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Dragonfly Fall 2003 -- Volume 34, Number 4

Focus on Funding. Part V: Alaska Health Education Library Project Outreach

by Gail Kouame, Consumer Health Coordinator
National Network of Libraries of Medicine Pacific Northwest Region

This is the fifth in a series of articles highlighting five projects in the Pacific Northwest Region emphasizing "Access to Electronic Health Information." The projects received funding from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) with a maximum award of $40,000. For further information about funding opportunities, visit our web site at: http://nnlm.gov/pnr/funding/.

Alaska Health Education Library Project Outreach

The lead agency for this project is the Health Promotion Unit at the Division of Public Health in Juneau, Alaska. The purpose of the Alaska Health Education Library Project (AHELP) is to ensure that health professionals, their patients and the general public in Alaska are connected to the health information resources they need to make informed health care decisions, specifically by linking to the resources of the Alaska Health Education Library Project and its partner libraries. The Alaska Health Education Library Project (AHELP) is an electronic clearinghouse of current health promotion and health education resources that are specific to and available in Alaska. It contains information on health promotion programs, projects and materials and more. AHELP is designed to serve professionals in the field of health promotion and health education, as well as other public health professionals. It is intended to assist the professional in their everyday job and promote sharing, networking and collaboration. Visit the AHELP web site at: http://www.ahelp.org.

In order to meet the goal of the ensuring that health professionals, their patients, and the general public in Alaska are connected to health information resources, project participants will:

• Promote awareness of relevant health information resources.
• Strengthen partnerships and connections with supporting organizations of AHELP, NN/LM libraries and other organizations.
• Provide training on how to access, retrieve, evaluate and use relevant print and electronic health information resources and services.
• Expand the level of health information and education available on AHELP.
• Assess the information needs of Alaskan pharmacists and develop plans to meet those needs.

To learn more about project participants, please visit their web sites:

• State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Section of Epidemiology
  http://www.epi.hss.state.ak.us
• University of Alaska Anchorage Library, Health Sciences Information Service:
  http://www.lib.uaa.alaska.edu/hsis/
• Akeela, Inc. Library:
  http://www.akeela.org/library.cfm
• National Network of Libraries of Medicine:
  http://nnlm.gov
  

Part I. Access to Wellness Project
Part II. Computer Health Literacy for Seniors in Northern Idaho
Part III. Empowering Parents of Children with Special Health Care Needs
Part IV. Online Access to Reviewed Health Education Materials

Dragonfly, Fall 2003 -- Volume 34 Issue 4

This publication is funded in whole with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. N01-LM-1-3516.

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