The Health Library at GFS is a satellite branch of the PlaneTree Health Library . Through this collaboration, GFS is able to make relevant health and medical information more easily available to individuals and families in the East San José community. With assistance from our library coordinator, community residents can learn more about health through a collection of over 700 books, videos, and pamphlets available in both English and Spanish.
The Health Library has an Internet work station available where residents can find useful and trusted health and medical websites. The PlaneTree website also includes recommended health sites, including many that are especially useful for monolingual Spanish speakers.
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A GFS client accesses books in our Health Library.
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Other health library services include:
- Specially prepared packets of health information by mail or pickup when residents are unable to do the research themselves
- Health topic presentations at our women's support group meetings and ESL classes
- Presentations at community events
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"My son has asthma and thanks to a book I got from the Health Library, I can help my son better. Now, I can understand his problem and I have followed some advice from the book and his health has improved."
-Leticia, Health Library patron |
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