New Classes
Check out the new classes from the Network of the National Library of Medicine. Register or learn more by clicking on the event title.
Date(s): October 3, 2023
Summary: This session is dedicated for the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI).
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Event Title: Getting Started with the PHDL
Date(s): October 5, 2023
Summary: Need access to trusted journals, e-books, and databases to support your work?
Join us to learn how to effectively use the Public Health Digital Library (PHDL) to search and access full-text journal articles and other helpful resources to support evidence-based public health practice.
Join us to learn how to effectively use the Public Health Digital Library (PHDL) to search and access full-text journal articles and other helpful resources to support evidence-based public health practice.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Date(s): October 12, 2023
Summary: Expressive writing has been shown to have many benefits for those facing chronic and serious illness. The speaker will discuss the how expressive writing can be helpful in healing and share her experience translating the science about expressive writing into a writing program for young people with breast cancer. Participants will learn about the history of expressive writing in healing, expressive writing's role in physical healing, and how expressive writing interventions lead to improved outcomes.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Event Title: Getting Started with the PHDL
Date(s): October 19, 2023
Summary: Need access to trusted journals, e-books, and databases to support your work?
Join us to learn how to effectively use the Public Health Digital Library (PHDL) to search and access full-text journal articles and other helpful resources to support evidence-based public health practice.
Join us to learn how to effectively use the Public Health Digital Library (PHDL) to search and access full-text journal articles and other helpful resources to support evidence-based public health practice.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Date(s): October 24, 2023
Summary: This presentation delves into the complexities of food environments and their impact on food security. Dr. Basey will explore the factors that influence individuals' ability to access, prepare, and consume food, shedding light on often-overlooked aspects of the food environment.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Event Title: Neurodiversity, Invisible “Disability”, & Unconscious Bias: The Primary Obstacle of Neuroinclusion in the Workplace
Date(s): October 26, 2023
Summary: Learn how libraries can use knowledge of their own implicit bias and enhanced human resources and management practices to be more neuroinclusive.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Date(s): October 26, 2023
Summary: Help your biological research community revolutionize their research with the NIH Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR).
Platform/Location: Zoom
Event Title: NNLM Book Discussion, Nov 1, 2023 - Jan 31, 2024: Palaces for the People by Eric Klinenberg
Date(s): November 1, 2023 - January 31, 2024
Summary: Join us November 1, 2023 - January 31, 2024 to discuss Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life by Eric Klinenberg.
Platform/Location: Zoom, Moodle
Date(s): December 5, 2023
Summary: In order to achieve more equitable telehealth, leaders in health care and communities must address a person's: (1) digital fluency, the ability to use digital tools efficiently and effectively, and (2) the capacity for health advocacy or a person's ability to advocate for their own health needs. Community leaders have the capacity to work towards solving these divides.
Platform/Location: Zoom
Event Title: Health Statistics on the Web (January 29, 2024)
Date(s): January 29, 2024
Summary: Learn the difference between data and statistics, key features and use of health statistics, steps to finding health statistics, and sources of health statistics at the local, state and national level in this In this 90 minute webinar.
Platform/Location: Webex