Providing Consumer Health Information to the Underserved Public at Remote Area Medical Events in East Tennessee

ABSTRACT

The University of Tennessee’s Preston Medical Library (PML) collaborated with local libraries for outreach at a Remote Area Medical (RAM) event. Librarians staffed a resource table and distributed consumer health handouts, received and fulfilled health information requests, and administered the Newest Vital Sign, a health literacy assessment tool, to volunteers. Researchers analyzed completed health information requests and health literacy assessment results to better inform future outreach. Collaboration at this event built relationships, particularly with the University of Tennessee Knoxville Libraries, for future community events.

KEYWORDS:

• Collaboration
• consumer health
• health literacy

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This work was funded in part by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, National Library of Medicine, Outreach Grant 19-3538.