Incorporating Wiis Into Health Information Outreach Activities

Libraries and librarians: Key partners for progress in health literacy research and practice

“…While published literature provides no examples of libraries using serious games in consumer health information programming, they have discovered that gaming devices such as the Wii may provide a creative way to connect the general public with authoritative health information. For example, NLM also funded a project entitled One, Two, Wii: Get Fit and Health Savvy @ Your Library [38]. The project investigators partnered with school and public libraries to offer the game consoles for the public during health fairs, meetings, or other events where library staff would also introduce them to health information resources such as MedlinePlus [38].…”

“…For example, NLM also funded a project entitled One, Two, Wii: Get Fit and Health Savvy @ Your Library [38]. The project investigators partnered with school and public libraries to offer the game consoles for the public during health fairs, meetings, or other events where library staff would also introduce them to health information resources such as MedlinePlus [38]. …”

“…The kit offers libraries two Wii systems and games with a manual of suggestions for health fairs or other wellness events and resources for quality health information [38]. Project leaders find that both projects have increased awareness of the outreach assistance provided by the medical library, as well as health information resources from NLM.…”

A 10‐year follow‐up survey of US academic libraries highlights the COVID‐19 experience and greater interest in health information outreach

“…In the United States, general academic libraries and health science libraries both engage in some capacity and at some level in outreach activities regarding the provision of health information. Librarians engaged in outreach often deliver educational initiatives and informative programming for various user groups to help them access reliable health information resources for both research and consumer‐oriented purposes (Burroughs, 2004; Clifton et al, 2012; Dutcher & Hamasu, 2005; Malone et al, 2017; Pomerantz et al, 2010; Sapp & Cogdill, 2010; Whitney et al, 2013). Health information outreach (HIO) activities have similarities to other programs, such as those specifically promoting digital health literacy, which the Network of the National Library of Medicine defines in part as ‘the ability to seek, find, understand, and appraise health information from electronic sources and apply the knowledge gained to addressing or solving a health problem’ and which includes the ‘ability to discern reliable online health information’ (National Institutes of Health, 2021).…”

Αξιολόγηση Της Συνεισφοράς Του Ρόλου Των Δημοτικών Βιβλιοθηκών Στην Ανάπτυξη Και Εξέλιξη Του Αθλητικού Και Πολιτιστικού Γίγνεσθαι Των Οργανισμών Τοπικής Αυτοδιοίκησης Πρώτου Βαθμού

“…Ο διαδραστικός χαρακτήρας της κονσόλας, το έχει καταστήσει ως ένα ελκυστικό εργαλείο. Τα παιχνίδια που περιέχει και που βασίζονται στην κίνηση, θα μπορούσαν να βοηθήσουν τους χρήστες των βιβλιοθηκών να εντάξουν στη ζωή τους την κίνηση και μακροπρόθεσμα να έχουν όλα τα οφέλη ενός πιο υγιεινού τρόπου ζωής (Clifton et al, 2012). Η βιβλιοθήκη, όπως αποδεικνύεται, αποτελεί ένα εξαιρετικό μέρος ενσωμάτωσης της σωματικής δραστηριότητας (Cooksey, 2017).…”