African American Community Health
Abstract
African American communities see diseases like cancer, diabetes, and heart disease affecting their friends and families every day. Free online resources from the National Library of Medicine and other reliable sources are available to help. This two hour class will provide participants with some basic health information as well as information specific to the African American community. The class is available hands-on or as an interactive presentation. 2 hours.
Objectives
By the end of the session participants will be able to:
- Successfully use MedlinePlus to find basic and African American health information
- Refer to a variety of resources, from NLM and other reputable organizations, for quality information
- Identify authoritative, unbiased and reliable health information resources when searching on your own
- Find resources for community outreach & funding
Course Materials
- African American Community Health PowerPoint Presentation
(14167 kb, rev:
Sep 6, 2012) - Practice Questions
(28 kb, rev:
Jul 16, 2012) - Practice Questions with answers (28 kb, rev:
Jul 16, 2012)
- Class Links
Continuing Education
Upon successful completion of this class, each participant will receive 2 hours of continuing education credit awarded by the Medical Library Association.
Instructors
Middle Atlantic Region
Lydia Collins, Consumer Health Coordinator, 
lydia@pitt.edu, 
412-624-1515, 
412-624-1411
Pacific Southwest Region
Lori Tagawa, Community Outreach Coordinator, ltagawa@library.ucla.edu, 310-825-5389, 310-794-6572
Southeastern Atlantic Region
Nancy Patterson, Community Outreach Coordinator, 1(410)706-2855
Original Developers
Toni Yancey, former Outreach Coordinator, SE/A Region
Nancy Patterson, Community
Outreach Coordinator, SE/A Region
