through Libraries: Sharing Global Perspectivesen_US
dc.typeFlagship Publicationsen_US
dc.typeSerialsen_US
ifla.UnitUnits::Section::Health and Biosciences Libraries Sectionen_US
ifla.oPubId93762en_US

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