Community engagement of public libraries for ensuring tribal women’s health literacy in Bangladesh

IF 1 Q3 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

IFLA JOURNAL-INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS Pub Date : 2023-10-11 DOI:10.1177/03400352231198260

Shamima Yesmin, Md. Abdul Karim, Md. Atikuzzaman

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Abstract

Public libraries can play dual roles as knowledge centres and community hubs for societies. They can provide easy ways to reach out to the community by engaging the community through a number of initiatives, including health literacy. The main aim of this study is to investigate public libraries’ responses and willingness in providing health information services to tribal communities. Data was collected from 11 library professionals using a structured interview method and 276 tribal women through a survey. The data was then analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The findings show that most of the participating libraries (72.8%) did not provide any specific service for tribal-community engagement, although all of them were very positive in initiating it. On the other hand, the majority of the tribal women were interested in getting health-related information from public libraries. ‘Community engagement for health literacy’ could be a new formula for tribal communities in this regard.

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公共图书馆的社区参与，以确保孟加拉国部落妇女的保健知识

公共图书馆可以扮演社会的知识中心和社区中心的双重角色。它们可以通过包括卫生知识普及在内的一系列举措吸引社区参与，从而提供与社区接触的简便方法。本研究的主要目的是调查公共图书馆对部落社区提供健康资讯服务的反应与意愿。数据通过结构化访谈法从11名图书馆专业人员和276名部落妇女中收集。然后使用社会科学统计软件包(SPSS)对数据进行分析。调查结果显示，大多数参与的图书馆(72.8%)没有为部落社区参与提供任何具体的服务，尽管它们都非常积极地发起了这一活动。另一方面，大多数部落妇女对从公共图书馆获得与健康有关的信息感兴趣。在这方面，“社区参与促进卫生知识普及”可以成为部落社区的一种新模式。

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2.70

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期刊介绍： IFLA Journal is an international journal which publishes original peer reviewed articles, a selection of peer reviewed IFLA conference papers, and news of current IFLA activities. Content is selected to reflect the variety of the international information profession, ranging from freedom of access to information, knowledge management, services to the visually impaired and intellectual property. The IFLA Journal aims to promote and support the aims and core values of IFLA as the global voice of the library and information profession by providing authoritative coverage and analysis of the activities of IFLA and its various constituent bodies and members, and those of other bodies with similar aims and interests.