Class Recordings

Improving Health Outcomes: Utilizing Integrated Behavioral Health and Value- Based Payment Modeling to Transform Healthcare with Older Adults

While behavioral and physical health conditions are deeply interconnected, services for medical and behavioral health needs have historically been treated in fragmented, dichotomous systems. Furthermore, the vast majority of healthcare is funded through a payment model based on individual care services provided, without regard to the effectiveness of that care upon payment.  

Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) is an effort to effectively detect, intervene, and support patient management in behavioral factors related to chronic disease management, mental health issues and…
Date: April 12, 2023

MedlinePlus Training for Berkshire County Libraries

This training will demonstrate how to search MedlinePlus for consumer health information. We will show topics that are relevant Berkshire County. The training will cover the basics of health information reference with guidelines to steer clear of giving advice. The content will be relevant for staff that are not providing reference services. MedlinePlus is useful for educational and personal needs.

Registration is limited to Massachusetts. All registrants will receive a link to the recording. 

By registering for this class, you are agreeing to the…
Date: March 29, 2023

NNLM Region 6 Projects - Multilingual Health Information Resources

This webinar will feature two NNLM Region 6 awardees who used funding to create multicultural and multilingual health information resources for their communities. TPT Now will discuss their project of creating a series of voice-over infographics in 4 languages (English, Spanish, Hmong, and Somali). The Ohio Hospital Council will detail their work translating health materials to help address health equity and patient-centered care. Also featured is the …
Date: March 22, 2023

Region 7 Presents - Cancer Screening, Prevention and Early Detection

Hear how three community-based organizations in Massachusetts are reaching their communities to build awareness about cancer: from prevention to the importance of screening and early detection, to connecting with health care providers and support services. Each organization is using different methods to bring awareness of signs and symptoms of cancer, cancer prevention, and how to connect with resources for cancer screenings and early detection strategies.  Also hear how each group is uniquely positioned to reach their target audience. …
Date: March 16, 2023

Role of Rural Libraries in Promoting Digital Health Literacy

People in rural areas face many health challenges and are often far distances from quality healthcare. Learn how a rural library partnered with healthcare providers to launch a telehealth program, utilize a Community Health Worker, lead disaster response efforts, and provide digital health literacy training.

Speaker Information

Dianne Connery, Director at Pottsboro Library, has been committed to rural public libraries since 2010. She earned a Master of Library Science from…
Date: March 8, 2023

OurSpace World: Sowing Health, Building Community

Data on health disparities point to a great need for improved access to health information in Black communities. As they are learning about subjects like food, health, and the environment, Black, Indigenous and other People of Color (BIPOC) youth need to see themselves in the books they read (termed curricular "mirrors"). In 2021, OurSpace World, Inc. received a Health Information Outreach Award from NNLM Region 1 Mirror Resources for Health, Food, and Environment to address this need.

Dignity in personal care, addressing hygiene insecurity: The Discoveries Community Pantry

Emerging from pandemic closures and working closely to help customers get their needs met in a time of stress, library staff opened the Community Pantry at Discoveries. Since July 2021, the pantry has distributed diapers, wipes, menstrual products and other hygiene supplies to over 65 families a week. Learn how we started, how its impacted our community and how you can scale a pantry at your location- no matter the size or type of your library.

About the Speaker:

Rachel Myers is manager of the Discoveries: the Library at…
Date: February 28, 2023

Accelerating the Speed and Scale of Medical Discovery with Real-World Data: Epic Research and Cosmos

Epic Research is a journal designed to facilitate the rapid sharing of knowledge with researchers, healthcare professionals, and other learners to help solve medical, public health, and healthcare industry problems. While traditional research continues to serve as a primary source of information to inform clinical practice, Epic Research works to provide a new kind of analysis focused on making good data available sooner rather than perfect data available too late. It is powered by…
Date: February 22, 2023

Endocrine Disruptors in Environmental Health

Curious about endocrine disruptors? This presentation will introduce the phenomenon of endocrine disruption, the inference of normal hormonal processes in the human endocrine system by chemicals and pollutants in our environment. Participants will learn about historical discoveries and recent scientific findings. Approaches to address the issue, including chemical avoidance and political advocacy, will be discussed.

Guest speaker: Susan Buchanan, MD, MPH

Susan Buchanan, MD, MPH is the director of the Great Lakes Center for Children’s and…
Date: February 21, 2023

The Poetry of Pediatrics: Health Humanities in Practice

What are the health humanities? How can the practice of narrative medicine inform the practice of pediatrics? In this webinar, Dr. Irène Mathieu, a poet, physician scientist, and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics will discuss how these threads of her career inform and complement one another.

Join NNLM Region 1 and their guest Irène Mathieu, MD pediatrician at University of Virginia

Irène Mathieu, MD is a poet, novelist and pediatrician at University of Virginia…
Date: February 15, 2023