Chamberlin Free Public Library Catalog

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Promoting individual and community health at the library /

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : ALA Editions, 2018Copyright date: �2018Description: ix, 134 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0838916279
  • 9780838916278
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 025.2/761 23
  • 021.2/8 23
LOC classification:
  • Z688.M4 F53 2018
  • Z716.4 .F53 2018
NLM classification:
  • WA 590
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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a library program, or a community program, it is important to provide health information and sources that are not outdated, difficult to retain, or misrepresented.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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 021.2 FLA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000583850

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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a library program, or a community program, it is important to provide health information and sources that are not outdated, difficult to retain, or misrepresented.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.

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