Diego de Acosta and Erin Mann are with the National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants (NRC-RIM), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Nicholas Alexander Brown and Rachel Zukowski are with Prince George's County Memorial Library System, Largo, MD. Elizabeth Dawson-Hahn is with NRC-RIM, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and the Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle.
Am J Public Health. 2023 Jun;113(6):623-626. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307246. Epub 2023 Mar 9.
Public libraries-trusted institutions with broad population reach-are well positioned to partner with public health departments to advance community health. In 2020 through 2022, Prince George's County Memorial Library System assumed increasing responsibility in the local COVID-19 pandemic response by providing information and expanded services to county residents. With additional private funding, staffing, and public health resources, this library system codeveloped interventions to address information gaps, improve language access, and connect residents to more than 120 500 KN95 masks, more than 124 300 self-test kits, and more than 2400 vaccines. ( 2023;113(6):623-626. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307246).
公共图书馆——拥有广泛受众的可信赖机构——非常适合与公共卫生部门合作，以促进社区健康。在 2020 年至 2022 年期间，马里兰州乔治王子县纪念图书馆系统在当地 COVID-19 疫情应对中承担了越来越多的责任，为县居民提供信息和扩展服务。在获得额外的私人资金、人员配备和公共卫生资源后，该图书馆系统共同制定了干预措施，以解决信息差距、改善语言获取途径，并将居民与超过 120500 个 KN95 口罩、超过 124300 个自我检测试剂盒和超过 2400 支疫苗联系起来。（2023 年；113（6）：623-626。https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307246）。
