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May
21
0 comments Tags: Data, Data Management, Data Science, public health
Richland County Public Health has received funding from the GMR for a second year to continue its project to make important public health data FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable). Last year, Richland County Public Health received funding to pull together, clean, and make available raw public health data from multiple health assessments. This year,… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Data Science, From the GMR, Funding, Success Stories
Apr
23
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Are you attending the Medical Library Association conference beginning next week? If you are, consider attending Advancing Health Equity through Evidence-Based Public Health: How to Find the Evidence, a continuing education session presented by our Health Professionals Outreach Specialist, Derek Johnson and Elaina Vitale, Academic Coordinator for the NNLM Middle Atlantic Region. There’s still room… Read More »
Posted in: All of Us, Blog, Conferences and Meetings, General
Mar
28
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When was the last time you used Wikipedia? With more than 7 billion views a year on over 155,000 health topic pages, Wikipedia may be the most popular online health information resource. Acknowledging that Wikipedia is a highly trafficked source for health related topics, it is then vital that we strive to improve the content… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Mar
19
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The Greater Midwest Region (GMR) of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) has released nearly $500,000 in funding opportunities! Our office has released Calls for Applications for the following: Research Data Award: Up to $20,000 (Applications due April 1st) Emerging Initiatives Award: Up to $10,000 (Applications due April 1st) Health Information Outreach Award: Two funding… Read More »
Mar
12
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The GMR office is happy to announce funding for the Health Literacy of Displaced Populations project via our Health Information Outreach award. Project: Description: This project will develop and implement a health literacy training for refugee women living in Johnson and Linn counties in Iowa. Training sessions will be developed in collaboration with scholars from… Read More »