Health Information for Youth: The Public Library and School Library Media Center Role

Contents......Page 6
Illustrations......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
Figure 1.1. The Doctor. A painting by Sir Luke Fides. Courtesy of the United States Postal Service......Page 18
Policy, Problems, and Issues......Page 19
Government Health Information Policy......Page 20
Figure 1.2. Early drawing illustrating efforts to control diseases through government action. Courtesy of the United States Department of Health and Human Services......Page 21
Policy Formation......Page 22
Public Policy Issues and Concerns......Page 24
Policy and Building a Healthy Community......Page 26
Figure 1.3. The healthy community and the library......Page 27
Health in Society......Page 30
Health Issues Facing Contemporary Society......Page 32
Technology, Health, and Libraries......Page 36
Public Health Services, Education, and Libraries......Page 37
Community Health and Libraries......Page 39
Consumer Information, Advocacy, and Libraries......Page 40
Figure 2.4. The United States National Library of Medicine Building.Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine......Page 41
Notes......Page 42
Consumer Health Information and Consumer Support Models......Page 44
Connecting with the Health Care Community......Page 45
Hospitals and Health Care Information for Youth......Page 47
Youth Librarians as Information Providers......Page 50
Conclusion......Page 52
Notes......Page 53
A Brief Glossary......Page 54
Figure 4.1. Diagram of major function areas of a consumer health information service and consulting center......Page 55
Consumer Health Information, the Health Curriculum, and Schools......Page 58
School-Based Health Clinics and Outreach Programs......Page 59
School Libraries and School-Based Clinics......Page 60
Role of the School Librarians in Supplying Health Information......Page 61
Consumer Health Information: Public Libraries......Page 62
Consumer Health Information: Rural and Small Towns......Page 66
Conclusion......Page 67
Notes......Page 68
Family, Society, and Health Information in Libraries......Page 70
The Social Roles of Families and the Library......Page 72
Parenting as a Social Function......Page 73
Parenting Roles in Providing Health Information: Theory and Practice......Page 75
Helping Parents and Caregivers with Health Information......Page 77
Institutional and Cultural Factors and Health Information......Page 78
Figure 5.2. Low-literacy health pamphlet produced for the National Cancer Institute by Clear Language Group. Courtesy of the National Health Institute......Page 80
Notes......Page 81
An Overview of Useful Models and Theories......Page 84
Building Ecological Support Systems......Page 86
Figure 6.1. Information in an ecological family system......Page 88
The Role of Information and Information Needs......Page 91
Structures for Assurance, Community, and Networking......Page 92
Problems Associated with Not Seeking Health Information......Page 93
Understanding Special Needs through Action Research......Page 95
Notes......Page 96
Information and Health Information Literacy......Page 98
Brief Notes on Theories about Information Needs and Information Seeking......Page 99
Basic Information Needs......Page 104
Kids on the Street and Their Special Needs......Page 106
A Library Profile: The Aurora Public Library......Page 107
The National Library of Medicine and Its Guidance......Page 108
A Profile of Youth Health Needs......Page 109
Sexual Health: Problems and Prospects......Page 111
Information Products: Design, Evaluation, and Delivery......Page 114
Notes......Page 120
Planning for Health Care Information: Basic Leadership Strategies......Page 124
Major Steps in Planning Health Information Programs and Services......Page 128
The NLM Guidelines for Development......Page 129
Leadership in the Medical Field......Page 136
Figure 8.2. Leaders in medicine. Pictured left to right are Crawford Long, the Mayo Brothers, Elizabeth Blackwell, Mary Edwards Walker (center), and Walter Reed. Images from U.S. postage stamps honoring medical leaders and archival materials from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services......Page 138
Notes......Page 139
Health Issues in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas......Page 142
The Librarian as Gatekeeper: Bringing Health Information to the Valley......Page 149
Notes......Page 150
Important Major Global Health Themes......Page 154
School Health Policy, Skills-Based Health Education, and Health Information......Page 155
Collection Development, Services, and Programming......Page 158
Figure 10.1. Basic health information and the collection development process......Page 160
Notes......Page 161
Holistic Health Principles and Collection Development......Page 164
Questions and Problems in Selecting Health Materials......Page 165
Basic Subject Guides for Health Information Collection Development......Page 166
Selection Aids and Sources Offering Access to Health Information......Page 168
Conclusion......Page 179
Introduction......Page 180
Figure 12.1. Male genitalia illustration from Confidential Talks with Young Men, published by F. H. Revell Co., 1893......Page 181
Overview of Court Rulings Affecting School Library Collections......Page 183
Censorship, the Internet, and the Impact of Pico......Page 186
What Do School Librarians Know about Law and First Amendment Rights?......Page 187
The Role of Library and Information Studies Education in Fostering Better Legal Awareness......Page 189
Conclusion......Page 190
Notes......Page 191
A “Starter List” for Action Research......Page 194
Figure 13.1. The youth librarian as health information gatekeeper......Page 195
An Action Research Design and Scenario......Page 200
Notes......Page 202
Appendix: Action Research for Health Information......Page 204
Selected Bibliography......Page 212
Index......Page 222
Figure 2.1. Ruins of a Medieval Hospital: The Hospital of St John in Jerusalem,founded by the Knights of St. John to Aid the Sick. Line drawings by Richard H.Hendler based on photographs by James McDonald published in 1865......Page 31
Figure 2.2. Campaign by U.S. government to combat the 1918 flu epidemic.Courtesy of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services......Page 34
Figure 2.3. American Public Health Examination Board, ca. 1912.Courtesy of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control......Page 38
Figure 3.1. Newborn examination, 1967. Published by permission of Nevit Dilmen......Page 48
Figure 4.3. Consumer health information center: Interior design sketch. Design reflects storage for resources, comfort, and privacy. Windows and glass in door allow for openness and contact with outside surroundings.Drawing by Richard H. Hendler......Page 56
Figure 4.5. Consumer health pamphlet issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Courtesy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency......Page 57
Figure 5.1. Health information pamphlet for parents. Courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control......Page 74
Figure 6.2. Clarification in librarian–family centered information-helping relationships......Page 90
Figure. 7.1. Lewin’s Force Field Analysis model......Page 100
Figure 7.2. Model Christy Turlington appearing in the “Celebrities against Smoking” series. Courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention......Page 105
Figure 7.3. The Brain Train: How to Keep Our Brain Healthy and Wise by Frances Meiser. Published by permission of Frances Meiser. Copyright 1997 by Frances Meiser......Page 115
Figure 7.4. Social marketing model for teacher-librarian collaboration. A version of this model appeared in B. Immroth and W. B. Lukenbill, “Teacher-School Library Media Specialists Collaboration through Social Marketing Strategies: An Information Behavior Study,” School Library Media Research 10 (2007)......Page 119
Figure 8.1. Clara Barton, first president of the American Red Cross. Line drawing by Richard H. Hendler......Page 137
Figure 9.1. Positive and negative forces influencing the use of available health information technologies. Rio Grande Valley Secondary School Education for Health Workers: models and examples......Page 145
Figure 9.2. Biblioteca Las Américas in the evening hours of operation. Photo by Sara Reibman; courtesy of the South Texas Independent School District......Page 148
Figure A.1. Research interview protocol for librarians as health information gatekeepers......Page 207