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College of Information and Communications

Community Health Workers & Medical Librarians Promoting Health in LGBTQ+ Communities

Presentations & Publications

Presentations

Green, M. G., Valverde, K., & Kitzie, V. (2022, accepted). Developing an LGBTQIA+ curriculum for Community Health Workers (CHWs). Breakout session presented at the Southeast CHW Network Summit 2022, Birmingham, AL, December 9.

Bowman, JD & Kitzie, V. (2023, accepted). Shared LGBTQ+ Identity in Librarian-Community Partnerships. Short Paper to be presented virtually at the International Conference on Information 2023, Barcelona, Spain, March 13-17.

Kitzie, V., Valverde, K., & Dreeszen Bowman, J. (2022). Developing an LGBTQIA+ specialization for Community Health Worker (CHW) training. Poster presented at the National LGBTQ+ Health Conference, Chicago, IL, July 28-30.

Kitzie, V., Wagner, T., Francis, D., Vera, A. N., & Bowman, J. D. (2022, October). Combatting Health Information Injustices for Community-based Health Promotion: A Curricular Outline. Paper presented at ALISE Conference 2022, Pittsburgh, PA, October 24-26.

Kitzie, V., Vera, A.N., & Wagner, T.L. (2022). Understanding the information creation practices of LGBTQIA+ community health workers. Presented at the 85th Annual Association for Information Science and Technology Conference 2022, Pittsburgh, PA, October 29 – November 1.

Kitzie, V., Wagner, T.L., Francis, D., Vera, A.N., & Dreeszen Bowman, J. (2022). Combatting health information injustices for community-based health promotion: A curricular outline. Paper to be presented at ALISE Conference 2022, Pittsburg, PA, October 24-26.

Kitzie, V., Valverde, K., & Dreeszen Bowman, J. (2022). Developing an LGBTQIA+ specialization for Community Health Worker (CHW) training. Poster to be presented at the National LGBTQ+ Health Conference, Chicago, IL, July 28-30.

Kitzie, V., Francis, D., & Vera, N. (June 2021). Community health workers & medical librarians promoting health in LGBTQIA+ communities. South Central Region of the National Library of Medicine webinar.


Publications

Bowman, JD & Kitzie, V. (in press). Shared LGBTQ+ Identity in Librarian-Community Partnerships. Short Paper to be presented virtually at the International Conference on Information 2023, Barcelona, Spain, March 13-17.

Kitzie, V., Vera, A.N., & Wagner, T.L. (2022). Understanding the information creation practices of LGBTQIA+ community health workers. Presented at the 85th Annual Association for Information Science and Technology Conference 2022, Pittsburgh, PA, October 29 – November 1.

Kitzie, V., Vera, A.N., & Wagner, T.L. (2022). Understanding the information creation practices of LGBTQIA+ community health workers. In the 85th Annual Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology.


Media Coverage

Friedman, R. (2021, March 9). Researchers to help LGBTQIA+ populations navigate barriers to health information. University of South Carolina Faculty Research Story.


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