Health Literacy: A National Responsibility-Our Brothers' Keeper

Dr. Lana W. Jackman, President of the National Forum on Information Literacy, recently sat down with Ms. Helen Osborne, an early pioneer of health literacy practice and President of Health Literacy Consulting, to discuss the current state of health literacy. In the interview highlights presented bel...

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Published inCollege & undergraduate libraries Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 95 - 106
Main Author Jackman, Lana W.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.2013
Subjects
Colleges
Communities
Consulting
Consumer health information
Health
health literacy
Information literacy
Interviews
leadership
Libraries
Literacy
personal responsibility
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Summary:Dr. Lana W. Jackman, President of the National Forum on Information Literacy, recently sat down with Ms. Helen Osborne, an early pioneer of health literacy practice and President of Health Literacy Consulting, to discuss the current state of health literacy. In the interview highlights presented below, Ms. Osborne offers some keen insights into how health literacy practice is ultimately a shared community responsibility. The interview was conducted at the Morse Institute Library in Natick, MA. The full interview is available on the National Forum on Information Literacy Website- www.infolit.org .
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ISSN:1069-1316
1545-2530
DOI:10.1080/10691316.2013.761028