A Novel tool for Health Literacy: Using Comic Books to Combat Childhood Obesity.

A Novel tool for Health Literacy: Using Comic Books to Combat Childhood Obesity. J Hosp Librariansh. 2016;16(2):152-159 Authors: Tarver T, Woodson D, Fechter N, Vanchiere J, Olmstadt W, Tudor C Abstract Childhood obesity remains a serious problem that requires health literacy projects to engage both parents and children in making healthy choices. This paper describes an award-funded project designed by LSU Health Shreveport (LSUHS) faculty from the Health Sciences Library and the Department of Pediatrics who created a comic book to help children and their parents learn practical ways children can make healthier lifestyle choices. LSUHS also collaborated with LSU-Shreveport to recruit a student artist, who illustrated the comic and designed promotional items used to promote the print and online versions of the book throughout the community. PMID: 27840597 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Hospital Librarianship - Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: J Hosp Librariansh Source Type: research