title: A Novel tool for Health Literacy: Using Comic Books to Combat Childhood Obesity.
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.
authors.affiliation: research and education librarian at the Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
authors.forename: Talicia
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tarver
authors.affiliation: Metadata & Digitization Librarian, Health Sciences Library, LSU Health Shreveport, Shreveport, LA.
authors.forename: Deidra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Woodson
authors.affiliation: owner of Nick Fechter Illustration and Design, Shreveport, LA.
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fechter
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor and Chief of Pediatric Infectious Disease in the Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at LSU Health Shreveport, Shreveport, LA.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vanchiere
authors.affiliation: Associate Director, Health Sciences Library, LSU Health Shreveport, Shreveport, LA.
authors.forename: Willam
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Olmstadt
authors.affiliation: Systems Librarian at the Health Sciences Library, LSU Health Shreveport, Shreveport, LA.
authors.forename: Charlie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tudor
keywords: childhood obesity; comic books; health literacy