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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
Oct
20
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Region 1* of the NNLM is hosting an UN-conference beginning on December 5th, 2023. This 3 day UN-conference is a participant orientated event where conversation is empasized over formal presentations. The UN-conference covers many topics that are of interest to people working in public health: Engaing communities with health information, the digital divide and enviromental… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, NNLM, Public Health, Regional Interest
Aug
09
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The Network of the National Library of Medicine is organizing a series of webinars related to disaster planning as part of their Disaster Planning and Preparation Forum. The forum will include expert speakers discussing data resources and tools, planning communication and institutional preparedness with a focus on inclusiveness and community resilience. A broad range of… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, CHES Credit, NNLM, NNLM Class, Public Health, Regional Interest
Apr
14
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As National Public Health Week ended last week and Black Maternal Health Week begins, we have more public health news. The latest report from Trust for America’s Public Health is available online. The report rates the level of readiness of public health departments at the state level as well as in the District of Columbia… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Public Health, Public Health Policy, Regional Interest
Apr
03
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The National Tribal Broadband Community has announced an upcoming webinar on “Improving Digital Inclusion and Broadband Infrastructure in Native Communities”. This 2 day webinar, will take place on May 3rd and 4th from 1-5 pm EST. The free webinar is for tribal librarians and will help address technology needs of the community. Topics include: Assessing… Read More »
Posted in: Announcements, Blog, Education and Outreach, Regional Interest