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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466917503321

Autore

Flaherty Mary Grace <1960->

Titolo

Promoting individual and community health at the library / / Mary Grace Flaherty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago : , : ALA Editions, , 2018

ISBN

0-8389-1699-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 134 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

021.2

Soggetti

Libraries and community

Health education - Library resources

Public libraries

Health promotion

Health literacy

Public health

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Public libraries and consumer health: a historic perspective -- Health information provision in public libraries -- Health programming in public libraries -- Reaching out to the community: opportunities for wider engagement -- Looking ahead: future opportunities -- Onward and upward.

Sommario/riassunto

Flaherty covers strategies used by libraries to improve people's access to and use of health information. Whether for an individual, a library program, or a community program, it is important to provide health information and sources that are not outdated, difficult to retain, or misrepresented. Public libraries are the perfect setting for empowering patrons with this information.