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

• Published in: Medical reference services quarterly Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 60 - 73
• Main Authors: Kuntz, Gretchen M., Schaefer, Nancy, Norton, Hannah F., Tennant, Michele R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Routledge 01-01-2018; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Academic libraries; Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS; Collaboration; community-based outreach; Curricula; Curriculum; Disease prevention; Health administration; health information; HIV; HIV Infections; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; information dissemination; Information professionals; Information sources; Information Storage and Retrieval; Instructional design; Librarians; Libraries; Medical treatment; Outreach services; Program Development; Florida; AIDS; health information; HIV; information dissemination; community-based outreach
• ISSN: 0276-3869; 1540-9597
• DOI: 10.1080/02763869.2018.1404389

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.