Primary Poster Author
Stacey L. Knight-Davis, MLS, MS
Public Health and Nursing Librarian
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, Illinois, United States
Poster Author(s):
Lauri J. DeRuiter-Willems, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departmental Honors Coordinator
Department of Public Health and Nutrition
Charleston, Illinois, United States
Elizabeth Gill, PhD
PhD, Professor, Director of the BS in Health Communication
School of Communication and Journalism, Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, Illinois, United States
Kim Ross, Licensed Environmental Health Practitioner
Digital Literacy Coordinator
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, Illinois, United States
Carrie Wennerdahl, n/a
Health Literacy Coordinator
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, Illinois, United States
Poster abstract: Faculty from Public Health, Health Communication, and Library Services partnered to build a train-the-trainer program for digital health literacy. A Public Library Collaboration from the Network of the National Library of Medicine Region 6 funded the program. The award provided salaries for two digital health literacy coordinators. Coordinators interviewed area libraries and LGBTQ+ groups to produce training specific to their needs. Training videos and a website were developed and disseminated to partners. By training librarians and LGBTQ advocates to provide digital health literacy training the project has longer and wider impact than direct training.
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