Building community-oriented knowledges

Wagner, Travis L.; Keeling, Sarah

doi:10.21173/newlibs/7/7

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“…The outline gives students meaningful opportunities to collaborate with stakeholders, here CHWs, on projects addressing health information injustices. These opportunities are essential for students on job market, as many LIS employers prefer candidates with relevant experience working with underserved communities (Wagner & Keeling, 2019). The curricular outline also allows CHW-librarian collaborations to extend beyond the course.…”

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Combatting Health Information Injustices for Community-based Health Promotion: A Curricular Outline

Kitzie

Wagner²,

Francis³

et al. 2022

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This paper addresses limitations of LIS education at the intersection of consumer health, community engagement, and amplifying marginalized voices. The authors propose a curricular outline for an MLIS course on community-based health promotion taught by community health workers (CHWs) who are LGBTQIA+. Queer theory and participatory learning inform this outline, serving as lenses for understanding health information injustices and leveraging community-based strengths to address them. The proposed curriculum utilizes existing research, training, and partnerships between the authors, CHW training specialists, and LGBTQIA+ CHWs. The latter received training using elements of the proposed curriculum and substantiated its offerings with their embodied knowledge and lived experiences. We plan on implementing this curricular outline in Spring 2023.

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confidence: 99%