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Nov
16
0 comments Tags: community engagement, Community of Interest, graphic medicine, Health Literacy, Public Health
Public Health is a broad set of actions that promote wellness, but a lot of people don’t understand what public health does for us. Can graphic medicine (comics and graphic novels with health, wellness and disease themes) help us better understand public health? Spoiler Alert: the answer is yes! Here are a few examples… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Graphic Medicine
Oct
18
0 comments Tags: Health Literacy, MedlinePlus, Public Health, vaccines
It’s that time of year again, the wind turns cold, the leaves change color and everyone is talking about the flu. This year get the facts and get vaccinated to protect yourself, your family and your community. Anyone can get the flu and have serious complications, but people over 65, people with chronic conditions… Read More »
Posted in: NLM Resources, Public Health
Oct
10
0 comments Tags: Genetics Home Reference, Health Literacy, public libraries
Earlier this month, Catherine Martin and I drove up to Newry, MA to present at the Maine Library Association Annual Meeting. Our session, From Genealogy to Genetics: Library Programming to Explore Your Roots, was scheduled for Monday, Oct 1st. The Annual Meeting opened with a panel discussion on journalism, fake news and libraries. Afterwards, Catherine attended… Read More »
Posted in: NLM Resources
Sep
24
0 comments Tags: community engagement, Health Literacy, hospital librarians, public libraries, science, science librarians
NNLM Wikipedia FALL Edit-a-thon Call for volunteers! Are you interested in improving the consumer health information available on Wikipedia? Do you want to utilize your librarian research skills towards making Wikipedia a better, evidence-based resource? Have you always wanted to participate in an edit-a-thon? Join the National Network of Libraries of Medicine on November 7,… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Sep
18
0 comments Tags: Citizen Science, Health Literacy
Health Literacy is not a new topic for Americans. As a nation we have been adjusting to the latest developments on how to keep ourselves healthy for decades. Whether that be following the national Food Pyramid to the updated “healthy plate” or changing our perspective of how we prevent illness as we age. We follow… Read More »
Posted in: All of Us, Public Health