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Connecting for Health Literacy: Health Information Partners
Karyn L. Pomerantz, MLS, MPH*,
Abdul-Ali Muhammad,
Stacey Downey, MA,
and
Terry Kind, MD, MPH
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: kpomeran{at}gwu.edu.
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This article describes a community-based health information partnership to address health literacy and health information inequalities in marginalized communities. Public health, medical, literacy, and library practitioners promote health literacy through outreach, training, and professional development activities in community settings. They create learning environments for people to develop the necessary knowledge and skills to better understand health information and health policy so they can make decisions concerning personal and community health. Outreach activities focus on visits to neighborhood health centers, health fairs, health exhibits at union meetings and conferences; training programs involve hands-on, peer-led computer classes for people living with HIV and for the general public; and professional development programs connect librarians, health providers, public health workers, and literacy teachers in joint planning and learning. Several learners currently participate in and lead community health education programs and HIV advocacy. The coalition’s strength develops from strongly shared objectives, an absence of territoriality, and a core active leadership group.
First published on June 10, 2008
Health Promotion Practice 2008, doi:10.1177/1524839908318166
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