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08
0 comments Tags: Community of Interest, hospital librarians, hospital library advisory group
We know that rural hospitals are economically stressed and that hospital libraries are closing. This is particularly notable in New Hampshire and Vermont. NER was interested in hearing how this is impacting the remaining hospital librarians. On February 9, we invited twelve people who are interested in the fate of hospital libraries in NH and… Read More »
Posted in: Communities of Interest
Mar
04
0 comments Tags: Stigma, substance use disorder language
Did you know that illicit drug use disorder is the most stigmatized health condition in the world and alcohol use disorder was ranked not far behind as fourth in the world? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3353607/ A study was conducted by the Recovery Research Institute that asked participants how they felt about two people “actively using drugs and alcohol”…. Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Patient Engagement, Public Health
Feb
22
0 comments Tags: health disparities, Health Literacy, MedlinePlus
According to the US Census Bureau 22% of people in the US 5 years or older speak a language other than English at home and 8.2% speak English “less than very well”. In the Northeast, those percentages are slightly higher than the national average at 23.7% and 9.4% respectively. But what does that have to… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, NLM Resources
Feb
19
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The Network of the National Library of Medicine is excited to announce its #citeNLM Wikipedia Edit-a-thon campaign for Spring 2021! Join us for the month of March in our campaign to improve health information on Wikipedia using NLM and other quality health information resources. Our focus this campaign is on Healthy Aging topics, which includes… Read More »
Posted in: NLM, Weekly Newsletter
Feb
16
0 comments Tags: hospital librarians, professional development, rural health
On January 21, 2021, I attended a webinar co-sponsored by the New England Rural Health Association and the New York State Association for Rural Health. These two associations are offering webinars on rural health through June 2021. Recordings of previous webinars are located on this page. Renée Joskow, Chief Dental Officer, Health Resources and Services… Read More »
Posted in: Public Health