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Item General Health Literacy for All: Culturally informed care and health literacy a systematic review(2024-04-08) Chesser, Amy; To, Bao Nhu (Yuki); Bowen, Aaron; Drassen Ham, AmyA hallmark of informed and responsive healthcare is assessing patient health literacy (Drassen Ham 2013, Keene Woods, Medina, Reyes, and Chesser 2023). However, few researchers share practical strategies for applying results to improve health disparities. The goal of this study was to synthesize findings demonstrating how researchers address health literacy using culturally informed and responsive care methods. Inclusion criteria for the articles reviewed included: the study had to be published during the most recent five years, be peer-reviewed, be in the English language, and explicitly cover some aspect of being “culturally informed” in relation to health literacy. Twenty articles were included in the final review. Study participants ranged from 15 to 2954 with mean of 278. Studies were published between 2018-2023 including 5 studies outside U.S. and 15 in U.S. Standard healthcare search methods (MeSH, CINAHL) did not recognize “culturally informed care” as a term and “culturally competent care” remains common usage. Most studies were of "underserved" or "minority" populations (i.e., African American women, Arabic-speaking women, Korean American immigrants). Researchers used traditional approaches to address low health literacy (teach back, plain language, translated print materials, and interpreter services) but specifically deployed these methods when serving "other", minoritized, and/or non-native English-speaking populations. Our results demonstrate a need for continued training and implementation of Universal Precautions to impact health equity. This poster calls on researchers and educators to thoughtfully engage new approaches by expanding attention to health literacy and diffusion of culturally informed and responsive care principles.Item Usability test report for EbscoHost Discovery Service (EDS)(Wichita State University, 2013-05-22) Bowen, Aaron; Diamond, WendyThe purpose of this study is to assess how Ebsco Discovery Service (EDS) is fulfilling the promise to promote student independence in searching, finding, and accessing relevant library resources. Discovery systems in general are new in libraries. The user has access to a simple-looking search box (á la Google) which is supported by complex interface customization options and a large, diverse set of meta-data and full-text content obtained from diverse databases and library catalogs. EDS systems are very high in price, so the potential value in ease and simplicity of searching must be weighed against the cost. Through observing user behavior and assessing user satisfaction, we seek to reveal difficulties with the EDS interface which could be improved with enhancements to the customizable areas of the interface. Participants were asked to give us their subjective satisfaction with content and results of searches, but we did not compare these results with an objective analysis of the content itself.Item Multimodal combination of text and image tweet for disaster response assessment(Wichita State University, 2022-07-06) Kotha, Saideshwar; Haridasan, Smitha; Rattani, Ajita; Bowen, Aaron; Rimmington, Glyn M.; Dutta, AtriItem Designing a teaching module help students recognize, avoid, and dispel misinformation and disinformation(Wichita State University, 2024-03-01) Bowen, Aaron; Drassen Ham, AmyIn conjunction with the Public Health Science department at a mid-sized Midwestern university, one librarian and one teaching faculty member are producing a learning module designed to aid students in recognizing and dispelling mis- and disinformation related to public health. Focusing on key considerations in assessing how truthful or misleading an assertion is, this module will illustrate such questions as “What is a fact? What is an opinion? What makes them different from each other?” using public health-related examples. Presenters will discuss the design process they are using to craft the module’s elements, and produce it in a format that can easily integrate into the university’s learning management system. Additionally, presenters will address the challenges of designing a direct assessment tool for an asynchronous module that is not linked to specific classes or class assignments. Audience members will learn about the creative process that has gone into this teaching module with a specific eye towards how they can themselves adapt this tool or create their own for a similar purpose at their home institutions.Item Crafting a teaching module help students recognize, avoid, and dispel misinformation and disinformation(Wichita State University, 2023-11-02) Bowen, Aaron; Drassen Ham, AmyA result of an extensive collaboration between a librarian and a public health professor, this presentation presents the development and deployment of a teaching module designed to instruct public health students in a university setting on how best to recognize and avoid (or challenge) misinformation and disinformation. Strategies for helping students understand the contours of misinformation and disinformation are presented, as are strategies for teaching them how to resist such false or misleading information. Assessing the effectiveness of these strategies, and by extension the effectiveness of the module, are presented as well. While the main audience for this presentation is likely to be academic librarians, we will discuss methods in which this module can be adapted to other library patron groups and other library settings.