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

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 ...