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

by W. Bernard Lukenbill, Barbara Froling Immroth

Overview

Well-known authors, W. Bernard Lukenbill and Barbara Froling Immroth, provide an introduction to a difficult topic. This book covers the general status of youth healthcare, the issues and concerns providing a model of health delivery, and their relationship to the school and public library. Public and school librarians and their clientele will appreciate this straightforward approach to finding and selecting consumer information on health related topics. School librarians will find resources to help teachers who are being asked to teach consumer health classes.

Students, librarians, teachers, parents, and caregivers in need of information that addresses health issues encountered by youth will find it in this inclusive book on the topic. Public and school librarians will appreciate discussions of issues related to the general status of healthcare for youth, delivery systems, and locations of consumer information and methods to select and manage the collection of health information materials.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781591585084
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/30/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

W. Bernard Lukenbill, Professor, The Information School, University of Texas at Austin, holds a BS degree from North Texas University, an MLS from the University of Oklahoma, and a PhD from Indiana University. He has been a high school librarian and has authored other books for Libraries Unlimited.

Barbara Froling Immroth holds an AB from Brown, an MLS from Denver University, and a PhD from the University of Pittsburgh. She has both public library and school library experience. She is a past president of the Association for Library Services to Children, the Texas Library Association, and Beta Phi Mu International Library and Information Science Honor Society.

Table of Contents

Illustrations     ix
Acknowledgments     xi
Introduction     xiii
Health Information for Youth: Policies and Directions     1
Introduction     1
Policy, Problems, and Issues     2
Government Health Information Policy     3
The Role of Libraries in Health Information Policy     4
Health and Public Outreach Programs     4
Policy and Current Health Delivery Issues     5
Policy Formation     5
Public Policy Issues and Concerns     7
Policy and Building a Healthy Community     9
Conclusion     10
Notes     10
Health Issues and Libraries in the Modern World: An Overview     13
Introduction     13
Health in Society     13
Historical Overview of Public Health Services and Government     15
Health Issues Facing Contemporary Society     15
Technology, Health, and Libraries     19
Public Health Services, Education, and Libraries     20
Nineteenth-Century Libraries and Health Information     22
Community Health and Libraries     22
Consumer Information, Advocacy, and Libraries     23
Conclusion     24
Notes     25
Community Models for Health Information Delivery     27
Introduction     27
Consumer Health Information and Consumer Support Models     27
Youth Librarians as Facilitators of Health Information     28
Connecting with the Health Care Community     28
Hospitals and Health Care Information for Youth     30
Informed by Practice     33
Youth Librarians as Information Providers     33
Conclusion     35
Notes     36
Consumer Health Information for Youth and Their Caregivers     37
Introduction     37
A Brief Glossary     37
Making Consumer Health Information Accessible: Designs and Concepts     38
Consumer Health Information, the Health Curriculum, and Schools     41
School-Based Health Clinics and Outreach Programs     42
School Libraries and School-Based Clinics     43
Role of the School Librarians in Supplying Health Information     44
Consumer Health Information: Public Libraries     45
Consumer Health Information: Hospitals and Medical Institutions     49
Consumer Health Information: Rural and Small Towns     49
Collaboration as a Model      50
Conclusion     50
Notes     51
Families, Parents, Caregivers, and Health Information     53
Introduction     53
Family, Society, and Health Information in Libraries     53
The Social Roles of Families and the Library     55
Parenting as a Social Function     56
Parenting Roles in Providing Health Information: Theory and Practice     58
Helping Parents and Caregivers with Health Information     60
Institutional and Cultural Factors and Health Information     61
Action Research and Planning Programs and Services for Families     63
Conclusion     64
Notes     64
Youth and Critical Health Concerns: Information for Parents and Caregivers     67
Introduction     67
An Overview of Useful Models and Theories     67
Building Ecological Support Systems     69
Family Health Problems, the Helping Process, and Information Support     71
The Role of Information and Information Needs     74
Structures for Assurance, Community, and Networking     75
Health Information Literacy for Families in Crisis     76
Problems Associated with Not Seeking Health Information     76
Understanding Special Needs through Action Research     78
Conclusion     79
Notes     79
Youth Health Information Needs: Theories, Products, and Designs     81
Introduction     81
Information and Health Information Literacy     81
Brief Notes on Theories about Information Needs and Information Seeking     82
Basic Information Needs     87
Kids on the Street and Their Special Needs     89
A Library Profile: The Aurora Public Library     90
The National Library of Medicine and Its Guidance     91
A Profile of Youth Health Needs     92
Sexual Health: Problems and Prospects     94
Information Products: Design, Evaluation, and Delivery     97
Conclusion     103
Notes     103
Planning Health and Fitness Programs and Services     107
Introduction     107
Planning for Health Care Information: Basic Leadership Strategies     107
Major Steps in Planning Health Information Programs and Services     111
The NLM Guidelines for Development     112
Leadership in the Medical Field     119
Action Research and Leadership     121
Conclusion     122
Notes      122
The Rio Grande Valley of Texas: Highlighting Issues and Models for Health Information     125
Introduction     125
Health Issues in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas     125
The Librarian as Gatekeeper: Bringing Health Information to the Valley     132
Conclusion     133
Notes     133
Global Health, Health Information, and Education     137
Introduction     137
Important Major Global Health Themes     137
School Health Policy, Skills-Based Health Education, and Health Information     138
Collection Development, Services, and Programming     141
Conclusion     143
Notes     144
Selection and Collection Development for Health Information: A Bibliographic Approach     147
Introduction     147
Holistic Health Principles and Collection Development     147
Questions and Problems in Selecting Health Materials     148
Basic Subject Guides for Health Information Collection Development     149
Selection Aids and Finding Guides     151
Selection Aids and Sources Offering Access to Health Information     151
Conclusion     162
Censorship, the Law, and Access to Health Information      163
Introduction     163
English Law and the U.S. Legal Understanding of Obscenity     164
Overview of Court Rulings Affecting School Library Collections     166
Censorship, the Internet, and the Impact of Pico     169
Legal Considerations and the Rights of Youth     170
What Do School Librarians Know about Law and First Amendment Rights?     170
The Role of Library and Information Studies Education in Fostering Better Legal Awareness     172
Selection Policies and Censorship     173
Conclusion     173
Notes     174
Into the Future: Action Research for Health Care Information     177
Introduction     177
A "Starter List" for Action Research     177
A Basic Action Research Question: Can Librarians Be Health Information Gatekeepers?     178
Starter Questions for Action Research     178
An Action Research Design and Scenario     183
Conclusion     185
Notes     185
Action Research for Health Information     187
Selected Bibliography     195
Index     205

Editorial Reviews

[P]rovides in-depth information….This title is a welcome addition for the professional collections of media specialists and librarians who are looking to expand health-information resources and services for youth.” —VOYA

“Beginning with a history of the connection among the simultaneous rise of the American public library, public education, and government involvement in public health during the Progressive Movement of the 19th and 20th centuries, the authors then move on to talk about the role of youth librarians in providing access to health resources. The information is geared toward serving all library patrons, but the emphasis is on underprivileged communities. Using collaboration as a model, they describe how the youth-oriented library is a key element in the effort to provide access to consumer information, serve youth clinics, and disseminate material about available community services. The chapter on collection development is particularly useful. Also important is the one that focuses on censorship, the law, and the role of the librarian in protecting the right of youth to the information they need.” —School Library Jourbanal

From the Publisher

Beginning with a history of the connection among the simultaneous rise of the American public library, public education, and government involvement in public health during the Progressive Movement of the 19th and 20th centuries, the authors then move on to talk about the role of youth librarians in providing access to health resources. The information is geared toward serving all library patrons, but the emphasis is on underprivileged communities. Using collaboration as a model, they describe how the youth-oriented library is a key element in the effort to provide access to consumer information, serve youth clinics, and disseminate material about available community services. The chapter on collection development is particularly useful. Also important is the one that focuses on censorship, the law, and the role of the librarian in protecting the right of youth to the information they need.-Ragan Oa'Malley, Saint Anna's School, Brooklyn, NY

School Library Journal