Help Develop PubMed Search Strategies for Healthy People 2020

Posted by Patricia Devine on August 10th, 2010 Posted in: News from NLM

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Librarians/Information Professionals are needed to help develop PubMed search strategies for the Healthy People 2020 Information Access Project.

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is committed to improving access to relevant information for the public health community.  A major focal point for initiatives in this area has been the Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce initiative (also known as “Partners”; found at http://phpartners.org/), which is a collaboration to provide the public health workforce with timely, convenient access to information resources to help them improve the health of the American public.

In 2002, NLM expanded the Partners initiative by developing the Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project (http://phpartners.org/hp), designed to help public health workers  involved with local projects related to implementation and tracking of project related to specific HP 2010 objective easily find relevant information in NLM’s PubMed database and related online resources. The Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project (HP2010 IAP) service has become the most heavily used section of the Partners Web site. The HP2010 IAP provides evidence-based strategies via pre-formulated PubMed search strategies for selected HP 2010 focus area objectives.

Healthy People 2020, which will be released by the Secretary of the Health and Human Services in December 2010, will contain new and previously identified subject areas, as well as new or modified objectives (performance measures). NLM, through the Partners is looking to once again provide pre-formulated PubMed searches for all subject areas of Healthy People 2020. Below is a list of HP2020 Subject Areas that currently based on the HP 2020 websites as of July 1, 2010:

1. Adolescent Health
2. Arthritis, Osteoporosis, and Chronic Back Conditions
3. Blood Disorders and Blood Safety
4. Cancer
5. Chronic Kidney Disease
6. Dementia, including Alzheimer’s Disease
7. Diabetes
8. Disability and Health
9. Early and Middle Childhood
10. Educational and Community-Based Programs
11. Family Planning
12. Food Safety
13. Genomics
14. Global Health
15. Healthcare-Associated Infections
16. Hearing and Other Sensory or Communication Disorders (Ear, Nose, and Throat—Voice, Speech, and Language)
17. Heart Disease and Stroke
18. HIV
19. Immunization and Infectious Diseases
20. Injury and Violence Prevention
21. Maternal, Infant, and Child Health
22. Medical Product Safety
23. Mental Health and Mental Disorders
24. Older Adults
25. Oral Health
26. Preparedness
27. Respiratory Diseases
28. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
29. Sleep Health
30. Substance Abuse
31. Tobacco Use
32. Vision

NLM funding is available to provide $3000 per subject area for a maximum of three (3) subject areas per individual/interested party. If you are interested in assisting NLM by developing PubMed search strategies for any of the above focus areas, please contact Lisa Sedlar at 301.435.2243 or E-mail: sedlarl@mail.nlm.nih.gov.

Proposals  should be submitted by COB on August 16th, 2010. Proposals will be evaluated as they are received.  Preference will be given to those interested in working on two or three subject areas.

Proposals will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

• A concrete understanding of PubMed and possess the ability to demonstrate a proficiency using PubMed
• Subject expertise in the Health People 2020 subject area
• Performed Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project PubMed searches

Necessary steps:

• Submit a proposal
• Submit a resume or CV
• Register in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database

If you have any questions, contact Lisa Sedlar, sedlarl@mail.nlm.nih.gov