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Dec
01
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The holiday season has arrived! It’s great time to be with family and friends and to enjoy the festivities. However, it doesn’t take much and suddenly things are not quite as merry as we would wish. Several organizations and agencies provide some great tips to staying safe whether it is regarding food preparation, putting up… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy
Nov
20
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HealthyNativeYouth.org, produced in collaboration by the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc., and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, provides resources for culturally-appropriate sexual health programs to AI/AN youth. Stakeholders from adolescent health and Indian Country were consulted to build connections, offer input… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, K-12, Training & Education
Nov
15
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“When people take medicine at home, mistakes happen.” That’s the start of a recent article on NPR’s web site, citing a new study that found that levels of medication errors are rising, and that most mistakes were preventable. The researchers used information from U.S. poison control centers, and looked only at errors that happened outside… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, Public Health
Oct
30
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The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) and the Public Library Association (PLA) are partnering to bring health and wellness to the library. This new nationwide initiative will assess the health information needs of public libraries and provide opportunities for public library staff to increase their knowledge and confidence regarding consumer health services and… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, News from NNLM, Public Libraries, Training & Education
Oct
23
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I would like to acknowledge the Urban Indian Health Institute’s enormous contribution to today’s blog! — Annie In past blog posts, we have explored health literacy issues from a variety of perspectives. Today we explore how it impacts American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs). According to the Indian Health Service, “low health literacy is disproportionately burdensome… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy