HIV/AIDS Outreach: Curriculum Development and Skills Training to Health and Information Professionals

ABSTRACT

With funding from the National Library of Medicine HIV/AIDS Community Information Outreach Program (ACIOP), librarians at the University of Florida Health Sciences Libraries partnered with university and community groups to facilitate collaboration, develop new information resources, develop information-seeking skills, and raise general awareness surrounding HIV/AIDS risks, prevention, and treatment. This article describes the skills development elements of the project, including development and implementation of an HIV/AIDS information resource curriculum for health care providers, social services professionals, and public librarians within the project’s partner organizations.

KEYWORDS:

• AIDS
• community-based outreach
• health information
• HIV
• information dissemination

Additional information

Funding

This project has been funded in part with federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under contract # HHSN276201500702P.

Notes on contributors

Gretchen M. Kuntz

Gretchen M. Kuntz, MSW, MSLIS ([email protected]) is Director, Borland Health Sciences Library, University of Florida-Jacksonville, 653-1 West Eighth Street, 2nd Fl. LRC, Jacksonville, FL 32209.

Nancy Schaefer

Nancy Schaefer, MLIS ([email protected]) is Reference and Instruction Librarian, University of Florida Health Science Center Library, 1600 SW Archer Rd., Gainesville, FL 32610.

Hannah F. Norton

Hannah F. Norton, MSIS ([email protected]) is Reference and Liaison Librarian, University of Florida Health Science Center Library, 1600 SW Archer Rd., Gainesville, FL 32610.

Michele R. Tennant

Michele R. Tennant, PhD, MLIS ([email protected]) is Interim Flackler Director, University of Florida Health Science Center Library, 1600 SW Archer Rd., Gainesville, FL 32610.