Rural Health Webinar Series November 2024

The Rural Health Webinar Series is being held in recognition of National Rural Health Day the 3rd Thursday in November. This series is an exploration of the efforts that communities, organizations, and other stakeholders take to address the unique health needs of rural populations in the United States and aims to provide practical evidence-based solutions that support librarians, health educators, community leaders, and direct care providers to improve rural health outcomes. 


The purpose of the series is to engage participants with information regarding rural health issues, research findings, and innovative approaches to health information access and policy informing the delivery of health care in rural communities.
 

Continuing Education

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Classes

Event Title Event Start Date Summary Continuing Education Credits CE Categories Is Online Registration
Palmetto Connect: Fostering Digital Inclusion in Rural South Carolina This webinar is part of the Rural Health Webinar Series that taking place in November. This session will cover a program designed to help close the digital divide ­for residents in rural and underserved areas of­ South Carolina by increasing internet access and affordability, training people in digital literacy, and connecting individuals to quality-of­-lif­e resources such as telehealth through digital inclusion. 0.00 On
Social Connectedness and Improving the Health of Rural Communities This session is part of the Rural Health Webinar Series being held in November 2024. This presentation will review possible interventions for improving rural community health through social connectedness. 0.00 On
Rural Health Resources This webinar is part of the Rural Health Webinar Series and will describe hallmarks of rural America, identify access challenges of living in rural communities, and equip participants with tools to service the health information needs of those living in rural communities. 1.00 CHES, CHIS Level 1 On
Event Title Event Start Date Summary Continuing Education Credits CE Categories Is Online Registration
Promoting Walking for Health in Rural Communities This webinar is part of the Rural Health Webinar Series. Rural American adults have higher rates of chronic physical activity-related illness and are less active than their urban counterparts, with less than 20% meeting U.S. physical activity guidelines of 150-300 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity per week. 1.00 CHES, MLA, CNE On
When Your Community Is Your Hospital This webinar is part of the Rural Health Webinar Series. This presentation will provide an overview of a partnership that connected organizations in the rural northern region of California with a bilingual health educator and delivered local trainings, both in English and Spanish, that allowed community health workers to learn among their peers about the health information resources from the National Library of Medicine and other resources in their communities. 0.00 On
Graphic Medicine Discussion: The Most Costly Journey This webinar is part of the Rural Health Webinar Series in November 2024. Please join NNLM to participate in a discussion of the book Graphic Medicine Discussion: The Most Costly Journey covering topics such as the intersection of race, immigration status and geography on mental health, the uses of graphic medicine to tell overlooked stories, and more. 0.00 On
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. 0.00 On
Building Healthy, Resilient Communities in Florida’s Rural Panhandle This webinar is part of the Rural Health Webinar Series. This presentation will provide an overview of preliminary data from opioid users and library directors across the nation. 0.00 On