Preface
Part I: Introductory Information
Chapter 1: A History of the Term Health Literacy in the United States
Jeffrey Coghill
Chapter 2: Measurements of Health Literacy
Emily Vardell and Julie Schiavo
Part II: Types of Health Literacy
Chapter 3: Health Insurance Literacy: Definitions, Models, and Impact
Camille S. McKenzie and Emily Vardell
Chapter 4: Mental Health Literacy and Responsive Librarianship
Megan Fritche and Denise Shereff
Chapter 5: Health Literacy & Health Misinformation: A Multi-Dimensional Relationship
Amanda Haberstroh and Brynne Campbell Rice
Part III: Health Literacy in Community Contexts
Chapter 6: Health Literacy and LGBTQ+ communities
Gregg A. Stevens and Susan Swogger
Chapter 7: Latinx Communities and Health Literacy during COVID-19
Nora Franco and Brenda Linares
Chapter 8: Developing Health Literacy in Black Communities
Andrea M. Hayes
Chapter 9: Role of public libraries in health literacy education in China
Bing Nie and Ting Wang
Chapter 10: Health Literacy and Immigrants, Refugees, and Migrants: An Overview
Margie Sheppard, Katie Pierce-Farrier, and Bennie Finch
Chapter 11: Health Literacy Assessment and Refugees
Obianuju Aliche and Margaret Sullivan
Chapter 12: Health Literacy and Older Adults
Angela Murrell
Chapter 13: Health Literacy and Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA)
Lesley Farmer, Jill R. Kavanaugh, and Shawn Steidinger
Chapter 14: Empowering Parent Caregivers: Libraries and Mobile Health in Rare Disease Information Access
Ting Wang, Brady Lund, and Bhavana Inuganti
Part IV: Health Literacy and Different Types of Libraries
Chapter 15: Health Literacy and Academic Health Sciences Libraries
Laura Wright, Amy Corder, Jess Saunders, and Aundria Parkman
Chapter 16: Public Libraries and Health Literacy
Maggie Shawcross, Noah Lenstra, David Brown, and Barbara Alvarez
Chapter 17: Hospital Libraries
Elizabeth Fox and Michele Mason-Coles
Part V: Health Literacy in Practice
Chapter 18: Reading Clubs: Having Health Conversations in Libraries
Darlene Kaskie, George Strawley, and Kristi Torp
Chapter 19: Health Misinformation Instruction for Medical Professionals and Students
Ian Roberts, Stacy Brody, Rachel Brill, and Kelsey Cowles
Chapter 20: Creating Education to Promote Health Literacy
Emily Petersen, Caroline De Brún, and Carrie Adams
Chapter 21: Health Literacy and Informed Consent in Clinical Research
Gina Genova, Dani LaPreze, and Vida Vaughn
Chapter 22: Digital Health Literacy Training and Citizen Science Programming
Stefania Acosta Ramirez, Jennifer Giffin, and Brittney Thomas
Chapter 23: Partnerships for Health Literacy: Information Access, Training, and Programs
Deborah Charbonneau, Christine D'Arpa, and Sandra Belz
Index
About the Editors and Contributors