Region 2 Kick-Off Meeting

The Region 2 team invites all region members to join us for our first annual membership meeting to:

• Meet the Team​
• Learn more about upcoming programs, funding, and service opportunities.
• Provide informal feedback​ about programs and initiatives for the region.

We look forward to seeing you there.

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Date: November 17, 2021

Employing Community Wellness Liaisons to Create More Inclusive Public Libraries

Lack of access to reliable health information contributes to pervasive racial and ethnic health disparities.  Public library resources and programs are one way for communities to gain access to health information.  Our previous research found that individuals from diverse communities are unaware of library services and/or do not feel welcome in their local libraries, resulting in underuse.  Consequently, there is a need for libraries to learn and implement methods that successfully connect them to diverse communities in order to increase…
Date: November 10, 2021

Caring for the Mind: Providing Mental Health Information At Your Library

Participants will learn about the best electronic resources to consult as well as ways to improve their print collections. Best approaches for handling interactions with emotional patrons will also be discussed. In Caring for the Mind, participants will learn how to effectively provide mental health information at their libraries as well as about resources for self-care.

NLM resources covered in this class include MedlinePlus, Drug Information Portal, and as well as other NIH and freely available authoritative resources. 

One Page, One Mind: Creating a One Page Plan to Promote a Coordinated Response to a Disaster

It's well known that a coordinated response is critical in a disaster situation. Without coordination, imbalances will occur in actions and communications, thereby hampering your response and recovery.

The purpose of the webinar is to introduce attendees to the benefits of having a one page disaster plan, which contains information such as the duties of an emergency response coordinator, critical contact information, communications and continuity of operations plans, a succinct list of response procedures, and a relocation strategy.

Our guest speaker, Dan Wilson…
Date: November 9, 2021

Health Statistics on the Web

Increasing Environmental Health Literacy in a Native American Community (or "Guardians of the Living Water")

Dr. Vanessa Simonds will share her community-based participatory research, education, and outreach with Apsáalooke (Crow) tribal youth in order to increase their health literacy. Her project, developed in collaboration with Apsáalooke community members, developed and piloted an intervention to increase children's water-related environmental health literacy skills and to transfer that knowledge to others in their schools, families, and communities. This project was unique because existing and past interventions for mitigating environmental risks on tribal lands have…
Date: October 28, 2021

Health Literacy! It Just Got Graphic

Health Literacy! It Just Got Graphic! 
Presented by Jamie Stanfield, Business & Health Librarian, University of Southern Mississippi 

Poor health literacy affects healthcare decision making. Medical jargon can be frightening and some carry stigmas. Lengthy texts can confuse more than help someone looking to understand their healthcare journey. Graphic Medicine can provide a bridge to more difficult texts. Join us for an interactive workshop where we will discuss graphic medicine for all ages and learn tips to help others become more health literate. You…
Date: October 20, 2021

Effective Health Communication and Health Literacy: Understanding the Connection

How are health communication and health literacy connected? How can you be more effective in providing health information to consumers, patients, clients, library patrons and your community? This 1 hour webinar introduces the concepts of health literacy and health communication, outlines components of clear health communication, and identifies online resources from NLM, government agencies and other recognized resources for health literacy and health communication.

New Media, New Advocacy: How Racial Bias Is Being Tackled In Medicine

Webinar Description

The COVID-19 pandemic has helped highlight numerous healthcare inequities that exist. Data from early in the pandemic showed that African Americans were dying from COVID-19 at higher rates, highlighting health inequities that have existed for years. And unfortunately, statistics like this about health disparities are numerous. 

Black mothers are consistently more likely to die from complications surrounding pregnancy and childbirth. “Racial-corrections” in spirometry algorithms assume that Black, Asian, and…
Date: October 13, 2021

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. This class is eligible for Consumer Health Information Specialization continuing education credit awarded by the Medical Library Association.