Concern about health literacy is one factor driving an international
movement to develop and disseminate health information that is easy to
understand and appropriate for people who have difficulty reading or
whose first language is not English. Libraries can work with organizations
in their communities to improve the accessibility of materials. Strategies
for effective collaboration will be outlined in the context of health literacy
promotion efforts. Finally, the role that librarians can play to help deliver
appropriate health information, using the example of one patient resource
center, will be discussed.
Publisher
Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Article
Language
en
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1737
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Copyright owned by Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. 2005.
Library Trends 53 (3) Winter 2005: Consumer Health Issues, Trends, and Research, Part 2: Applicable Research in the 21st Century. Edited by Tammy L. Mays.
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