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Activate, Collaborate, and Educate: Health Outreach and Programming in Your Community

This course will provide an overview of ideas to conduct health outreach and create health programs for libraries and community/faith based organizations. Participants will learn how to integrate resources from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and other reputable agencies to introduce community members to NLM resources in fun and engaging ways. Examples of programs for children, teens, adults and seniors using NLM and other National Institutes of Health center and office resources will be shared.

Additional Materials:

Health Outreach and Programming Class Guide

Objectives: 

This presentation provides an overview of planning health programs for organizations incorporating resources from the National Library of Medicine. By the end of the session participants will be able to:

  • Locate county level information on health needs within their community
  • Locate relevant NLM consumer health resources for specific target populations
  • Identify organizations for health outreach partnerships
  • Outline a potential health outreach or health program for their organization
Course Materials: 
File PowerPoint: ACE Slides (updated October 2019)
PDF icon PDF: ACE Slides (updated October 2019)
File Resource List (updated October 2019)
PDF icon Resource List (updated October 2019)
File Logic Model Class Exercise (updated March 2019)
File Establishing Partnerships Class Exercise (updated March 2019)
File ACE Emergency Preparedness Sample Program (updated Dec 2018)
Class Length: 
60 minutes, 2 hours, 3 hours. Variable credit class. The number of CE credits is tied to how much time and effort is expected of the learner to complete the class. A higher credit class goes deeper into the content.
Course Owner(s):
Michael Balkenhol, MLIS, Health Programming Coordinator
Instructor(s):
Dana Abbey, Colorado/Community Engagement Coordinator
Sarah Levin-Lederer, MPH, Education and Outreach Coordinator
Carolyn Martin, MLS, AHIP, Consumer Health Coordinator
Nancy Patterson, MLS, Network Education, Outreach and Engagement Librarian
Michele Spatz, All of Us Community Engagement Coordinator
Continuing Education:
  • This course has been approved for 1, 2 or 3 hours of Medical Library Association Continuing Education Units.
  • This course qualifies for Medical Library Association, Consumer Health Information Specialization Levels 1 and 2
This class is eligible for Consumer Health Information Specialization continuing education credit awarded by the Medical Library Association.

Past Classes

Activate, Collaborate, and Educate: Health Outreach and Programming in Your Community

This one hour webinar will focus on health program ideas, guides, and resources for libraries and community/faith based organizations.

View the recording on YouTube

Upcoming Classes

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