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Feb
16
Dana Abbey – Community Engagement Coordinator/Colorado With funding from the Network of the National Library of Medicine, MidContinental Region (NNLM MCR), Lindenwood University Library Services, in St. Charles, Missouri planned a series of events to engage students and faculty in addressing the stigma associated with mental illness. Initially, the library planned in-person programming but quickly… Read More »
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Feb
16
The Network of the National Library of Medicine is excited to announce its #citeNLM Wikipedia Edit-a-thon campaign for Spring 2021! Join us for the month of March in our campaign to improve health information on Wikipedia using NLM and other quality health information resources. Our focus this campaign is on Healthy Aging topics, which includes… Read More »
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Feb
11
The Network of the National Library of Medicine invites proposals for a virtual symposium: Responding to the COVID-19 Infodemic, on April 8th-9th, 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the disparities of underserved, minority, and underrepresented communities. This includes ensuring equal understanding of accurate health information, education in hard hit communities, and valuing inclusion in clinical research… Read More »
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Feb
10
Kiara Comfort, Education and Outreach Coordinator, for Mid Continental Region in Nebraska worked with the Nebraska Urban Indian Health Coalition’s clinic to create a way to promote health literacy to its patients. We discussed the need to have materials available in multiple languages to serve its diverse community and what those materials may be. NUIHC provided materials that would… Read More »
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Feb
08
With the production and release of the COVID-19 vaccines, there have been many questions circulating from the public. What are the side effects? Am I eligible to get vaccinated? Are there fees involved? And many more. With these concerns, the State of Utah COVID-19 Response Team created a flyer to help answer these questions. The… Read More »
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