R4 Connections through the eyes of David Brown-Public Health Engagement Specialist and Outreach Specialist

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To all that attended the NNLM R4 Connections Program on Thursday, September 9th, Thank you! We hope you enjoyed the activities and discussions.  

As the public health engagement specialist for the 9-state region, I provided an overview of what the goals for the upcoming 5 years would be in the public health sphere. Most of my plans are to enhance and increase the outreach, engagement, and programming opportunities with public health organizations to increase membership of public health organizations within the NNLM. 

During my presentation I had participants complete a word cloud activity on how public health and libraries can be partners. The results of the activity are found below:   

It should be noted that while no one word was predominant in the cloud, many of the terms focused on collaborations and synergies. It is hoped based on this word cloud activity we as Region 4 can continue to enhance connections between libraries and public health organizations.  

We look forward to welcoming more organizations and people to our future NNLM R4 Connections Meetings. They are one-hour sessions held every other month on the second Thursday at 11:00 AM MT/12:00 PM CT.  

 

David M Brown holds a Doctor of Education with a specialization in health education from Teachers College Columbia University. He also holds a Master of Library and Information Science from Wayne State University. Additionally, he has two Masters of Arts Degrees from Columbia University one in computers and education and another in health education. He is a Master Certified Health Education Specialist. 

Dr. Brown has been involved in training public health professionals for the last 15 years, teaching and supervising research in health education and public health at a number of universities in both the United States and abroad.  He has served on the board of directors for the Society for Public Health Education.  He currently serves on the Divisional Board for the Certification of Health Education Specialists with The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing Inc. He has also served on several editorial boards related to health education and promotion.