I will be at the Nebraska Minority Health Conference http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/minorityhealth/MHConference.htm on Monday and Tuesday, and then out til September 4th. The blog will be quiet, though I hope to post occassionally during the week.

The NN/LM MidContinental Region (MCR) began creating content in a podcast format last April. http://nnlm.gov/mcr/services/podcasts/podcasts.html I conducted both podcast interviews with health care providers working with communities to overcome health disparties. We have developed a short survey to gather feedback about the podcasts. Please feel free to complete the survey whether or not you have accessed the podcasts. The survey will take less than 2 minutes to complete. You can access the survey through this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=CGU_2bH1DWPFbKtRrVq4wwqA_3d_3d
Thanks for your feedback!

National Resource Center on Native American Aging publications
http://www.med.und.nodak.edu/depts/rural/nrcnaa/pubs/
A list of publications from the National Resource Center on Native American Aging, established in 1994 at the University of North Dakota (UND) in Grand Forks, which is acollaboration between the UND Office of American Indian Student Services and the UND Center for Rural Health.

Training Physicians for Public Health Careers http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3793/33137/43413/43416.aspx calls on Congress to act to stop America’s eroding preventive medicine and public health workforce. ACP Jun 13, 2007 press release at http://acpm.org/IOMReport_pr.htm

HEALTH COMM Web sites for June 2007 compiled by Marcia Zorn, MA, MLS
Lists are archived by the Coalition for Health Communication at http://www.healthcommunication.net/Online_Resources.html
or, go to http://www.healthcommunication.net/ and select Online Resources

If you would prefer to recieve one email a day of the postings on the “Bringing Health Information to the Community” blog, email me at siobhan@creighton.edu . Put “digest” in the subject line. I copy and paste the day’s entries into an email and send it out through a listserv the day after the items are posted.

I will be on vacation the week of August 6th, so things will be quiet on the blog. Have a good week!

For a while, we had to shut the comments section down because we were getting too much spam on the blog. With the help of the IT department at the Eccles Health Sciences Library, Technology Liaison Sharon Dennis was able to get the comments section up and running on the blog. When you post a comment, I have to publish it, so it won’t show up immediately. I”m looking forward to hearing from you all.

I am in rural Arizona with very limited access to the Internet for this week. Postings will be sporadic, if at all. Have a good week!

“Medical librarians are an integral part of the health care team. They have a direct impact on health care and the quality of patient care by helping physicians, allied health professionals, and other members in health care stay current in the latest developments in specialty care. They also work closely with patients and consumers who are seeking information on medical care.” Read more at http://www.healthpronet.org/ahp_month/01_07.html

For those of you who subscribe to the notifications on the BHIC blog, there is an option to recieve a digest version. If you would prefer to receive only one email, let me know. I copy the previous days postings and paste them into an email which gets sent out the morning of the next day. Send me an email with the subject line “digest”: siobhan@creighton.edu
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At this time of year, when we celebrate many religious events and the beginning of a new year, the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region would like to extend a wish for happiness to you all. Please see our holiday card at http://nnlm.gov/mcr/services/comm/2006HolidayCard.jpg