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Roles and Responsibilities of Libraries in Increasing Consumer Health Literacy and Reducing Health Disparities

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Publication date: 30 November 2020

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(2020), "Index", Jean, B.S., Jindal, G., Liao, Y. and Jaeger, P.T. (Ed.) Roles and Responsibilities of Libraries in Increasing Consumer Health Literacy and Reducing Health Disparities (Advances in Librarianship, Vol. 47), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 297-306. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0065-283020200000047016

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INDEX

Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP)
, 204

Accessibility
, 11, 31, 112, 143, 147, 149–150, 155, 172, 191

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
, 244–245

Adolescents
, 13, 105–106, 160, 173, 294

Adult literacy
, 23

Affordable Care Act (ACA)
, 22, 123

Ageing Population model
, 189

Agreeableness
, 225

ALA-accredited LIS programs
, 86, 286–287

Alabama, regional context of
, 65–66

Alabama Health Libraries Association (ALHeLA)
, 66

Alabama Public Library Service (APLS)
, 62, 66–67

Alternative health communications
, 244–245

American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
, 167

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
, 165

American Library Association (ALA)
, 10, 26, 35, 84, 114, 168, 173

American Medical Association
, 244

American Public Health Association
, 42

Appalachia, health literacy in
, 200–214

Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
, 63–64, 77

Audience
, 25

Austin, Texas
, 218

Authority
, 63

Barriers to health information access
, 143–145

Best practices
, 132–133, 171, 182, 184, 208, 213, 277, 292

Big Five Inventory (BFI)
, (see Five-Factor model values)

Birmingham Public Library
, 68

Board Certified Patient Advocate
, 293–295

Cash-equivalent compensation
, 221

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
, 62, 84–85, 201

CHI Specialization (CHIS)
, 35

Chicago Public Library (CHIPUBLIB)
, 229

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
, 202

Chief Medical Officer (CMO)
, 204

Cisgenderism
, 250

Code of ethics
, 148, 248

Communal asset
, 15–17

Community
, 243

archive of zines
, 243

collaborations with musicians
, 228–229

community-based health literacy interventions
, 35

efficacy
, 267–268, 270–272

empowerment
, 43

engagement
, 48

food gardens
, 43

gardens
, 43

information practices
, 16

response efficacy
, 268–270, 274

Comprehensive sexual education (CSE)
, 160–161

Computer
, 23

Comstock Act (1873)
, 244

Connections
, 62

Conservatories UK (CUK)
, 229

Consumer
, 22

health literacy
, 4, 8

information services
, 64

Consumer and patient health information service (CAPHIS)
, 14, 200–202, 212

Consumer health information (CHI)
, 25–26, 293–294

behavior
, 114

injustice
, 286, 288–293

justice
, 4–17

programs and services
, 58

Consumer health information literacy
, (see also Opioid consumer health information literacies (o-CHIL)), 104–107

implications for librarians
, 114–116

of young adults
, 104

young adults’ health information behaviors and information literacy
, 107–114

Consumer health literacy
, (see also Opioid consumer health information literacies (o-CHIL)), 22–24

future directions for NNLM support for public library services
, 35–36

group questions
, 39–40

health literacy outside clinic
, 25–26

public libraries providing disaster and emergency health information
, 30–35

relationship between health literacy and health outcomes
, 24–25

role for libraries
, 26

US Public Libraries and Health Information
, 27–30

Content analysis
, 10, 15, 94, 98, 244

website
, 62, 64, 66

Convention of Rights of Child (CRC)
, 162–163

COVID-19
, 4

health literacy amid COVID-19 pandemic
, 5–8

pandemic
, 286, 288

Credibility
, 11, 106, 111–114, 127

Critical analysis
, 124

Critical appraisal
, 106, 124, 129

skills
, 124

workshops
, 127–128

Critical information literacy
, 123–125, 167, 170, 172

Cycle of Bias framework
, 127–128

Data

analysis
, 67

mining
, 66

Denver Public Library
, 191

Digital information
, 143–144

Digital libraries
, 142

Disabilities
, 142, 145

Disadvantaged populations
, 13–15

Disasters
, 22

Disinformation
, 121

DIY health solutions
, 254, 256

Drug overdose awareness programs
, 63

Drug treatment court (DTC)
, 182

drug courts integrate alcohol and drug treatment services
, 192

family support role in
, 184–185

forging partnerships among drug courts, public agencies, and community-based organizations generates local support
, 193

health literacy role in
, 186–190

libraries roles in working with drug courts
, 190–191

participants
, 182–183

participants characteristics
, 185

participants’ health and social needs
, 185–186

performance benchmarks
, 193

providing access to continuum of alcohol, drug, and related treatment and rehabilitation services
, 192–193

standards
, 183

support team
, 184

Drug Treatment Courts (DTC s)
, 13–14

e-health
, 23

information
, 126

E-rate program
, 191

Education

First Amendment in schools
, 164–166

and information access rights
, 162

rights
, 163

rights accorded by United Nations
, 162–164

US Constitutional Law
, 164

Emotional stability
, 225

Equity
, 84

Everyday-life health information
, 110–113

Exploratory analysis
, 46

External community engagement
, 72–73

Extraversion
, 225

Facebook
, 27, 109

Family support role in DTCs
, 184–185

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
, 30

Female-to-male (FTM)
, 252

Financial insecurity
, 227

Financial services
, 23

Financial stability
, 109

Five-Factor model values
, 255

Five-point Likert scales
, 111

Food deserts
, 97

Food gardens
, 43–44, 51–52

assessing impacts of library gardens
, 52–53

case studies
, 46

dynamic and evolving roles of public libraries
, 53

future directions
, 51

High Point Public Library
, 46–48

Kitchener Public Library
, 48–49

LBPL
, 49–51

Let’s Move in Libraries Survey
, 58–59

library as place
, 52

methods
, 44–46

Food insecurity
, 43

Food justice
, 42–43

Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
, 166

Google
, 67–68, 109, 113

Graduate research assistant (GRA)
, 207

Greater High Point Food Alliance
, 48

85 Green project
, 48–49

Harrison District Library
, 44

Health
, 84, 247

sciences information courses
, 93–94

Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (HAAM)
, 218, 222

Health disparities
, 4, 8, 26, 200

libraries to reduce
, 232–234

Health equity
, 26

Health inequalities
, 86

Health inequities
, 120

Health information
, 104, 127–128

as communal asset
, 15–17

injustice
, 4, 8, 17, 286, 288–293

justice
, 4–17

needs
, 9, 15, 30–31, 34, 36, 84, 93, 104, 160, 168–169, 271

seeking
, 142–143

Health information assessment
, 11–12

overcoming barriers to
, 12–13

serving disadvantaged populations
, 13–15

Health Information Center (HIC)
, 14, 200, 202–203

Health information practices of LGBTQIA+ Communities
, 281

health librarianship’s role in advocating for
, 275–277

Health insurance literacy
, 96

Health justice

framework
, 86

inclusion in LIS curricula
, 96–97

Health librarianship’s role in advocating for LGBTQIA+ health information practices
, 275–277

Health literacy
, 22–23, 26, 121–122, 187–188, 291

amid COVID-19 pandemic
, 5–8

assessment
, 208–210, 213

CAPHIS
, 201–202

fourth-year medical student health literacy rotation
, 205–206

future plans
, 212–213

goals align with drug court goals
, 188–190

Health Literacy Forum
, 203–205

Health Literacy Pilot Project
, 206–207

health literacy pilot project survey questions
, 216

Health Literacy Wisdom Summit (2017)
, 208–209

HIC
, 202–203

HLE2
, 209–210

initiative
, 207–208

libraries and librarians helping to improve consumer
, 288

miscelaneous activities
, 210–211

programming
, 125–127

public libraries support
, 190

role in DTC programs
, 186

UTMC
, 200–201, 211–212

Health Literacy Environment, Version 2 (HLE2)
, 209–210

Health Literacy Environment of Hospitals and Health Centers (HLEHHC)
, 207

Health Literacy Forum
, 203–205

Health Literacy Management Scale (HeLMS)
, 188–189

Health Literacy Task Force
, 207

Health Literacy Wisdom Summit (2017)
, 208–209

Health of Musicians
, 218–219

analysis and results
, 222–223

community collaborations with musicians
, 228–229

conducting focus groups
, 222

documenting and providing access to local musical contributions
, 231

economic factors
, 227

examples of libraries serving musicians
, 228

forming and scheduling focus groups
, 221–222

impact of gig and venue, including touring
, 224

information professional role in musicians’ experiences
, 231–232

lifestyle
, 226

literature on musicians
, 225

marketing
, 234

methods
, 219

musicians suggestions on improving health
, 224–225

musicians’ health
, 227–228

musicians’ health biographies
, 223–224

obtaining IRB approval and planning for data collection
, 219–220

participants
, 223

partnerships
, 232–233

personality traits of musicians
, 225–226

products
, 233–234

programs
, 233

public music programming
, 230

recommendations for libraries to reduce health disparities
, 232

recruiting focus group participants
, 220–221

resources for musicians
, 229–230

Healthcare Advocacy
, 293

Healthcare system literacy
, 23

Healthy communities
, 8–11

Healthy People 2020 agenda
, 84, 120, 126

Healthy scepticism
, 124

Heteronormativity
, 250

HIV/AIDS crisis
, 249

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
, 186, 243

Human rights
, 160, 166

Hurricane Katrina (2005)
, 30

Illness recovery management (IMR)
, 187

IMLS HIPLGBTQ Interview Protocol
, 281

Inclusive library services
, 152

Independent Patient Advocacy
, 293

Information
, 4, 23

avoidance
, 105

behavior
, 105

creation
, 63

inequities
, 13, 160–174, 287

information-related factors
, 4

literacy
, 104

needs
, 108–110

policy and planning
, 62

professional role in musicians’ experiences
, 231–232

science
, 105

seeking
, 110–113

seeking behavior
, 104, 107, 110, 143–144, 154, 167, 226

and self-efficacy
, 269–271

sources
, 62

support services
, 62

Information access
, 160

rights
, 162–166

Instagram
, 109

Institute of Medicine (IOM)
, 23–24

Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
, 27, 292–293

Institutional Review Board (IRB)
, 219

obtaining IRB approval and planning for data collection
, 219–220

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
, 84, 148

International Overdose Awareness Day
, 71

Job uncertainty
, 227

Justice
, 84

K-12 sexual education
, 294

Kitchener Public Library
, 48–49

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual communities (LGBTQIA+ communities)
, 15, 16, 92, 242, 264–265

health librarianship’s role in advocating for LGBTQIA+ health information practices
, 275–277

health of LGBTQIA+ populations
, 265–266

individuals deploy self-efficacy communally
, 271–272

queering self-efficacy frameworks for
, 274–275

LibGuide
, 71

Librarians
, 4, 42, 125

as agents of health information justice
, 286

helping to improve consumer health literacy
, 288–293

perspectives of Board Certified Patient Advocate
, 293–295

role
, 122–123

working toward health justice
, 286–288

Librarianship
, 30, 288

Libraries Transform
, 34

Library and Information Science (LIS)
, 10, 84, 89

course examples for four thematic areas
, 90–91

curricula
, 84–85

findings
, 87–89

further opportunities for health justice inclusion in
, 96–97

health sciences information courses
, 93–94

limitations and future research
, 97–98

literacy concerns
, 94–95

methods
, 86–87

multicultural and diverse populations
, 92–93

objective
, 85–86

social justice and libraries
, 96

Library information science (LIS)
, 264

curriculum
, 84–85, 91–92, 277

education
, 54, 98, 152, 155

programs
, 13

Library/libraries
, (see also Public libraries), 4, 36, 42, 105–106, 125, 166–167, 184

as agents of health information justice
, 286

helping to improve consumer health literacy
, 288–293

library gardens, assessing impacts of
, 52–53

library-based curriculum
, 276

organizing course for library students in universal design
, 150–151

perspectives of Board Certified Patient Advocate
, 293–295

physical environment
, 148–149

as place
, 52

programming
, 35, 40, 51, 53, 174, 182, 292

to reduce health disparities
, 232–234

reference services
, 149–150

role
, 26

roles in working with drug courts
, 190–191

social justice and
, 96

spaces
, 42

student reflections
, 151–153

universal design implementation in
, 147

users
, 63

working toward health justice
, 286–288

Lifestyle
, 226

impact health literacy
, 255

Literacy
, 94–95

Local Music Project
, 228

Long Beach Public Library (LBPL)
, 9, 49–51

Marketing
, 234

MAXQDA software
, 223

Media
, 23

Medical librarians
, 200, 206

Medical librarianship
, 84

Medical library
, 292

Medical Library Association (MLA)
, 27, 35, 84, 233

MedlinePlus
, 95, 107

Mental health

illness
, 65

strategies
, 108–109

Messaging services
, 6

Mini-Med School programs (MMS programs)
, 106

Misinformation
, 121

Money
, 124–125

Musicians’ health
, 227–228

National Assessment of Adult Literacy Survey
, 23

National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NA DCP)
, 183

National Health Service
, 124

National Institute on Drug Abuse
, 62

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
, 26

National Library of Medicine (NLM)
, 9, 22, 30, 123, 233

National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM)
, 9, 30–31, 190, 201, 212–213, 233

initiatives in public libraries
, 33–35

Neighborhood Library
, 50–51

NEO Personality Inventory Revised (NEO-PI-R)
, 225

Neuroticism, extraversion, and openness (NEO)
, 225

Normativity
, 243

Nutritional literacy
, 48–50

Oneonta Public Library
, 71

Online information
, 126

Online search systems
, 142

Openness to experience
, 225

Opioid Consumer Health Information Literacies (o-CHIL)
, (see also Consumer health information literacy), 10, 62–64, 74–76

assigned opioid-related role
, 71–72

collections
, 68–71

contextualized information literacies in specificities
, 76–78

external community engagement
, 72–73

findings
, 68

internal departments
, 72

news and upcoming/past events
, 73

public libraries and opioid crisis
, 64–65

regional context of Alabama
, 65–66

research methods
, 66–68

resources
, 71

strategic representation
, 72

Opioid crisis
, 64, 294

public libraries and
, 64–65

Opioids
, 62

Participant demographics
, 269

Partnerships
, 232–233

Patient
, 22

advocates
, 17, 286, 294–295

narrative
, 247

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
, 9, 26, 32

Peer-to-peer approach
, 107

People with disabilities
, 153–155

Personal narratives
, 256

Personality impact health literacy
, 255

Personality traits
, 225

of musicians
, 225–226

Physical health
, 108

#Plandemic”
, 7

Population, intervention/exposure, comparison, and outcome (PICO/PECO)
, 127

Power
, 124–125

Prescription addiction
, 65

Preston Medical Library (PML)
, 14, 200–201

Privacy
, 110, 112, 221, 242

Products
, 233–234

Professional development for librarians
, 32, 34–35, 233

Programs
, 233

Public librarians
, 132

Public libraries
, (see also Library/libraries), 6, 8–11, 26, 42–43, 120–121, 125, 142, 182, 973

dynamic and evolving roles of
, 53

gardens
, 43

and health insurance information provision
, 31–33

NNLM
, 30–31, 33–35

NNLM initiatives in
, 33–35

and opioid crisis
, 64–65

providing disaster and emergency health information
, 30

support health literacy
, 190

Public Libraries Act
, 142

Public Library Association (PLA)
, 27, 33, 190

Public music programming
, 230

Qualitative thematic analysis
, 87

Queer theory
, 243

Queer Zine Archive Project (QZAP)
, 15, 243–244, 287

(Im)patient narratives
, 247

engaging collection
, 248

exclusion/misrepresentation of Queer and trans experiences
, 253–254

findings
, 248

health concerns
, 248–250

historical foundations of alternative health communications
, 244–245

ignorance/bigotry of medical professionals
, 254

issues affecting access to care
, 250–252

personal narratives
, 256

providing DIY health solutions
, 256

providing medical information
, 255–256

queer and trans health-related zines from QZAP collection
, 259–261

social stigma
, 252–253

solutions
, 254

zines and
, 245–247

Queering self-efficacy frameworks for LGBTQIA+ communities
, 274–275

Queerness
, 243

Queersafe Zine, A
, 243, 255

Rand Corporation
, 44

Random online commentators
, 5

Reading Connect
, 73

Reconceptualizing theories of self-efficacy
, 265

Reference services
, 149

Rehabilitation
, 183, 187

Rehabilitation Act (1973)
, 147

Reproductive health care
, 249

Reproductive rights
, 244

Research methods
, 64

Resources for musicians
, 229–230

Rights-based analysis
, 170

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
, 44

Rockford Public Library (RPL)
, 75

Scientific literacies
, 23

Seed Library
, 44

Self-efficacy
, 264, 266–267, 272–274

findings
, 269

health librarianship’s role in advocating for LGBTQIA+ health information practices
, 275–277

health of LGBTQIA+ populations
, 265–266

information and self-efficacy as co-constitutive
, 269–271

LGBTQIA+ individuals deploy self-efficacy communally
, 271–272

limitations
, 277–278

methodology
, 267–269

participant demographics
, 269

queering self-efficacy frameworks for LGBTQIA+ communities
, 274–275

reconceptualizing theories of
, 265

supplemental materials
, 281

Self-esteem
, 226

Self-response efficacy
, 268, 270–271

Sentinel community
, 44, 47–48

Sexual education
, 13

better model
, 169–170

collections
, 172–173

developing youth advocates
, 172

educating parents
, 170–171

education and information access rights
, 162–166

environment
, 172

within library
, 172

negative sexual health outcomes
, 168–169

outreach
, 173–174

small-scale solutions with large impact
, 170

state of American sex education
, 160–162

third place for
, 166–168

Sexual health literacy (SHL)
, 160–161, 174

Sexual Risk Avoidance programs
, 160

Sexuality Information and Education Council of United States (SIECUS)
, 161

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
, 186

Sign language
, 144

Skilled health information consumers

critical appraisal workshops
, 127–128

critical information literacy
, 123–124

free health literacy workshops
, 132–133

health literacy
, 121–122

health literacy programming
, 125–127

Healthy People 2020
, 120

library survey questions
, 136–138

methods
, 128–129

results
, 130–132

role of librarians
, 122–123

role of money and power
, 124–125

Skylight
, 202

Social determinants of health (SDOH)
, 4, 26, 84–85, 89, 94, 96–97, 122–123, 186

Social justice and libraries
, 96

Social media
, 6–7, 67, 106

outlets
, 27

resources
, 109

Social networks
, 105, 190, 220

Social stigma
, 252–253

Social support
, 65, 97, 111, 184–185

Social well-being
, 109

Social workers
, 184

South Carolina (SC)
, 265

South Central Region (SCR)
, 233

SpectraCare
, 73

Strategic diversity manifesto (SDM)
, 62, 67

Strategic Plan
, 35

Students’ intellectual freedom protections
, 160

Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN)
, 245

Texas
, 218

Touring
, 224

Traditional population health reporting mechanisms
, 44

Training and Education Center (TEC)
, 34

Transgender
, 67, 242–243, 264, 266, 270, 272, 276

Trussville Public Library (TPL)
, 72

Twitter
, 27, 109

UN Convention on Rights of People with Disabilities
, 142

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
, 104

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
, 13, 162

Universal design
, 145–147

barriers to health information access
, 143–145

disabilities in universal design
, 142

implementation in libraries
, 147–153

people with disabilities
, 153–155

University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC)
, 231

University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine (UTGSM)
, 200

University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC)
, 204, 210

University of Tennessee Medical Center (UTMC)
, 14, 200, 202, 207, 211

US Affordable Care Act
, 218

US Constitutional Law
, 164

US Department of Health and Human Services (USDHS)
, 84

US Public Libraries and Health Information
, 27–30

USDA Summer Feeding Program
, 47–48

User diversity
, 145, 150, 153–155

Virus
, 5

Waukegan library
, 33

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (W3C)
, 145

Website content analysis
, 62, 64, 66

Well-being
, 108

information needs and seeking to support
, 108–110

White + elitist legacy (White-IST legacy)
, 64

Women in drug court system
, 186

Work-related alcohol consumption
, 227

World Health Organization (WHO)
, 4, 44, 120, 288

Young adults

findings
, 113–114

health information behaviors and information literacy
, 107

information literacy of
, 104

information needs and seeking to support well-being
, 108–110

information seeking and everyday-life health information
, 110–113

sharing health information
, 105

on social media
, 106

Youth rights
, 162

YouTube
, 110

Zine Librarians Unconference (ZLuC)
, 247

Zines
, 16, 245–247

Zinesters
, 243, 249, 253

Prelims
Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction: Libraries and Librarians as Agents of Health Information Justice
Public Libraries/Healthy Communities
Chapter 2 Consumer Health Literacy, the National Library of Medicine, and the Public Library: Bridging the Gaps
Chapter 3 Growing Food at and through the Local Library: An Exploratory Study of an Emerging Role
Chapter 4 Opioid Consumer Health Information Literacies in Alabama’s Public Libraries: An Exploratory Website Content Analysis
Chapter 5 Applying a Health Justice Framework to Examine Health and Social Justice in LIS Course Offerings
Health Information Assessment
Chapter 6 Consumer Health Information Literacy and Information Behavior of Young Adults
Chapter 7 Asking Good Questions: Developing Skilled Health Information Consumers
Overcoming Barriers to Health Information Access
Chapter 8 Making Health Information Accessible for All: The Impact of Universal Design in Public Libraries
Chapter 9 Sexual Education is a Human Right: Information Inequities of K-12 Sexual Education and Librarians’ Roles in Supporting Adolescents’ Sexual Health Literacy
Serving Disadvantaged Populations
Chapter 10 Public Libraries Expanding Health Literacy for Drug Court Participants
Chapter 11 Increasing Health Literacy in Rural Appalachia Tennessee through Outreach, Communication, and Education: How Libraries Can Reduce Health Disparities in their Communities
Chapter 12 The Health of a Musician: Documenting and Addressing Health Disparities among Performing Musicians
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)
Chapter 14 “When It’s Time to Come Together, We Come Together”: Reconceptualizing Theories of Self-Efficacy for Health Information Practices within LGBTQIA+ Communities
Conclusion
Chapter 15 Libraries and Librarians as Agents of Health Information Justice: Concluding Thoughts
Index