The "Bringing Health Information to the Community" blog has moved. The new URL is http://nnlm.gov/mcr/bhic/ If you are keeping up with the blog through RSS feeds, please find the new RSS feed in the left navigation bar of this new URL. If you want to recieve a daily digest of the blogs new postings, please email siobhan@creighton.edu and you will recieve one email a day.
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The BHIC blog is moving to a new server. You will get an email that lets you know your are now subscribed to a new blog. Its just the BHIC blog. Also, the emails that come will say New Wordpress Article. I'm hoping to get that changed, but i'm not sure i can.
If you would prefer to recieve a daily email from me, which is a copy and paste of the day's blog items, email me at siobhan@creighton.edu and I will add you to the BHIC digest and remove you from the notification list.
Joe Gerstandt, Operations Director of Diversity at Alegent Health, located in Omaha, keeps his own blog "Our Time to Act" http://www.ourtimetoact.com/. I was pleased to be asked to participate in his "Nine Questions" posting.
I will be at the Nebraska Minority Health Conference http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/minorityhealth/MHConference.htm on Monday and Tuesday, and then out til September 4th. The blog will be quiet, though I hope to post occassionally during the week.
The NN/LM MidContinental Region (MCR) began creating content in a podcast format last April. http://nnlm.gov/mcr/services/podcasts/podcasts.html I conducted both podcast interviews with health care providers working with communities to overcome health disparties. We have developed a short survey to gather feedback about the podcasts. Please feel free to complete the survey whether or not you have accessed the podcasts. The survey will take less than 2 minutes to complete. You can access the survey through this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=CGU_2bH1DWPFbKtRrVq4wwqA_3d_3d
Thanks for your feedback!
National Resource Center on Native American Aging publications
http://www.med.und.nodak.edu/depts/rural/nrcnaa/pubs/
A list of publications from the National Resource Center on Native American Aging, established in 1994 at the University of North Dakota (UND) in Grand Forks, which is acollaboration between the UND Office of American Indian Student Services and the UND Center for Rural Health.
Training Physicians for Public Health Careers http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3793/33137/43413/43416.aspx calls on Congress to act to stop America's eroding preventive medicine and public health workforce. ACP Jun 13, 2007 press release at http://acpm.org/IOMReport_pr.htm
HEALTH COMM Web sites for June 2007 compiled by Marcia Zorn, MA, MLS
Lists are archived by the Coalition for Health Communication at http://www.healthcommunication.net/Online_Resources.html
or, go to http://www.healthcommunication.net/ and select Online Resources
If you would prefer to recieve one email a day of the postings on the "Bringing Health Information to the Community" blog, email me at siobhan@creighton.edu . Put "digest" in the subject line. I copy and paste the day's entries into an email and send it out through a listserv the day after the items are posted.
I will be on vacation the week of August 6th, so things will be quiet on the blog. Have a good week!
For a while, we had to shut the comments section down because we were getting too much spam on the blog. With the help of the IT department at the Eccles Health Sciences Library, Technology Liaison Sharon Dennis was able to get the comments section up and running on the blog. When you post a comment, I have to publish it, so it won't show up immediately. I"m looking forward to hearing from you all.
I am in rural Arizona with very limited access to the Internet for this week. Postings will be sporadic, if at all. Have a good week!
"Medical librarians are an integral part of the health care team. They have a direct impact on health care and the quality of patient care by helping physicians, allied health professionals, and other members in health care stay current in the latest developments in specialty care. They also work closely with patients and consumers who are seeking information on medical care." Read more at http://www.healthpronet.org/ahp_month/01_07.html
For those of you who subscribe to the notifications on the BHIC blog, there is an option to recieve a digest version. If you would prefer to receive only one email, let me know. I copy the previous days postings and paste them into an email which gets sent out the morning of the next day. Send me an email with the subject line "digest": siobhan@creighton.edu
thanks!
At this time of year, when we celebrate many religious events and the beginning of a new year, the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region would like to extend a wish for happiness to you all. Please see our holiday card at http://nnlm.gov/mcr/services/comm/2006HolidayCard.jpg
The BHIC blog has been under attack by spam bots, making it difficult for me to post items. For some reason, i am able to make posts right now, but i dont' know if i will get back in again. On Thursday, we are updating the blog to take care of this. I will be flying to Houston that day though, so I don't know if i will be able to have online access or not. (When I say "we" will be updating, I really mean the wonderful technical support people for the University of Utah Eccles Health Sciences Library!) All of which is to say, things may be quiet for a few days!
If you would prefer to receive a daily digest of the BHIC blog, instead of receiving an email each time an item is posted, let me know by emailing me at siobhan @ creighton.edu Also, indicate if you want to receive the digest in plain text.
Enjoy the upcoming holidays with family and friends - Please view the card from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region
http://nnlm.gov/mcr/xmas/2005/holidaycard05.htm
The BHIC blog began in March 2004. This entry is the 1,000th post! It seemed that it should be worth noting this milestone! Thanks to all of you who tune in, who share resources, who work to increase access to health information in the work that you do!!!
I am in Salt Lake City at the Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association's annual meeting. http://www.mcmla.org/ I've been listening to librarians talk about how to reach out to their communities, how to partner up with organizations, and generally how to be a vital force within and outside of their institutions. I am glad to be associated with such dedicated and caring people!
Have you used the information sent to you through this blog in a specific way in your work? For example, did you apply for a grant you learned of, make use of a website or document posted here? Please send me a short summary so I can make sure that the information I am posting is useful and relevant! Thanks!
Siobhan
siobhan @ creighton.edu
DLC Vision Outline Blog – Now Available
The Depository Library Council (DLC) invites the library community and general public to post their comments on, “Toward a Vision of the Government Information Environment of the 21st Century: A Draft Outline,” on the DLC Vision Outline Blog at http://dlcvisionoutline.blogspot.com.
With the advent of the Web access to Federal Government information has expanded far beyond Federal Depository Libraries. The current environment presents challenges to Federal Depository Libraries in four key areas:
Library Roles in the Non-Exclusive Environment
Managing Collection and Delivering Content
Adding Value
Deploying Expertise
Posted by the U.S. Government Printing Office, on behalf of Barbie
Selby, Depository Library Council Chair
I will be on vacation next week, which means i will post stuff, but not as much as usual. So, have a quiet week - i know i will!
see you August 1
I will be on the road at the Medical Library Association Conference in San Antonio, Texas through next week. Things will be quiet on the blog! But I am very excited to be able to see colleagues from around the country who are working on increasing access to health information for underserved communities!
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_24124.html
By Alison McCook
Friday, April 15, 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Downing lots of dairy food appears to do little in the short term for young women's waistlines, despite earlier reports that eating dairy products can help people lose weight, new study findings show.
After following women for one year, Indiana researchers found that those who ate the most dairy -- equivalent to 3 to 4 glasses of milk per day -- were no more likely to gain or lose weight than people who took in no more than the equivalent of 1 glass of milk per day.
These findings suggest that if dairy products have any effect on body weight, it may take longer than a year to make a noticeable difference, study author Dr. Dorothy Teegarden of Purdue University in West Lafayette told Reuters Health.
"It is likely that the effect of calcium or dairy products on preventing gain of body fat is relatively small, and therefore it will take a long time to see the changes," she said.
[source American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, April 2005]
Related MedlinePlus Pages:
Calcium - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/calcium.html
Weight Loss and Dieting - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/weightlossanddieting.html
Knowledge River/School of Information Resources & Library Science (graduate program) University of Arizona is recruiting Native American and Hispanic students for the Fall 2005 semester. The deadline is April 15, 2005.
Knowledge River is recruiting dynamic Native American students to become information professionals such as librarians. Knowledge River focuses on library and information issues from the needs and perspectives of Hispanics and Native Americans.
Knowledge River participants will graduate with an MA in Information Resources and Library Science. As a Knowledge River graduate, you can help members of your community/tribe use information and technology to improve their lives. Successful Knowledge River Applicants will: Receive full tuition and fees for one academic year, and a graduate assistantship or a living stipend for that year of at least $10,000. Be a part of a cohort group with personalized advisement, professional enrichment activities, academic support and peer interaction.
TO APPLY TO KNOWLEDGE RIVER:
- Go to the Knowledge River Website: http://knowledgeriver.arizona.edu
- Call Pat Tarin, KR Director at 520-621-3958 or email at tarinp@u.library.arizona.edu or knowledgeriver@u.library.arizona.edu
- Phone SIRLS at 520-621-3565 Or go to the SIRLS Website:
http://www.sir.arizona.edu/
- for a Native American student perspective of Knowledge River, contact Stephanie Joseph (White Mountain Apache at 520-548-1025 or email at sjoseph@u.arizona.edu
The National Federation of Community Broadcasters has researched a "one-stop shop" approach to streaming audio via the Internet. This 24-page handbook, written in 2001, guides you through the learning process in 4 sections: Things to Think About, Issues in Streaming, Technical Information about many formats and Resources available including on-line tutorials and finally, Production Applications, Digital Editing Programs and Books for further reading. You can download this FREE document from the NFCB Web site.
http://www.nfcb.org/projects/nyrtp/streamingmanual/streamingmanual.jsp [posted on NebHands]
Locating Affected Peoples
The State Department on Monday established a toll-free telephone number
for inquiries about U.S. citizens affected by the Asian earthquake and
tsunamis.
The public may call toll free at 888-407-4747. Overseas, people may call
317-472-2328.
Those seeking information also can contact the department's Office of
American Citizens Services and Crisis Management, 202-647-5225. General
information about disaster relief, preparation and emergency services to
U.S. citizens abroad can be found at the State Department Web page
http://travel.state.gov/travel/crisismg.html.
The National Network of Libraries of Medicine - MidContinental Region wishes you all Happy Holidays and a safe and wonderful New Year. http://nnlm.gov/mcr/xmas/holidaycard04.jpg
I will be out of the office through January 4th, spending time with family. I hope you all have a chance to relax with loved ones and come back in 2005 energized!
Radisson Hotels & Resorts are replacing more than 90,000 beds across the nation. Consequently, king, queen and double-sized beds, including headboards, are being made available to local nonprofit agencies. The beds are all in good condition, sanitized, and will be delivered free-of-charge - in bulk - to nonprofit agencies. To qualify for the program, a nonprofit must commit to taking at least 200 beds. Nonprofit agencies will then be responsible for distributing the beds to their programs and/or to individuals and families.
"Hope for the City," a Minnesota-based nonprofit is coordinating the transit and delivery of the beds. Agencies that are interesting in obtaining beds should contact "Hope for the City" at 952-897-7799 to coordinate availability, timing and delivery of the beds.
[posted on Omaha Community Foundation list]
This is always a busy time of year, so I wanted to remind youabout a special offer: on one day only -- Wednesday, December 15th -- nonprofits can order FREE anti-spam software from Mailshell at TechSoup Stock. This giveaway is the culmination of the 2nd annual "Stop Spam Today!" campaign sponsored by
TechSoup.org and Mailshell.
Mailshell's Anti-Spam Desktop software (formerly called SpamCatcher) is a license for one year of use. If you ordered this software in last year's campaign, this is a great time to renew your licensing.
ELIGIBILITY
Mailshell's Anti-Spam Desktop software (formerly called SpamCatcher) is available to all eligible U.S. nonprofits and Canadian charities and nonprofits.
HOW TO ORDER
Orders can be placed at TechSoup Stock on one day only: Wednesday, December 15th. If you are a registered TechSoup Stock customer, simply place your order at TechSoup Stock on 12/15. If you are not yet registered at TechSoup Stock, we encourage you to pre-register and qualify your organization now. Pre-registering expedites product delivery after 12/15. To learn more about this offer and to pre-register, visit
http://ga0.org/ct/od1mOvn1DXa_/SST.
If you have questions about how to register or qualify your organization for TechSoup Stock, check our frequently asked questions at: http://ga0.org/ct/o71mOvn1DXaA/FAQ. [posted on Omaha Community Foundation list]
NHLBI STOPS STUDY TESTING HOW LONG CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL ANEMIA SHOULD HAVE BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS T -
12-06-04 http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/alerts/clinical_alerts.html
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San Diego, CA, Dec. 5, 2004 – The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has stopped early a clinical trial studying whether children with sickle cell anemia at high risk for stroke could at some point after a minimum of 30 months (range 30-91 months) safely stop receiving the periodic blood transfusions that prevent strokes. The study found a return to high risk of stroke in children who stopped receiving the transfusions. The NHLBI is issuing a clinical alert on the study’s results to inform physicians who treat children with sickle cell anemia.
There are several new posts on the BLOG today. To keep you from getting seven emails about the posts, I am sending one with a list of the titles of each post. ~ siobhan
WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health
Disability and Inclusive Development
Building Research Infrastructure and Capacity (BRIC) Program
Community Outreach Symposium
NLM Translational Informatics Grant
Large Epidemiologic Study on Children Launched
Websites for Teens and Kids
I will be on vacation all next week! I will probably post a few things to the blog, but mostly will be enjoying time with family. I wish you all a happy and healthy week.
This year, November 17 is World COPD Day. Its purpose is to raise awareness of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and to encourage education activities in countries world wide. To support the 2004 theme “Don’t Ignore COPD,” the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) offers two suggestions for patients and the public:
Use the NHLBI Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Data Fact Sheet http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/emails/111604.htm to point out the importance of COPD in the US. (This link takes you to the online catalog where you can order this fact sheet at no cost for the first copy)
Refer patients to the COPD topic in the NHLBI Diseases and Conditions Index (DCI)http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Copd/Copd_WhatIs.html . This information resource is free, printable, and emailable. [posted by the Information Network of the National, Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)]
Would you prefer to recieve a summary list of the day's postings on this Blog? If so, email me at siobhan@creighton.edu and let me know. I simply copy the days postings the following morning and send them in an email to an informal distribution list.
October is Health Literacy Month! See www.healthliteracymonth.org to see highlights of events around the country, and to add your own events.
[posted on NIFL-Health listserv]
The Choice Game™ CD ROM entertains and educates students as they reexamine risk-taking behaviors in a contemporary and exciting way. With each choice made, decision-making skills are exercised and learned. The curriculum uses a computer-based game to challenge students with real life scenarios and influences involving drugs, alcohol, STDs, smoking, the media, communication skills and sex before marriage
The game is funded through the Department of Health and Human Services. Numerous focus groups were conducted to ensure that the scripts, content and actors were acceptable to both the students and the educators. Our SPRANS grant funds place The Choice Game™ curriculum in 28 schools in Newark, NJ educating 10,000 students from July 2001 through July 2005.
For more information, see http://www.thechoicegame.com/
If you found anything of value in this week's "Bringing Health Information to the Community" Web Log, please send an email to me at: siobhan@creighton and let me know! This will help me to know what kind of information needs to be posted on the Blog. Thanks!!! - Siobhan
P.O.V.'s 'Freedom Machines' Looks at Disability Through the Lens of Technology, Tuesday, Sept. 14 on PBS
High school student Latoya Nesmith of Albany, N.Y. dreams of becoming a translator at the United Nations as she completes her classroom assignments using a keyboard that mitigates her limited dexterity. Floyd Stewart, paralyzed in mid-life by a car accident, uses assistive technologies to run Middle Tennessee's Center for Independent Living. Blind physicist Dr. Kent Cullers taught computers to do what his ears can do, and ! now leads the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute in Palo Alto, Calif. Susanna Sweeney-Martini is completing her college education in Seattle with the aid of a power wheelchair and voice-input software.
These are a few of the people whose stories are at the center of Freedom Machines, a new documentary having its broadcast premiere Tuesday, Sept. 14 at 10 p.m. (check local listings) on PBS' acclaimed non-fiction series P.O.V. This poignant and thought-provoking film tells the stories of people typically labeled (and dismissed) as "disabled", whose determination and access to inventive new technologies are transforming their lives and their communities.
Here are the first few lines of todays postings:
$9 MILLION IN BROADBAND GRANT FUNDS
Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman Wednesday announced that $9 million in grant funds were available for connecting essential community facilities in rural towns and communities where no broadband service exists.
Indian Health Services & McGruff
See McGruff the Crime Fighting Dog in his "Adventures in Indian Country" and "Lessons from Indian Country" http://www.ihs.gov/PublicInfo/Publications/McGruff/index.asp
Refugee Women Leadership Training
Refugee Women's Network, Inc. (RWN) has begun preparations for the next Leadership Training for Refugee and Immigrant Women. It will be held September 22 to 26, 2004 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Health Disparities
Inferior qualifications and less access to resources among doctors who treat black patients may contribute to racial disparities in the quality of U.S. health care, authors of a study said Wednesday.
Community Training Tool in Domestic Violence
Rethinking Domestic Violence: A Training Process for Community Activists
http://www.raisingvoices.org/trainingprocess.shtml
Assessing Mental Health of Youth Report
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) announces the availability of “Assessing the Mental Health Status of Youth in Juvenile Justice Settings
Mental Health Reform Report & Award
The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health released its final report, Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America one year ago.
PDA Hazardous materials system
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), Division of Specialized Information Services, has released a PDA system designed to assist first responders during hazardous material incidents: WISER (Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders, http://wiser.nlm.nih.gov).
Articles Available
The August issue of The NIH Word on Health, a free, uncopyrighted source of health information from the National Institutes of Health, has now been posted online at http://www.nih.gov/news/WordonHealth/.
I had a nice week off, and I'm back with a mailbox full of interesting news and updates to share! To prevent your mailboxes from being overburdended, I will not send individuals messages each time i post today.
I will be on vacation from Aug. 1-8. I will not be posting to the blog this week.
Take care, and see you soon!
June 14-20, 2004 The purpose of Men's Health Week is to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys. This week gives health care providers, public policy makers, the media, and individuals an opportunity to encourage men and boys to seek regular medical advice and early treatment for disease and injury. http://www.menshealthweek.org/
I have been out of the office for a while and hadn't posted anything - today, catching up on my email, i realized i would have several items to post. So I have posted them, but not sent notifications. These postings include grants, websites, a call for papers. Please come and peruse the BLOG on your own today. THere is some great information :-) - siobhan
Do you know someone who finds creative ways, despite complex odds, to bring health services to their communities?
If so, considering nominating him/her for the Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Program’s (CHLP) annual leadership award. Ten honorees will be selected from across the United States to receive $120,000 each, of which $105,000 is earmarked for program support and leveraging other resources. The remaining $15,000 is slated for use as a personal stipend.
http://www.communityhealthleaders.org/nom.cfm
In light of public concerns about use of antidepressants in young people, the National Instititute of Mental Health (NIMH) has reviewed the best current information about treatment of depression to assist parents and caretakers in making treatment choices.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/press/StmntAntidepmeds.cfm
An Interactive Guide to Effective Writing, Writing for Science, and Writing for Advocacy Alan Barker and Firoze Manji, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), IDRC/fahamu - ISBN 0-88936-932-1
FREE ONLINE VERSION at:
http://web.idrc.ca/IMAGES/books/WFC_English/WFC_English/
