Community health and wellness: Rural library practices, perspectives, and programs

D'Arpa, Christine; Lenstra, Noah; Burke, Susan; Rubenstein, Ellen

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Title

Community health and wellness: Rural library practices, perspectives, and programs

Author(s)

• D'Arpa, Christine
• Lenstra, Noah
• Burke, Susan
• Rubenstein, Ellen

Issue Date

2019-03-15

Keyword(s)

• Health
• Rural libraries
• Public programs

Abstract

This poster outlines a collaborative research work in progress that seeks to answer the overarching research question: How do small and rural public libraries address health and wellness through public programs? In the face of the increasing disinvestment in rural communities and their access to health care, public libraries are developing innovative programs to support health and wellness. These programs include cooking/nutrition, gardening, exercise, and health fairs. This research project is designed to better understand current practices in small and rural public libraries with regards to community health and wellness programming and to disseminate that information to assist other libraries to become even more robust catalysts of community health. The poster also suggests new ways to include rural libraries in the research of iSchools, thus inspiring and informing new collaborations.

Publisher

iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2019 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/103302

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21900/iconf.2019.103302

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Copyright 2019 Christine D'Arpa, Noah Lenstra, Susan Burke, and Ellen Rubenstein

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