Keywords
Health Literacy
Health Information Literacy
School Library
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Abstract
The article aims to identify how health literacy is being addressed by school librarians to improve student health. Three main questions were formulated: Which literacy models are being studied? Which dimensions of health literacy are being addressed? What is the professional profile for working with health literacy in school libraries? The methodology involved a scoping review of six databases: Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts (LISTA), Base de Dados em Ciência da Informação (Brapci), Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Scopus, and Web of Science (WoS). As a result, twenty-one studies were analyzed, in which we identified three proposals of models for school librarians to work with health literacy. These models show that this field of activity is complementary to the role of the school librarian and that specific training in the health field is not necessary. However, the professional must receive targeted training and development, possess pedagogical skills, and demonstrate a collaborative attitude. It is concluded that studies in this area are still scarce and that further research is needed to define guidelines and create documents that direct this field of action, especially those focused on the Global South.
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