Growing Community Health Literacy through Libraries: Sharing Global Perspectives

Contents\nAbout IFLA\nDedication\nForeword\nPreface\nPart 1: The Context\n1 Perspectives on Health Literacy: An Introductory Essay\n2 Health Literacy of Children, Adolescents and Parents\n3 Managing Health Information to Improve Health Literacy\n4 Consumer Health Information Literacy: Librarians’ Contribution to Health and Well-being\nPart 2: Library Case Studies\n5 The Hospital Library’s Role in Patient Health Literacy in Colombia\n6 The Contribution of Australian Hospital Libraries to Improving Consumer Health Literacy: Four Case Studies\n7 Promoting Health Literacy through the Health Sciences Library: An Irish Perspective\n8 Academic Librarians and Health Professionals Enhance Health Literacy in Uganda\nPart 3: Collaboration and Partnerships\n9 Health Literacy at the Free Library of Philadelphia: Discovering Best Practices to Meet Customer Need\n10 The Public Library as a Leader in Health Literacy: The Croatian Experience\n11 The Dynamics of Health Literacy: Cross-Sectoral Collaboration in Turkey\n12 Health Mediaries and their Partnerships with Librarians\n13 Empowering Peer Navigators to Improve Health Literacy of Refugees in Anchorage, Alaska\n14 Partnering with Community-Based Organizations to Meet Health Literacy Needs in Virginia\nPart 4: Looking Ahead: New Horizons\n15 Librarians Researching Health Literacy: A Scoping Review\nContributors