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Mar
30
0 comments Tags: addiction resources, drug and alcohol addiction resources, National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week, NDAFW, substance use disorder, SUD, Teens and Addiction
The first one was ten years ago. Scientists were trying to engage American students in community events so that they would learn what science has taught us about drug use and addiction. The National Institute on Drug Abuse or better known as NIDA was the sole organization involved with… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Communities of Interest, Patient Engagement, Public Health
Mar
24
0 comments Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19
“Ultimately, we expect we will see community spread in this country.” Dr. Nancy Messonnier stated at a news conference about COVID-19 given on Tuesday 2/25/2020. Dr. Messonnier is the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. For this month’s blog post I had hoped to… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, NLM Resources, Public Health
Feb
14
0 comments Tags: Emergency Preparedness (EPP), professional development, Public Health, resources
Back in November, I wrote about databases, resources and services from NLM and NNLM that are useful for our public health partners beyond MedlinePlus and PubMed. In that post, I covered the databases that had a broad appeal to a public health audience or that had public health information for a general audience including resources… Read More »
Posted in: NLM Resources, Public Health
Jan
31
0 comments Tags: high school students and addiction, high school students with substance use disorder, recovery, recovery schools, Rockdale Recovery High School, substance use disorder, SUD, Teens and Addiction, Worcester recovery high school
What’s a Recovery High School? Recovery is hard. Even harder is maintaining sobriety as a teenager when you are expected to return to the same school and friends you had while you were addicted. Recovery High Schools can help. These schools can be a safe haven for teens. Recovering students can resume their high… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, NLM Resources, Public Health, Trainings
Jan
03
0 comments Tags: HEAL, Health Education And Literacy, Health Literacy, MedlinePlus, Merrimac College
This week’s blog post was written by Dr. Traci Alberti, the Co-PI of an NER Year 4 Grant Funded Project – “Health Literacy and Health Information Resource Education in the Lawrence, Massachusetts Community.” Limitations in health literacy are associated with ineffective care, poor compliance, increased use of health services, worse health status and even death…. Read More »
Posted in: Funded Project, NLM Resources, Patient Engagement, Public Health