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Scheduled Classes
| Event Title | Date(s) | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Making the link between structural inequities and health disparities: Implications for community based helping professionals | October 11, 2023 | The capacity of underserved populations to effectively engage in health care and gain empowerment in their health (health activation) can significantly reduce health disparities yet may be hindered by continued experiences with discrimination and mistrust. For communities, health, and human service providers to begin effectively addressing health disparities, it is critical to understand the complex systems, current and historical structural inequities, and sociocultural factors that influence residents’ access and engagement with care.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
| Beyond the Binary: Understanding LGBTQIA+ Health | October 16, 2023 - November 10, 2023 | The topic of gender and LGBTQIA+ issues may be sensitive for some. Social stigma, fear, or rejection is real for many people. It is essential to bring awareness to these issues and create practices around addressing them. This class connects with NNLM initiatives addressing Environmental Determinants of Health and Confronting Health Misinformation.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Effective Health Communication and Health Literacy: Understanding the Connection - October 25 2023 | October 25, 2023 | This 1 hour webinar introduces the concepts of health literacy and health communication.
Platform/Location: Webex |
| Rural Health Resources | November 16, 2023 | This one hour webinar will describe hallmarks of rural America, identify access challenges of living in rural communities, and equip participants with tools to service the health information needs of those living in rural communities.
Platform/Location: Webex |
| Health Statistics on the Web (January 29, 2024) | January 29, 2024 | 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 |
| From Problem to Prevention: Evidence-Based Public Health | January 30, 2024 | Learn the basics of evidence-based public health (EBPH) and essential steps of the EBPH process through the lens of NLM resources in this 1 hour webinar.
Platform/Location: Webex |
Regional Events
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On-Demand Classes
| Event Title | Date(s) | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| AHEM: clearing the way to easy-to-read health materials | On-demand through April 25, 2025 | Get an overview on assessing health education materials, and learn how the National Library of Medicine uses a health education materials assessment tool to figure out if health education materials are easy-to-read in this 2 hour on-demand, online class.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Environmental Health and Justice: a brief primer | On-demand through April 30, 2026 | This self-paced online class provides an introduction to environmental health and environmental justice and presents 3 resources you can use to find data and statistics about environmental health disparities in your community.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Finding and Using Health Statistics | On-demand through March 1, 2025 | This online, self-paced course for librarians and students in health sciences describes different types of health statistics, how they are collected, and where they can be found.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Health Literacy On Demand | On-demand through April 30, 2026 | Learn about health literacy definitions, best practices and tools for communicating health information clearly in in this 1-hour narrated tutorial with activities.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Prescription and Over the Counter Drugs: Supporting Patients with Evidence-Based Information | On-demand through April 30, 2026 | This 1 credit hour on-demand course provides an introduction to three free resources from the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health: the NIDA website, DailyMed and LactMed.
Platform/Location: Moodle |