Alison McClay

What’s one way a library has positively impacted your community’s health? Let’s talk in the replies!

07.04.2025 15:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Libraries have done even more during the COVID-19 pandemic, supporting testing, contact tracing, and distributing essential resources like masks and at-home tests.

Read more: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC..., pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC..., journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

07.04.2025 15:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Libraries:
☑ Provide refuge for vulnerable populations
☑ Help improve health literacy (www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2...)
☑ Offer fitness classes & screenings (www.newsweek.com/public-libra...)
☑ And so much more!

07.04.2025 15:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Public health is my profession, but if I ever return to direct service work, I'd love to do it as a public librarian. Libraries do so much more than lend books—they’re crucial to community health.

07.04.2025 15:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

This week we’re celebrating #NationalLibraryWeek and #NationalPublicHealthWeek! 📚❤️‍🩹 Libraries have always been my favorite third space. As a public health professional from a family of Storeys (yes, really!), it feels like a natural fit to care about and celebrate both!

07.04.2025 15:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

What Data Tell Us About How Schools Can Amplify Student Voice - Child Trends Students are more engaged when they feel their schools seek their voice; this blog includes data on what strategies might be most effective for schools.

What happens when students are given meaningful opportunities to contribute to the decisions that shape their school experience? Read Samantha Holquist, Dana Mitra, and Jerusha Conner’s new Child Trends blog to find out. www.childtrends.org/publications...

02.04.2025 18:36 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

The pandas’ debut may be one of the only joyful news moment coming out of DC this week. 🐼

24.01.2025 22:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The pirates have taken over town! Does anyone have any pirate book recommendations to keep the fun going beyond Pirate Invasion Weekend? 🏴‍☠️

23.11.2024 19:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I need Act II tomorrow. #Wicked was everything this theater kid hoped it’d be 💚💖

22.11.2024 02:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hi Bluesky! I used to teach & work at camps but now do research & technical assistance around adolescent sexual & reproductive health. I’m also a young adult, new adult, & romance bookworm, so I think about relationship & identity formation a lot. Excited to connect with folx with similar interests!

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