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May
01
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For more than seven years, the NNLM Reading Club has been a sustainable community outreach program. Designed as a national toolkit to promote health literacy, the program set out to award book kits to NNLM network partners such as academic health science and public libraries to raise awareness of All of Us and precision medicine… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Consumer Health, NNLM Reading Club
May
22
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Stefania Acosta Ramirez joins Region 6 as Consumer Health Information Coordinator. In this role, Stefania will engage individuals and organizations across the region in health information access and digital health literacy programs. She brings community engagement expertise from her previous role as Science Communications and Engagement Specialist with the former National All of Us Program… Read More »
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Sep
27
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Several thousand overdose deaths occur each year in America with many more persons grappling with one of the most widespread public health crises of our time. In 2023, 48.5 million people (17.1%) in the U.S, 12 years and older, battled a substance use disorder (SUD). The award-winning film, The Addict’s Wake, documents one small, tight-knit… Read More »
May
24
0 comments Tags: Menstrual Health, Menstrual Hygiene Day
Why is that? To increase awareness and action towards a common goal: a #PeriodFriendlyWorld. A world where the taboos and stigma surrounding menstruation are history. Where everyone has access to quality menstrual products, period education and period-friendly toilets. But Menstrual Hygiene Day is more than an awareness day. Today, more and more of us are… Read More »
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May
10
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Embarrassment, a lack of public awareness, and miscommunication can mean that for many women, menopause is endured in silence, perhaps feeling hopeless, confused, or “crazy” and not seeking the support and resources available to them. Stigma surrounding menopause can not only impact a woman’s wellbeing and quality of life, but potentially it can put her… Read More »
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