Oana Maria Blaga|R?zvan Mircea Chereche?|C?t?lin Baba
"A Community-Based Intervention for Increasing Access to Health Information in Rural Settings"
Babe?-Bolyai University|Babe?-Bolyai University|Babe?-Bolyai University
health information needs people living rural areas unmet aim report results iris institutional populationlevel intervention designed improve access health information rural settings intervention consisted three components equip local libraries healthrelated books train librarians refer locals enhance locals health information seeking behavior selfefficacy health literacy data collected using mixedmethods strategy inquiry 2010 2011 822 adult inhabitants four rural communities cluj county romania using nonrandomized controlgroup pretestposttest study design used kruskalwalis oneway analysis variance determine statistically significant differences two study groups results show individuals rural communities included intervention group engaged health information seeking higher selfefficacy reading understanding healthrelated materials reported higher frequencies asking borrowing books health themes village library compared respondents control group iris initiative made use available community resources proposed several incremental changes within librarian system intervention major potential sustainability replicability