Class Recordings

Counting Every Death When Every Death Counts: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Hurricane Michael Excess Mortality

Disasters disproportionately impact vulnerable populations, and vulnerable communities are likelier to experience secondary disasters such as economic downturns and excess mortality. Dr. Blake Scott, a researcher at the College of Public Health at the University of South Florida, discusses the impact of 2018 Hurricane Michael on vulnerable communities.  The purpose of this study was to determine if the area impacted by Hurricane Michael (2018) experienced excess mortality and what were the root causes of those changes in health.

About the Speaker

Blake Scott…
Date: March 6, 2024

Providing Multilingual Health Information

This 1-hour session is designed to assist librarians and others who work with diverse populations in locating health information. The resources presented are selected for their emphasis on providing information in the preferred language of the population. Participants will have the opportunity to become familiar with the features and scope of several Internet resources.

This presentation addresses increasing health information access and use, along with increasing health equity by highlighting information from National Library of Medicine’s MedlinePlus health information…
Date: March 6, 2024

Environmental Health Literacy: An Engaged Framework for Understanding and Action

Environmental health literacy (EHL) is an emerging framework for building knowledge and skills that can reduce environmental exposures and improve human health outcomes. Drawing from such fields as communication, education, and participatory research, EHL provides a bidirectional evaluation tool that respects local context while also building community and research capacity. Whether informing the development and dissemination of research report-back materials and other informative products, driving the development and evaluation of interventions, or establishing a means of identifying…
Date: March 5, 2024

How PubMed Works: ATM

The How PubMed Works: Automatic Term Mapping (ATM) session addresses increasing health information access and use by highlighting information about the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed bibliographic database.  

During this 90-minute session about ATM we'll go behind-the-scenes in PubMed with an in-depth explanation of:

• How PubMed processes your search using ATM's 3 translation tables
• What's included in the three translation tables
• Practice verifying how ATM interprets your search
• Learn how to determine if a phrase is indexed
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Date: February 29, 2024

NLM Office Hours: PubMed

Join us for the next National Library of Medicine (NLM) Office Hours on Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 1pm Eastern Time. This session is focused on PubMed, and will include a brief presentation by Alex Sticco from NLM’s Controlled Vocabulary Services Program, discussing recent developments and improvements to the automated MEDLINE indexing process for PubMed. Following the presentation, product staff from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) PubMed team, the Controlled Vocabulary Services Program, and more will be available to answer your questions about automated…
Date: February 28, 2024

How PubMed Works: MeSH

The How PubMed Works: MeSH session addresses increasing health information access and use by highlighting information about the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed bibliographic database.  

PATIENTS Program Part 2: Continuous Engagement after the PATIENTS Professors Academy: Methods and Pathways

This is part two of a series, continued from the From Problem to Prevention: Evidence-Based Public Health webinar on Jan 30, 2024

In authentic community-engaged research, continuous engagement in does not end when a grant ends. In this webinar, PATIENTS Professors will share how they have helped their academic research partners improve engagement and provide resources to support patient advocacy, grant writing, and community engagement workshops. After attending this session, participants will be able to challenge narratives about how different communities participate…
Date: February 27, 2024

How PubMed Works: Selection

The How PubMed Works: Selection session addresses increasing health information access and use by highlighting information about the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed bibliographic database. 

This 90-minute session covers issues and concerns surrounding the current publishing landscape; the selection criteria for the different components of the PubMed database and NLM responsibilities and practices in collecting and providing access to the biomedical literature.

MEDLINE and PMC staff will be available to answer audience questions.

Integrating Research, Publishing, and Presenting Into Your Career

This presentation will discuss strategies for getting started in research and the pros and perils of publishing your work and navigating such factors as open access, predatory publishers, and research metrics. Finally, we will discuss ways to submit and present your work effectively and with confidence.

This webinar is brought to you through a partnership with the Early Career Librarian Initiative (ECLI) a volunteer-based group within SCC/MLA.

Speaker Information

Adela V. Justice, AHIP, is a Senior Librarian at the UT MD Anderson…
Date: February 21, 2024

How PubMed Works: Introduction

This How PubMed Works: Introduction session addresses increasing health information access and use by highlighting information about the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed bibliographic database.