Justice Adjei Manu Obeng, Monica Mensah Danquah, Perpetua Sekyiwa Dadzie
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Abstract
Background: The United Nations (UN) sustainable development goal-3 (SDG-3) concerns achieving good health and well-being for everyone (at all ages) by 2030.
Objectives: Examined the role of medical library staff as mediators of health literacy and health outcomes towards the achievement of SDG 3 in Ghana.
Methods: Eight professional librarians from four medical libraries affiliated with four public universities participated in the study. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews aligned with the study objectives. The health literacy framework proposed by Squiers et al. (The health literacy skills framework, Journal of Health Communication, 17 (Suppl. 3), 30-54, 2012) was adopted for this study.
Results: Medical school libraries provided timely and relevant information to their patrons as well as health literacy support, but most of their efforts were directed towards their students, instructors, and health professionals, not the general public.
Discussion: The intention of SDG3 for good health and wellbeing for all is only partially met, as support for health literacy among patients and the public is mostly indirect. Medical libraries in Ghana need to develop more collaborations and outreach activities for health literacy.
Conclusion: The medical library staff successfully support health professionals, faculty, and students, but their mediator role in health literacy requires more collaboration with community representatives.
背景：联合国（UN）可持续发展目标3 （SDG-3）涉及到2030年实现所有人（所有年龄段）的良好健康和福祉。目的：研究医疗图书馆工作人员在促进加纳实现可持续发展目标3的卫生素养和卫生成果方面的中介作用。方法：来自四所公立大学附属四所医学图书馆的八名专业图书馆员参与研究。数据是通过与研究目标一致的半结构化访谈收集的。本研究采用Squiers等人提出的健康素养框架（The health literacy skills framework, Journal of health Communication, 17（增刊3），30- 54,2012）。结果：医学院图书馆为其读者提供了及时和相关的信息以及健康素养支持，但他们的大部分努力是针对他们的学生、教师和卫生专业人员，而不是普通公众。讨论：可持续发展目标3关于人人享有良好健康和福祉的意图仅部分实现，因为对患者和公众卫生知识普及的支持大多是间接的。加纳的医学图书馆需要为卫生知识普及开展更多的合作和外联活动。结论：医学图书馆工作人员成功地支持了卫生专业人员、教师和学生，但他们在健康素养方面的中介作用需要与社区代表进行更多的合作。
期刊介绍：
Health Information and Libraries Journal (HILJ) provides practitioners, researchers, and students in library and health professions an international and interdisciplinary forum. Its objectives are to encourage discussion and to disseminate developments at the frontiers of information management and libraries. A major focus is communicating practices that are evidence based both in managing information and in supporting health care. The Journal encompasses: - Identifying health information needs and uses - Managing programmes and services in the changing health environment - Information technology and applications in health - Educating and training health information professionals - Outreach to health user groups
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