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Sep
01
0 comments Tags: All of Us, citizen science, consumer health, health literacy, NNLM reading Club, public health, public library
Your health is a product of your genetics, lifestyle and environment. This month the NNLM Reading Club examines the third component of that critical trio. Environmental health plays a role in a host of social issues facing our society, from how to ensure drinking water is safe, to what kinds of risks we should take… Read More »
Posted in: All of Us, Citizen Science, Health Literacy/Consumer Health, News From NNLM PNR, PNR Weekly Digest, Public Libraries
Jul
06
0 comments Tags: All of Us, consumer health, health literacy, Maternal Health, NNLM reading Club, public health, public library, Racism and Health
Bring your book-discussion group into one of the central conversations impacting our nation as the NNLM Reading Club focuses on Racism and Health for its July reading selections, with special attention to Black maternal health. The three selections explore motherhood through the experiences of Black women in different ways. NNLM encourages you to use one… Read More »
Posted in: All of Us, Health Literacy/Consumer Health, News From NNLM PNR, PNR Weekly Digest, Public Health, Public Libraries
Feb
27
0 comments Tags: disaster preparedness, disease outbreak, public health
The following information was sent by the NLM Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC). Please continue to refer to the National Library of Medicine for updates on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). For Continuity of Operations planning, businesses and libraries may want to review these resources: On February 12, 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control… Read More »
Posted in: Emergency Preparedness, News from NLM, Public Health
Feb
13
0 comments Tags: All of Us, health literacy, public health
Many of you have been hearing about the work of our All of Us Community Engagement Coordinator, Michele Spatz. Michele has been highlighting the NIH All of Us Research Program in our region. This program is hoping to gather data from 1 million or more participants to help improve health through precision medicine and to… Read More »
Posted in: All of Us, News from Network Members, News From NNLM PNR, Public Libraries, Training & Education
Oct
28
0 comments Tags: clinical effectiveness, public health, PubMed Health, PubMed.gov, search skills
This is not exactly a data post, but, the loss of a trusted source for clinical effectiveness research will have its effects on the dataverse. PubMed Health is being discontinued as of this coming Wednesday. As any of my colleagues can tell you, I’m taking the loss of PubMed Health hard– I loved showing it… Read More »
Posted in: Data Science, Public Health