Pomerantz Karyn L, Muhammad Abdul-Ali, Downey Stacey, Kind Terry
Health Information Partners and instructor at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC, USA.
Health Promot Pract. 2010 Jan;11(1):79-88. doi: 10.1177/1524839908318166. Epub 2008 Jun 10.
This article describes a community-based health information partnership to address health literacy and health information inequalities in marginalized communities. Public health, medical, literacy, and library practitioners promote health literacy through outreach, training, and professional development activities in community settings. They create learning environments for people to develop the necessary knowledge and skills to better understand health information and health policy so they can make decisions concerning personal and community health. Outreach activities focus on visits to neighborhood health centers, health fairs, health exhibits at union meetings and conferences; training programs involve hands-on, peer-led computer classes for people living with HIV and for the general public; and professional development programs connect librarians, health providers, public health workers, and literacy teachers in joint planning and learning. Several learners currently participate in and lead community health education programs and HIV advocacy. The coalition's strength develops from strongly shared objectives, an absence of territoriality, and a core active leadership group.
本文介绍了一个基于社区的健康信息伙伴关系，以解决边缘化社区的健康素养和健康信息不平等问题。公共卫生、医学、扫盲和图书馆从业者通过社区环境中的外展、培训和专业发展活动来促进健康素养。他们为人们创造学习环境，以培养必要的知识和技能，从而更好地理解健康信息和健康政策，以便他们能够就个人和社区健康做出决策。外展活动重点是走访社区健康中心、健康博览会、工会会议和大会上的健康展览；培训项目包括为艾滋病毒感染者和普通公众举办的由同行主导的实践计算机课程；专业发展项目将图书馆员、医疗服务提供者、公共卫生工作者和扫盲教师联系起来进行联合规划和学习。目前有几名学习者参与并领导社区健康教育项目和艾滋病毒宣传活动。该联盟的优势源于强烈的共同目标、不存在地盘意识以及一个核心的积极领导团队。
