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Dec
10
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Tuesday, December 18th Noon – 1pm Pacific Host: Northwest Center for Public Health Practice Presenter: Jean O’Connor, JD, DrPH The passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010 set the stage for transformational change in both public health and medical care delivery. Although there has been significant debate about the implementation of the ACA,… Read More »
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Dec
04
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One and Other-Mental Health by Feggy Art on Flickr The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region (NN/LM PNR) is pleased to offer a free online consumer health class: Caring for the Mind: Providing Reference Services for Mental Health Information beginning on Monday, December 17, 2012 and concluding on January 20, 2013. Nikki… Read More »
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Nov
30
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The ePublic Health Informatics Initiative of the National Association of City and County Health Officials is hosting a webinar this Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 10am Pacific time. The webinar, titled “Public Health IT Preparedness: What LHDs Need to Do Now and Plan for the Future” will explore opportunities where local health departments (LHDs) can… Read More »
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Nov
29
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has released “Discovering the Connection: Your Environment, Your Health,” an after-school science club curriculum for middle school students. The curriculum combines research on the Tox Town Web site – http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/ – with hands-on experiments and communication and with social action activities. The objective is to introduce middle school students to… Read More »
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Nov
26
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Specialized Information Services has released “Especially for Toxicologists” – http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/especiallytoxicologists.html – a guide to NLM resources on environmental health, toxicology, and chemical information for toxicologists. Also, a new Enviro-Health Links page, “Laboratory Safety” – http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/labsafety.html – offers links to information for clinical, academic and school laboratories, including resources for handling chemical laboratory safety,… Read More »
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