This webinar is part of the Rural Health Webinar Series in November 2024.
Dr. Margaret Sullivan was recently awarded an IMLS grant to explore the relationship between the opioid use population and how they utilize their local library. This presentation will provide an overview of preliminary data from opioid users and library directors across the nation. The goal of the presentation is to provide attendees with takeaways for how to better serve the opioid use population and create linkages between harm reduction agencies and the library to promote health equity within communities.
Speaker Bios:
Margaret Sullivan, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the School of Information at Florida State University. She completed a doctorate in Library and Information Science from the University of South Carolina. She also has a Master’s in Information Systems and a Master’s in Library Science from Drexel University. Her research areas of interest focus on the health-seeking behaviors and patterns of disadvantaged populations, with a focus on the opioid-use population. Dr. Sullivan studies the impact that information access, information literacy, health literacy, and reading and literacy has had in affecting the health and well-being of the people that she studies. She also studies, publishes on, and advocates for the universal human right to credible health information.
Carli Lucius, MSW interests in Child Welfare, Trauma, Grief, and Research led her to her current work with the Stoops Center for Communities, Families, and Children (CFC Center). Carli is employed at the CFC Center as a Program Manager and Community Outreach Specialist. Carli leads the team in outreach efforts on their Southeast Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Regional Center (SE ROTA-RC) grant. Under the SE ROTA-RC, Ms. Lucius conducts outreach, trainings, and develops content related to substance misuse education and prevention efforts for community members, librarians, and clinicians. Additionally, Carli manages research projects at the CFC Center related to natural disasters, child welfare, public libraries, and lived experience of mothers and those in foster care. Outside of work, Carli enjoys reading, listening to music, and hanging out with her dog, Piper.
- Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of the importance of involving the research population (i.e., opioid users) in data collection, review, and reporting.
- Attendees will receive an overview of the opioid crisis and its connection to the library.
- Attendees will understand the impacts of qualitative data collection and analysis related to working with library directors and how qualitative data can help us better understand niche topics, such as opioid use and its correlation to the library system.
- Attendees will better understand the intersection of community health needs and its intersection with public libraries.
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