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Browse recordings of past NNLM webinars from Jan 1, 2020 - current. To see curated playlists by topic, audience, or region, visit the NNLM YouTube channel.

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Advancing Rural Health: Utilizing State Rural Offices and Plans to Create Healthier Communities

People living in rural communities, make up approximately 60 million or one-fifth of the U.S. population. Rural America and rural Americans experience unique needs and challenges and rural communities in each state have unique health care needs. All 50 states have a State Office of Rural Health (SORH) and many have created state rural health plans to address their states’ rural health needs and challenges.  

This webinar will discuss the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health and the process of two states: Pennsylvania and Virginia, that recently…
Date: February 6, 2024

R4 Connections - Library Telehealth Partnerships: Lessons Learned and Looking Ahead

Description

In Idaho, the Department of Health and Welfare is supporting libraries as they offer telehealth connections for patrons. These services allow residents of rural communities and others who experience health inequities related to the "digital divide" to talk to their healthcare professional over an internet connection right at their local library. Hear from the coordinator of this fledgling program about how it has operated so far. A representative of NNLM's Region 4 will also tell you about training opportunities for professionals who want to explore…
Date: January 31, 2024

ClinicalTrials.gov for Librarians

ClinicalTrials.gov is the openly available federal registry and results database of publicly and privately funded clinical studies conducted in the United States and around the world. ClinicalTrials.gov is a vital resource for researchers, healthcare providers, patients and their families, and health sciences librarians who wish to consult the entire body of evidence on any particular topic. Learn how health sciences librarians can advocate to clinical researchers the importance of complying with the results submission requirements mandated by federal law.

This presentation…
Date: January 31, 2024

From Problem to Prevention: Evidence-Based Public Health

Curious about evidence-based public health (EBPH) but not sure where to start? This session will explain the basics of evidence-based public health (EBPH) and highlight essentials of the EBPH process such as identifying the problem, forming a question, searching the literature, and evaluating the intervention.

This presentation meets the NLM/NIH strategic plan goal of building a workforce for data-driven research and health in order to address increasing health equity through information by using the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed bibliographic database and other freely…
Date: January 30, 2024

PATIENTS Program, Part 1: The PATIENTS 10-Step Framework as a Community Engagement Tool

This is part one of a series, part two Continuous Engagement after the PATIENTS Professors Academy: Methods and Pathways webinar is scheduled on Feb 27, 2024

The PATIENTS Program is an interdisciplinary research team of community partners and researchers housed at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy that works to change the way we think about research by creating a path for health equity in West Baltimore.

The 10-Step Framework for Continuous Engagement was originally developed to enhance Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) and Comparative…
Date: January 30, 2024

Health Statistics on the Web (January 29, 2024)

This presentation meets the NLM/NIH strategic plan goal of building a workforce for data-driven research and health in order to address increasing health information access and use.

The importance and relevance of health statistics in various contexts will be discussed. Participants will have the opportunity to become familiar with the features and scope of several statistics Internet resources through the use of numerous exercises.

Agenda for 90-minute webinar:

Introduction (5 minutes)

Statistics Overview (10 minutes)

  1. Data vs.…
    Date: January 29, 2024

Making the Most Out of Your Grant Application (Region 3)

Applying for a grant can be stressful and intimidating at times.  This webinar is designed to demystify the grant application process. From understanding the parts of the grant to completing the budget details, this webinar provides all the information needed to prepare clear goals, objectives, and a competitive project proposal. Participants will learn where to find available funding, important documents to include in the proposal, where to go for data to support the proposal, how the application is scored, and post-award reporting requirements.

This class is provided by…
Date: January 22, 2024

Region One Insights: Neurodiversity In Action: Opening Doors Through Sustainable Agriculture

Neurodiversity in Action: Opening Doors Through Sustainable Agriculture focuses on developing an understanding of Controlled Environment Agriculture (indoor, hydroponic farming) and the role it plays in both a local community and the autism community. Greens Do Good, the first indoor hydroponic farm in New Jersey dedicated to training and employing autistic teens and adults, will walk the audience through the initial phases of farm and program development while showcasing an opportunity to impact
communities facing food insecurity.

The presenters will describe the replicability…
Date: January 18, 2024

Providing Mental Health Information at Your Library

This 1-hour webinar will discuss how to effectively respond to requests for mental health information at your library.

This presentation addresses increasing health information access and use, along with increasing health equity through information by highlighting resources from the National Library of Medicine and other government health information resources for patients, their families and friends.

Sites that we'll explore include: MedlinePlus, DailyMed, the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, the National Institute of Mental Health, the Substance…
Date: January 18, 2024

NaNDA: An Open Data Resource for Health Science Researchers

Health disparities are a function of access to and control over the multiple determinants of health, including the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, and age. This webinar will provide an overview of the National Neighborhood Data Archive (NaNDA) and discuss how neighborhoods operate as a social determinant of health. Using data from NaNDA, presenters will demonstrate some of the diverse pathways by which local neighborhood characteristics can shape health disparities.

NaNDA is a publicly available data archive containing measures of the physical,…
Date: January 10, 2024

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