Title: | Information and Health Literacy in the Balance: Findings from a Study Exploring the Use of ICTs in Weight Management |
Author(s): | Marshall, Audrey; Henwood, Flis; Guy, Elizabeth S. |
Subject(s): | Information literacy |
Abstract: | This article uses findings from a UK Department of Health funded
research study known as Net.Weight to reflect on the concept of
information literacy as it relates to consumer health. It explores how
the results support and develop an understanding of information
and health literacy and it offers recommendations for policy and
practice. The study was located in the city of Brighton & Hove and
examined the potential for information and communication technologies
(ICTs) to support people who were self-managing their weight.
The research comprised five interlocking components, at the heart
of which was a series of participatory learning workshops designed
to develop participant skills in relation to ICTs, information, and
health literacy. The results indicate that a broader and more social
understanding of information literacy is needed to ensure a better
“fit” between the provision and use of health information. They also
indicate that ICTs can augment information provision and support
activities, but that a “blended” approach is necessary, where online
and “real world” communication work in tandem. |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Citation Info: | In Library Trends 60 (3) Winter 2012: 479-496. |
Genre: | Article |
Type: | Text |
Language: | English |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31891 |
ISSN: | 0024-2594 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2012.0006 |
Publication Status: | published or submitted for publication |
Rights Information: | Copyright 2012 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. |
Date Available in IDEALS: | 2014-03-11 |