Librarians' Role in Enhancing Health Literacy: A Comprehensive Scoping Review

Senanayake, K.I.D.F.; Kuruppu, D.C.

dc.contributor.author	Senanayake, K.I.D.F.
dc.contributor.author	Kuruppu, D.C.
dc.date.accessioned	2024-11-20T07:23:15Z
dc.date.available	2024-11-20T07:23:15Z
dc.date.issued	2024
dc.identifier.citation	Senanayake, K.I.D.F., & Kuruppu, D.C. (2024). Librarians' Role in Enhancing Health Literacy: A Comprehensive Scoping Review. Proceedings: University of Colombo Annual Research Symposium 2024, p.596.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/7391
dc.description.abstract	Health literacy (HL) is “the skills, knowledge, motivation, and capacity of a person to access, Understand, appraise, and apply information to make effective health and healthcare decisions and take appropriate actions”. A scoping review was carried out using PRISMA guidelines to explore the roles of librarians in improving HL, the interventions they use, and identify the challenges they encounter in promoting health literacy. Two electronic databases (PubMed, CINAHL) and Google Scholar search engine were consulted using the terms “health literacy, library, and librarians”. The search generated a total of 1380 articles. After removing duplicates, the publication year was limited to 2020-2024 and 284 articles were screened through Rayyan QCRI - a web and mobile app for Systematic Reviews, 51 articles were included in the ...	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Colombo	en_US
dc.subject	Health Literacy	en_US
dc.subject	Scoping Reviews	en_US
dc.subject	Librarians	en_US
dc.title	Librarians' Role in Enhancing Health Literacy: A Comprehensive Scoping Review	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US