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Four Chosen for Outreach Funding |
In 1996 the NN/LM PNR began funding regional network member libraries and, more recently, regional partner organizations, to assist the NN/LM PNR with its outreach mission. During this last year of the current contract, the RML is funding four local awards that will provide outreach to special populations. We had seven excellent proposals and it was difficult to choose only four for funding. Four of the proposals were from NN/LM PNR partner organizations and three from librarians. The proposals chosen were:
The Betty M. Anderson Library at the Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education (ICNE) /Washington State University (WSU) College of Nursing will present information on Web-based sources of nursing and health information to public health nurses, nursing specialty groups, or at nursing association meetings in smaller eastern Washington or northern Idaho communities. The goal is to introduce the Internet and specific sites (e.g., MEDLINEplus, healthfinder, etc.) as useful tools for health care information to nurses in smaller communities or in local specialty organizations. These nurses definitely fit the definition of underserved health care professionals who may benefit from knowledge of health care resources offered by NLM and the NN/LM.
The Rural Internet Librarian Project will promote awareness of and access to biomedical information related to geriatric care topics using resources developed by the National Library of Medicine. This program will serve health care professionals in eight rural northwest Oregon counties. This Internet project has three components: providing group Internet medical research trainings to hospital education personnel, local physicians, and public health nurses; developing and maintaining a Web site to promote NLM resources, Internet continuing education opportunities, and local AHEC continuing education courses; and lastly producing a newsletter to promote the classes and Web site.
The title of this program says it all. It is "Area Heath Education Center of Southwest Oregon Diabetes Outreach: Providing clinicians and educators with a regional diabetes information repository using Internet and online resources." The project seeks to reduce the impact of diabetes in southwest Oregon, especially in the Latino community, by responding to a need for the development of comprehensive, culturally appropriate diabetes educational resources for health care providers and health educators. Specifically, this funding provides for the development of a comprehensive online resource for health care professionals working with diabetes patients while also providing the training and support necessary for these health care providers to access this valuable information.
This program will provide training for patients and healthcare professionals on the medical resources accessible through online sources and the services available from St. James Community Hospital in Butte, Montana (Silver Bow County) and in Dillon, Montana (Beaverhead County) Barrett Memorial Hospital Medical Library. Training will be offered to various groups including the community health centers in Silver Bow and Beaverhead counties, community service organizations such as the Montana Breast and Cervical Health Program, and nursing students. The medical librarian will be the central contact person for information and assistance for St. James Community Hospital (SJCH) and Barrett Memorial Hospital (BMH). SJCH and BMH will provide personnel and supplies. There will be at least ten presentations during the award period. Trainings will include PubMed, criteria for evaluating an Internet medical site, and introductions to SJCH and BMH Web sites and their links to medical information.