Andrew Pleasant, Assistant Professor, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, has developed an HTML page with the syllabus/curricula that National Institute for Literacy, Health and Literacy listserv members have submitted.  See the link below: http://www.advancinghealthliteracy.com/curricula.html.

Curricula are organized by the following types:

• University Courses
• Medical School Courses
• Professional Training Programs
• Adult Basic Education/ESL/ENL Program Courses.

 Andrew Pleasant
phone: 732-932-9153 x. 320; fax: 732-932-6667

To determine what journals submit All NIH-funded final published articles to PubMed Central, go to http://publicaccess.nih.gov/submit_process_journals.htm. The journals listed here make the final published version of every NIH-funded paper publicly available in PubMed Central no later than 12 months after publication, without author involvement.  These deposits are in accord with the NIH Public Access Policy.

If you publish anywhere else, deposit the manuscript in PubMed Central via one of the options described at http://publicaccess.nih.gov. There are four methods to ensure that a manuscript is submitted to PubMed Central in compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy. 

Method 1: Make arrangements to have a publisher deposit a specific final published article in PubMed Central.

Method 2: Deposit the final peer-reviewed manuscript in PMC yourself via the NIH Manuscript Submission System (NIHMS).

Method 3: Complete the submission process for a final peer-reviewed manuscript that the publisher has deposited in the NIH Manuscript Submission System (NIHMS)

NN/LM Emergency Preparedness and Response Toolkit: Library Disaster Stories

In 2007, several NN/LM librarians from across the United States generously shared their personal stories about disaster or emergency situations with Robin Featherstone, a National Library of Medicine (NLM) Associate Fellow. As was originally planned, a Web site has been created to provide a platform for sharing these stories. The site created includes an individual link for each of the stories, the ability for others to comment on posted stories, and a Google map, which will help visualization of the diversity among the stories. By clicking on each of the individual icons on the Google Map, users will be linked to the individual stories. The Library Disaster Stories site is a part of the NN/LM Emergency Preparedness & Response Toolkit (http://nnlm.gov/ep/) and can be found here: http://nnlm.gov/ep/lessons-learnedstories-told/

Soon, all of the stories will be individually listed under the Google Map. In addition, a “Submit Your Own Story” function will be added, which will open up the possibilities of this site. Though very appreciative of the librarians who have shared their stories, the hope is that this site will encourage others to share their experiences, too.  

If you have questions about the site or the submission of stories, you may contact Dan Wilson (editor of the NN/LM Emergency Preparedness & Response Toolkit) at dtw2t@eservices.virginia.edu or Susan Yowell (project assistant) at ssy2n@virginia.edu.

 Subscribe to a New NIH Listserv: DISASTR-OUTREACH-LIB.

This new listserv is a discussion forum for librarians and information specialists interested in responding to their community’s needs for information services in support of disaster preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery. It will also be the primary source for information on the activities of the Disaster Information Specialist Pilot Project. List members may also post announcements of meetings, training, conferences, job openings, etc. of interest to those involved in disaster information outreach. The listserv is provided by the National Library of Medicine’s Disaster Information Management Research Center.

To join the new list, please send the following text in the body of an email to listserv@list.nih.gov:     SUBSCRIBE DISASTR-OUTREACH-LIB your name.

August 11, 2008s MedlinePlus podcast from the National Library of Medicine covers data about provider and patient perceptions and the adoption of EMRs. To access the podcast and transcript, go to: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/podcast/transcript081108.html

MedlinePlus’ personal health records health topic page provides a one stop resource to follow physician adoption issues, as well as obtain practical advice on how to maintain your own, personal health record. It can be found at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/personalmedicalrecords.html

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ja08/ja08_senior_health.html

http://nihseniorhealth.gov/

NIHSeniorHealth, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) consumer health Web site for older adults developed by the National Institute on Aging and the National Library of Medicine®, released its redesigned site in late June. As NIHSeniorHealth has grown from ten topics in 2003 to thirty-seven topics and added features such as exercise stories and more than ninety-five health videos, the site outgrew its original navigation structure. The new design (see below) allows users to find a topic more quickly, watch a video, or learn about other senior-friendly resources available from the NIH.

Homepage
The homepage includes enhanced navigation for health topics by First letter and Categories in the middle of the page. For example, Osteoporosis as a topic may be accessed by selecting the letter ‘O’ from the A to Z list or Bones and Joints under Categories. Each month a new or updated topic is highlighted in the Featured Topic section. The sections on Exercise Stories, Health Videos, and the Trainer’s Toolkit appear below the new navigation.

http://nationalacademies.org/headlines/20080801.html

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recognize August as National Immunization Awareness Month. Immunization, noted as one of the most significant health interventions of the 20th century, has helped eradicate smallpox worldwide, virtually eliminated polio from this hemisphere, and significantly reduced the occurrence of measles, diphtheria, rubella, pertussis, and other diseases in the U.S. While many people are routinely immunized, there are still tens of thousands of deaths around the world caused by vaccine-preventable diseases.

 A variety of resources promoting immunization and NIAM can be found at the links below. You may want to consider customizing these tools for use locally.

• Adult immunization schedule
• Childhood and adolescent immunization schedule
• Parents Guide to Childhood Immunization
• National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) materials
  Flyers, posters, brochures, public service announcements (PSAs) etc.
• Links to immunization campaign materials: infants and pre-teens

http://foundation.acponline.org/hl/hcc2008.htm

The American College of Physicians (ACP) Foundation will host its Seventh Annual National Health Communication Conference, New Directions in Health Literacy, on November 19, 2008. The conference will be co-sponsored by the Institute of Medicine and held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC.

This year’s conference will focus on the impact of low health literacy on healthcare quality, medication labels, physicians’ practices, and the linkages between literacy and health literacy. For conference information and to register, visit
http://foundation.acponline.org/hl/hcc2008.htm

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ja08/ja08_hsr_self_study.html

The e-learning course Introduction to Health Services Research: A Self-Study Course is a free and open set of modules and case studies that students may study as time permits This is a self-paced course with no instructor.

The completely revised e-learning course introduces students to health services research - its key issues, its history, the innovators and leaders who contributed to the field’s development, and the many key organizations that produce and make health services research accessible to researchers, librarians and the public.

To get the most out of the course, students should have a basic knowledge of bibliographic database searching, especially of the MEDLINE®/PubMed®database. Other than that, only an interest in finding and/or providing quality information is needed.

It is recommended that students begin with the introductory module, “Module 1: What is Health Services Research?” and work their way through the remaining six modules in order. Students who are already knowledgeable about health services research may wish to focus on the five case studies.

Students will gain skills that will aid them in searching for information in this multi-disciplinary field and will be introduced to several of the key study types that create the foundation of research methodology used by health services researchers.

The e-learning course was adapted into a true Web-based format in 2007 for the National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology of the National Library of Medicine® by Laura Larsson, MLS. She updated its content at the same time.

Upon completion of the class, please take a moment to complete the ten-question evaluation. NLM will use this information to improve this and future online learning efforts.

by Maria Collins, Collection Access Section, NLM collinm@mail.nlm.nih.gov

The guideline for delivery method is that the lender should send via the borrower’s preferred delivery method indicated in the Ship to: area of the receipt.  If that method is unavailable to the lender, the lender may send by any of the listed alternate delivery methods shown in the body of the receipt.  If a technical problem temporarily prevents delivery by all of the requested methods, the lender should contact the borrower to ask permission to send via a method not listed, or reject the request.  If the borrower does not respond or says no, the request should be updated as Not Filled for reason of Other. The lender’s institution record should be updated to reflect their current delivery abilities.

Libraries may wish to take this opportunity to review their borrow preferences to ensure they reflect their actual delivery method requirements. NLM strongly recommends selecting your preferred delivery method as your Network Delivery Method, and selecting acceptable alternate delivery methods.

The DOCLINE will match your delivery method choices with lenders providing those delivery methods and that also report owning the title and requested volume OR year.  Using the comments field to indicate delivery preference may result in inaccurate routing, unnecessary work by lenders, and delays in filling the request.

To update your borrow preferences and lending delivery methods, go to Institutions, Update, then go to the DOCLINE Options page.

For more information on how routing works, see the FAQ at:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/doc_new_routing.html

by Terri Ottosen, Consumer Health Outreach Coordinator

Have you ever heard one of your Regional Medical Library staff members mention a funding opportunity with us at the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) and wondered whether you should apply? Perhaps you know of us, but are curious to know more. A new online tutorial is available on the NN/LM SE/A web site, the first in a series called “Wishing Well”. Envisioned as an objective in the 2006-2011 contract with the National Library of Medicine, this series of tutorials is intended to serve as an introduction to the National Network of Libraries of Medicine and to instruct potential funding seekers to the specific step-by-step instructions for applying, implementing and concluding an outreach project.

Part 1 of the series, entitled “Wishful Thinking”, has been completed and is now on our web site and located at http://nnlm.gov/sea/training/wishingwell/part1/part1.htm. This tutorial is an introduction to the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Southeastern Atlantic Region and covers general funding ideas including partnership tips and how to write a good proposal. It is intended to help community, faith-based and other organizations learn about the benefits of partnering with libraries, such as, how to find a partner and how to create a successful partnership.

The tutorial was created by Mandy Meloy, Community Outreach Coordinator and Terri Ottosen, Consumer Health Outreach Coordinator to assist network members and potential network members interested in receiving funding to provide outreach to their community. This tutorial uses Adobe Captivate software and is available to anyone with high-speed Internet access. Slides can be viewed and/or listened to using a computer with speakers. Future tutorials planned are outlined below.

Part 2, “Be Careful for What You Wish For”, is the second tutorial and it gets even deeper into the funding process and is intended for people planning a full outreach project.  This level covers the full proposal including outlines, examples, templates, and samples of good proposals to review. Wording and the elements of a good proposal such as researching, community needs assessments, and outcomes will be provided in this training.  Other topics include management of time, staff, and resources. Part of the “Measuring the Difference Guide to Planning and Evaluating Health Information Outreach,” developed by NN/LM and NLM staff, will be used. The training will cover the NN/LM funding process specifically.

Part 3, entitled, “Your Wish is Granted”, is the third part of the series and is intended for those whose proposals have been accepted and funded.  Once an award is made, an organization may ask - “Now what?”  This training covers the steps of ordering equipment and other items needed for your project, an introduction to the NN/LM staff, how to enter an Outreach Activity Reporting Form (OARF) into the system, and how to write reports.  Reporting will cover the report schedule, how to structure and how to submit the reports.  Anyone who has been awarded funding from us could benefit from taking this online tutorial.

Part 4, entitled “Was Your Wish Fulfilled?”  is the final part of the series and covers the last part of the funding process including evaluating the project, ideas for future projects, and sustainability. Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the project will be reviewed for awardees. This training is suitable for Network members having completed or are near completing a full outreach project.

For details on the entire series of tutorials planned, please visit this page on our site: http://nnlm.gov/sea/training/wishingwell/

To view Part 1, Wishful Thinking, of the tutorial series, please visit: http://nnlm.gov/sea/training/wishingwell/part1/part1.htm