Title |
Public Libraries: A Community-Level Resource to Advance Population Health
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Published in |
Journal of Community Health, July 2018
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DOI | 10.1007/s10900-018-0547-4 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Morgan M. Philbin, Caroline M. Parker, Mary Grace Flaherty, Jennifer S. Hirsch |
Abstract |
Policy makers and public health practitioners rarely consider public libraries to be part of the health system, even though they possess several characteristics that suggest unrealized potential to advance population health. This scoping review uses an adapted social determinants framework to categorize current health-related work conducted by public libraries in the United States and to discuss libraries' potential as 'meso-level' community resources to improve population health. Our discussion of libraries contributes to scholarship on place-based health disparities, by emphasizing the potential impact of institutions that are modifiable through social policy-e.g., parks, community centers, schools-and which have a conceptually clear or empirically documented relationship to health. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
United States | 7 | 47% |
United Kingdom | 2 | 13% |
Chile | 1 | 7% |
Unknown | 5 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 12 | 80% |
Scientists | 3 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Unknown | 98 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Master | 11 | 11% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 8% |
Librarian | 7 | 7% |
Researcher | 6 | 6% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 5% |
Other | 20 | 20% |
Unknown | 41 | 42% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Social Sciences | 20 | 20% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 7% |
Psychology | 4 | 4% |
Engineering | 3 | 3% |
Computer Science | 3 | 3% |
Other | 14 | 14% |
Unknown | 47 | 48% |