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Health Misinformation Library Toolkit

  • 1.  Health Misinformation Library Toolkit

    Posted Feb 22, 2023 02:42 PM

    I'm part of a group of academic and public librarians in San Diego, CA who have created a website to help our community Find Reliable Health Information and we have just released a toolkit  (described below) to help other libraries engage with their communities. 

    I've also used the fact sheets when teaching about health misinformation to undergraduates.

    All of the fact sheets, messaging, graphics, and videos are open access and free for everyone to use.

    Enjoy,

    ​Margaret Henderson, MLIS, AHIP
    Associate Professor
    Health Sciences Librarian
    Room LA 1101N
    SDSU Library
    5500 Campanile Drive
    San Diego, CA 92182-8050

    Set up a Personal Research Session: https://margaretsdsulibrary.youcanbook.me/ 
    (619)594-0996

    https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6578-1766
    Pronouns: she/her/hers
    SDSU is a proud Hispanic Serving Institution, located in the territory of the Kumeyaay nation

    HEALTH INFORMATION CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVES:

    Through online engagement with community members, the campaign will:

    (1) raise awareness of health misinformation,

    (2) share techniques for evaluating health claims and finding reliable sources, and 

    (3) provide guidance on how to respond to misinformation ethically and responsibly. 

     EDUCATIONAL CONTENT:

    The toolkit provides educational content to share on libraries' online and social media channels. It offers:

     KEY CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES:

    • Activity 1: Share the fact sheets with community members. You have a choice in the ways to share the fact sheets.
    • Activity 2: Encourage community members to read the fact sheets through promotions on your library's communication channels. Choose from sample messaging or videos to post on your website, newsletters, blogs, or social media accounts.

     KEY TOOLKIT FEATURES:

    • Customizable content: Make a version of the educational content to fit your community with our Canva design templates.
    • Share and adapt: We encourage your library to creatively share, revise, and build upon the content in this toolkit.
    • Flyers: Print a one-page summary version of the fact sheets to display or distribute.
    • General audience: The educational content is written for community members and is suitable for sharing by public, academic, and school libraries.

     LEARN MORE:

    Watch this video or read our press release for more details on the toolkit.

     KEY LINKS: 

     NIH ACKNOWLEDGMENT: 

    Developed resources reported in this toolkit are supported by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health under cooperative agreement number UG4LM013725. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.



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    Margaret Henderson
    Director, Research Data Management
    Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries
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