Combatting health information injustices for community-based health promotion: A curricular outline
Author(s)
Kitzie, Vanessa
Wagner, Travis
Francis, Dominique
Vera, A. Nick
Bowman, Jesselyn Dreeszen
Issue Date
2022-10
Keyword(s)
Community health worker
Participatory learning
Health information
LGBTQIA
Information barriers
Pedagogy
Curriculum
Community-led services
Community engagement
Social justice
Abstract
This paper addresses limitations of LIS education at the intersection of consumer health, community engagement, and amplifying marginalized voices. The authors propose a curricular outline for an MLIS course on community-based health promotion taught by community health workers (CHWs) who are LGBTQIA+. Queer theory and participatory learning inform this outline, serving as lenses for understanding health information injustices and leveraging community-based strengths to address them. The proposed curriculum utilizes existing research, training, and partnerships between the authors, CHW training specialists, and LGBTQIA+ CHWs. The latter received training using elements of the proposed curriculum and substantiated its offerings with their embodied knowledge and lived experiences. We plan on implementing this curricular outline in Spring 2023.
Series/Report Name or Number
Proceedings of the ALISE Annual Conference, 2022
Type of Resource
text
Language
eng
Handle URL
https://hdl.handle.net/2142/117965
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21900/j.alise.2022.1103
Copyright and License Information
Copyright 2022 Vanessa Kitzie, Travis Wagner, Dominique Francis, A. Nick Vera, Jesselyn Dreeszen Bowman
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
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