Abstract
Health literacy is addressed in England primarily through partnership-working led by the National Health Service (NHS England) and the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) through a national Health and Digital Literacy Partnership. This work is informed by regional data on the prevalence of low health literacy in adults. The promotion of children’s health literacy has recently begun to be explored using settings-based approaches. Libraries as settings span community, education and health sectors in England. Their core business can include supporting local communities’ development of health literacy and digital health literacy for functional, interactive and critical purposes throughout the life course. This chapter discusses the potential of libraries to play a role in a community-based approach to promoting children’s health literacy. It provides an overview of existing community-based health literacy initiatives in England and includes a case study of a toolkit developed by public library, school library and hospital library settings working together that is designed to integrate opportunities for children to practice health literacy in the everyday settings where children spend time.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Global Perspectives on Children's Health Literacy: Intersections Between Health, Education and Community |
| Editors | Rosie Nash, Vaughan Cruickshank, Shandell Elmer |
| Place of Publication | Cham |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Pages | 269-280 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-031-63840-4 |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 30 Aug 2024 |