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Oct
09
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Tuesday November 19th at 3:00 pm Globally, only one in five people with substance use disorders (SUD) are receiving treatment, which is largely due to stigma, policy, and lack of infrastructure. Forced migrant populations experience extreme mental and physical stress, trauma, abuses, and human rights violations, and subsequently have high prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, CHES Credit, NNLM, NNLM Class
Oct
04
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Rural Americans face numerous health disparities compared with their urban counterparts. More than 46 million Americans, or 15 percent of the U.S. population, live in rural areas as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Rural Americans are more likely to die from heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke than their… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, CHES Credit, Education and Outreach, NNLM, NNLM Class, Regional Interest
Mar
15
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – known as PFAS1, or “forever chemicals”, are found in everything from firefighting foam to non-stick coatings, as displayed in the infographic. However, the most concerning is PFAS contamination of drinking water, as it is one of the most direct routes for PFAS to get into the body. Several years ago,… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Environmental Health, NNLM, Public Health
Mar
12
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Region 5 of the Network of the National Library of Medicine has put together a series of recorded tutorials on MedlinePlus. These short videos are geared towards Community Health Workers and their interests. The videos will help you quickly learn about the various features of MedlinePlus and how to use this trustworthy website. The series… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, NLM, NNLM, Public Health
Feb
27
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The Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) in collaboration with the Medical Library Association is offering State Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) credit for some of its courses. Currently 3 NNLM on-demand classes qualify for CNE credit: Health Literacy On-Demand Learn about health literacy definitions, best practices and tools for communicating health information clearly… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, CNE Credit, NNLM, Public Health