Medical librarians and little free libraries: Connecting rural communities to health information.
Medical librarians and little free libraries: Connecting rural communities to health information.
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医学图书馆员和小型免费图书馆：将农村社区与健康信息联系起来。
DOI：
10.1111/hir.12478
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发表时间：
2023
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Wilson,AlexandriaQuesenberry
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作者：
Grabeel,KelseyLeonard;Wilson,AlexandriaQuesenberry
消费者健康图书馆将社区与可靠和准确的健康信息联系起来，而小型免费图书馆（LFL）目的探讨医学图书馆员如何利用已经建立的图书馆作为外展机会，向美国东田纳西州阿巴拉契亚地区的农村地区提供消费者健康书籍。人口的识字水平，医疗服务不足指数分数，以及现有的LFL的可用性。选择了22个已建立的LFL位置，并为眼科诊所建立了一个新的LFL。11个健康书籍购买了每个建立LFL，和33本书购买了新的LFL.ResultsResearchers回到每个位置5个月后交付。90%的书籍来自已经建立的LFL。从新的LFL中抽取了10本书。讨论使用已经建立的LFL是向农村社区提供相关健康信息的绝佳机会。新的LFL允许图书馆和农村眼科诊所之间的伙伴关系。ConclusionBy分发健康书籍已经建立LFL，研究人员带来了相关的健康信息书籍，农村和医疗服务不足的社区。
BackgroundConsumer health libraries connect communities to reliable and accurate health information while Little Free Libraries (LFL) provide communities globally with access to free books with a ‘take one leave one’ type policy.ObjectivesTo discuss how medical librarians used already established LFLs as outreach opportunities to provide consumer health books to rural locations in East Tennessee's Appalachia region in the United States.MethodsResearchers reviewed the population's literacy levels, the Index of Medical Underservice scores, and the availability of established LFLs. Twenty‐two established LFL locations were selected and one new LFL was built for an eye clinic. Eleven health books were purchased for each established LFL, and 33 books were purchased for the new LFL.ResultsResearchers went back to each location 5 months after delivery. 90% of the books were taken from the already established LFLs. Ten books were taken from the new LFL.DiscussionUsing already established LFLs is a great opportunity to provide relevant health information to rural communities. The new LFL allowed for a partnership between the library and a rural eye clinic.ConclusionBy distributing health books to already established LFLs, researchers brought relevant health information books to rural and medically underserved communities.