Consumer Health Information Literacy Promotion Program in Public and Community Libraries in Africa: Experience from Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, and Zimbabwe

Ajuwon, Grace Ada; Kamau, Nancy; Kinyengyere, Alison; Muziringa, Masimba C.

doi:10.1080/15398285.2017.1376180

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“…Thus, it is essential to teach using technological tools that incorporate innovative educational technologies. Carroll et al use the inverted classroom technique to facilitate peer learning and improve the ability of health science students to find, evaluate, and use evidence(Carroll;Tchangalova;Harrington, 2016).Ajuwon et al analyze motivational factors among physicians residing in health institutions and suggest involving other disciplines to design content through technological systems for training(Ajuwon et al, 2017). (2016) highlight the importance of librarians in digital literacy training, online training, and connecting with different health departments.…”

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Training in digital competencies for health professionals: systematic mapping (2015-2019)

Fernández-Luque¹,

Montoya

Cordón-García

2021

EPI

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Digital competencies are one of the main transversal competencies of the XXI century. By means of systematic mapping, international published papers and research on digital skills training were critically evaluated, generating a process that helps us to recognize information about health professionals and the type of educational technology used in training. With this in mind, we employed the systematic mapping method using the WoS and Scopus databases between 2015 and 2019 in English and Spanish, specifically focused on research articles. The five competencies of the European Framework of Digital Competence were used to analyze the articles, and the works were classified according to the educational technology used. Inclusion, exclusion, and quality criteria were applied. Two hundred and forty-eight articles were selected for the study. Most focused on the information literacy dimension (168) and used digital educational technology. In total, 27 papers were concerned with competence in communication, 19 with safety, and 12 with problem-solving. Only 8% of the papers were conducted in the context of health institutions, and 68% were based in an academic context. Articles related to the social field were found that dealt with aspects directly linked to health and safety. The publications on digital competencies used in the field of health mostly addressed the dimension of information competence, with a focus on the design and implementation of training activities in the management of information sources, instructional standards, curriculum design, and the competencies of the health librarian as an instructor.

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Training in digital competencies for health professionals: systematic mapping (2015-2019)

Fernández-Luque¹,

Montoya

Cordón-García

2021

EPI

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“…More specifically, libraries may embrace a life-long learning approach, designing and implementing tailored activities intended to improve the users' ability to obtain, collect, understand and process relevant information to effectively function in the society (Hossain, 2016). In addition to general literacy, public libraries may focus on particular forms of literacy, such as digital literacy (which is related to the proper use of ICTs and digital tools) and health literacy (which supports healthy behaviors and decisions), advancing the users' ability to deal with specific challenges faced in everyday life (McShane, 2001;Ajuwon et al, 2017). These initiatives are consistent with an inclusive view of publicly owned libraries, which further advances their attractiveness (Martzoukou and Elliott, 2016).…”

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The quest for attractiveness of publicly owned libraries: a service quality perspective

Palumbo

2022

TQM

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PurposePublicly owned libraries deliver a fundamental public service, fostering the citizens' access to knowledge. However, little is known about the factors underpinning the public libraries' organizational attractiveness. The article aims to shed light on this issue, investigating how the public libraries' service offering contributes to increasing their attractiveness.Design/methodology/approachSecondary data were collected from the national census study of libraries carried out in 2019 by the Italian Institute of Statistics (ISTAT). More than 4,500 publicly owned libraries established in Italy were involved in the analysis. A linear regression model was designed to examine the implications of public libraries' service offering on the number of people who visited them in 2019. The units of analysis were grouped in three clusters based on their organizational size.FindingsSmall-sized libraries' attractiveness relied on loan services (LS) and catalogs' integration, as well as on the availability of spaces for promoting social exchanges (SE) and interactions. The same was true for medium-sized libraries, whose attractiveness was also fostered by digitization. Large-sized libraries' ability to attract users was primarily affected by LS and by the provision of people-centered cultural services (CS).Practical implicationsPublicly owned libraries should arrange tailored strategies to increase their attractiveness. Small-sized and medium-sized libraries should exploit community-oriented initiatives to establish a co-creating dialog with users. Conversely, large-sized entities should advance the users' access to conventional services and implement people-centered cultural activities, recontextualizing their exchange with users in the digital domain to enhance service quality.Originality/valueThe article originally investigates the factors affecting the attractiveness of publicly owned libraries, providing intriguing insights to managers and practitioners.

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“…More specialised training is required in some specific areas such as providing health information to users (see for example, Grace et al, 2017, Ajuwon et al, 2017.…”

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Promoting access to indigenous information in Africa: Challenges and requirements

Chowdhury

McLeod

Lihoma³

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Information Development

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The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal SDG16.10 advocates for ensuring public access to information, yet knowledge access and sharing are some of the key challenges in many countries, especially in Africa. The African Union Agenda 2063 strongly recommends access to African indigenous, cultural information to promote sustainable development but how might this be achieved? This paper shares findings from a project - NetDiploma - that built an international multi-stakeholder network of experts, professionals and various user communities to mobilize and share knowledge to explore the requirements for promoting access to cultural heritage and government information held in memory institutions, such as archives, for everyone in Africa. It identifies the key enablers and challenges associated with the long-term goal of making African government, indigenous and cultural heritage information accessible online in the form of a Digital Public Library of Africa (DPLAf) and the research and development required to realise this vision.

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Consumer Health Information Literacy Promotion Program in Public and Community Libraries in Africa: Experience from Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, and Zimbabwe

Cited by 8 publications

References 18 publications

Training in digital competencies for health professionals: systematic mapping (2015-2019)

Training in digital competencies for health professionals: systematic mapping (2015-2019)

The quest for attractiveness of publicly owned libraries: a service quality perspective

Promoting access to indigenous information in Africa: Challenges and requirements

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