Describes how the Royal Society of Occupational Therapists has moved to digital-only. Could be useful to see what resources MPFT OTs can access through the library, as well as seeing how they reached that decision. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
For organizations implementing health literacy initiatives, using ‘change champions’ appears to be a promising strategy. This systematic review aimed to identify the empirical and conceptual research that exists about health literacy champions. Open access article.
We examined how feelings shape people’s organizing and deleting practices, focusing on four affective aspects: anxiety, self-efficacy, belonging, and loss of control. We hypothesized that these affective aspects would predict the extent to which people utilize organizing and deleting practices. Access via CILIP subscription
Main findings showcase that libraries as secure and trusted places can play a key role in developing and promoting health literacy to different groups; new job titles emerge for librarians (consumer health librarian, health information services librarians, health literacy librarian); whereas collaboration is a key element for developing and offering health literacy training programs to diverse group of users as well as the public. Access via CILIP.