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Classes I Teach

Event Title Summary
Consumer Health Information Specialization On-Demand Discover the basics of providing consumer health information through 8 independent learning modules. Earn up to 8 hours credit towards a Consumer Health Information Specialization.
Effective Health Communication and Health Literacy: Understanding the Connection - August 7, 2024 This 1 hour webinar introduces the concepts of health literacy and health communication. This presentation addresses improving health literacy, by including information about the NLM/NIH resource MedlinePlus.gov.
Facilitating Rural Access to Quality Health Information through Little Free Libraries This webinar is part of the Rural Health Webinar Series and will addresses an NNLM grant-funded community partnership between a public library and a university health science library.
Introduction to Health Reference: Ethics and Best Practices (2022) In this 4 credit-hour, on-demand class learn how to conduct a health reference interview using ethical and effective communication strategies.
Mental Health in the Workplace This one-hour webinar will examine aspects of mental health at work covered in the U.S. Surgeon General’s Framework for Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being. We'll also look at SAHMSA’s Creating a Healthier Life a Step-By-Step Guide to Wellness.
NNLM Region One Insights Webinar Series: Beyond Borders: Understanding Oldways Heritage Diets and Reducing Health Disparities This presentation aims to delve into the Oldways Heritage Diets, offering insights into classifying healthful foods within these traditional dietary patterns.
Providing Mental Health Resources at Your Library Responding to questions involving topics on mental health is challenging even for the most experienced librarian. In this 1-hour webinar, participants will learn how to effectively respond to requests for mental health information at their libraries.
Region One Insights Webinar Series: How to Initiate, Support, and Evaluate a Social Work Practicum Student in Your Library: Lessons Learned From A Statewide Initiative in New Jersey In this webinar, you will learn about this project, find information about hosting social work practicum students or developing a similar project in your own area, and gain tools needed to help you prepare for, orient, supervise, and support social work students hosted by your library.
Substance Use Disorder in Forcibly Displaced Populations This webinar will review current data on refugee mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) and present a relevant case. The aim is to exemplify the importance of understanding SUD in forcibly displaced persons and discuss its importance to public health practitioners.
Wellness in the Library Workplace (September 16 - 27, 2024) Registration opens June 28. Join us for this 2-week, 4 credit-hour online class to discover ways to improve your own personal well-being and create a healthy workplace. We will discuss ways to increase overall wellness for all staff in libraries so that we have happy, healthy, and safe work environments. This class meets the NLM national initiative of environmental determinants of health by addressing aspects of the work environment by providing health information resources available through MedlinePlus and the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health and increasing health information access.