Class Descriptions
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| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| A Glimpse at the Public Health Digital Library Resources | The paid resources in the Public Health Digital Library are valuable and this is a course that will let you see what's in the collection. |
| Boost Box | Boost your knowledge of NLM products or other health information topics with this monthly webinar series from the Middle Atlantic Region. Registration is required. |
| Breezing Along with the RML | Breezing Along with the RML is a monthly webinar provided by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region. |
| Caring for the Mind: Providing Mental Health Information At Your Library | Responding to questions involving topics on mental health is challenging even for the most experienced librarian. |
| Chemicals, Drugs and Genetics: Searching PubMed and Beyond Online On Demand | This specialized class will help improve your effectiveness in searching PubMed and related NLM and NIH databases for literature information on chemicals, drugs and genetics. |
| Dissemination and Disasters: Using Information to Save Lives | This hour-long, asynchronous course is designed for both public health and emergency preparedness professionals, as well as the information professionals that support them, who are interested in a |
| EvalBasics 1: Community Assessment | Community assessment is the essential fact-finding phase of program development. You form a picture of a target community or user group in order to develop beneficial programs and services for it. |
| EvalBasics 2: Planning Outcomes-Based Programs | In the words of the immortal Yogi Berra, “if you don’t know where you’re going, you might not get there.” The logic model is a useful tool from planning projects that will help you drive toward you |
| EvalBasics 3: Data Collection for Program Evaluation | Good data collection tools follow three key principles. They aim to decrease perceived risk, increase perceived benefit, and decrease cost to respondents. |
| EvalBasics 4: Data Analysis for Program Evaluation | This on-demand online class provides participants with strategies for working with qualitative and quantitative data to assess program value and make effective decisions. |
| Finding and Using Health Statistics | How many Americans are affected by cardiovascular disease each year? Did the number of Americans with health insurance increase significantly following the passage of the Affordable Care Act? |
| Food for Thought: Exploring Nutrition Information Resources | This class is designed to assist librarians, public health workers, health professionals, and the general public in locating authoritative information on nutrition and topics relating to nutrition. |
| From Beyond Our Borders: Providing Multilingual and Multicultural Health Information | This class is designed to assist librarians and others who work with diverse populations in locating health information. |
| From Problem to Prevention: Evidence-Based Public Health | Curious about evidence-based public health (EBPH) but not sure where to start? |
| Getting the Right Information to Patients Using MedlinePlus Connect | MedlinePlus is a website of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, providing high-quality health information written for the general public. |