Three Case Studies

Case Study One:

Ms. Diflo, a health educator, has been invited to speak at a local high school. Her audience will be students as well as parents. A large portion of her community speaks Spanish, and she would like to address issues related to health disparities within her community. She will be part of a discussion panel. Based on her familiarity with local health data, she has decided to focus on providing information about diabetes and guiding parents and students to relevant resources available on the Internet.

Where can Ms. Diflo begin to find good health information to support parent and children’s information needs regarding diabetes?

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Case Study Two:

Ms. Diflo is interested in providing her community with resources in Spanish as well as in English. She also has a few parents who speak Cambodian.

How does she find health-related information that will satisfy everyone’s needs?

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Case Study Three:

Ms. Diflo is part of a panel discussing various health issues such as the impact of environmental toxins on a community. Parents in her community are very concerned that there may be lead in the local high school.

Ms. Diflo needs to find accurate, easy to understand information on lead poisoning.

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