CDC Online Training: Social Marketing for Nutrition and Physical Activity
The course provides training for public health professionals about how to use social marketing to plan nutrition, physical activity, and obesity prevention programs. The training provides an overview of the basics plus guides you through the six stages of the social marketing process. For more information, visit: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/socialmarketing/training/index.htm

Por Tu Familia Adult Diabetes Prevention Toolkit for Hispanic/Latino Communities
The American Diabetes Association has launched this toolkit designed specifically for community-based and faith-based organizations in Hispanic/Latino communities. The toolkit was developed to improve the quality of life for Hispanics/Latinos with and at risk for diabetes and provides organizations with comprehensive and culturally relevant information on diabetes and healthy living. Each toolkit contains educational materials such as brochures, recipe samplers, posters, and healthy lifestyle bilingual tip sheets. For more information, visit: http://www.diabetes.org/communityprograms-and-localevents/latinos.jsp

Blueprint For A Healthier America
This comprehensive report published by the Trust For America’s Health is built upon the input of 150 national health policy experts. It is the definitive public health policy guide for the next President, Administration and Congress. It contains specific recommendations on how to improve the health of every American. From disease prevention and childhood obesity, to food and safety and emergency preparedness, the Blueprint demonstrates why public health is integral to the coming health care debate. For more information, visit: http://healthyamericans.org/report/55/blueprint-healthier-america

[posted in Nutrition and Activity for Health E-News Alert # 10]

Assessing the Nation’s Health Literacy: Key Concepts and Findings of the National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL)
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/367/hl_report_2008.pdf
Describes the outcomes of the federal study, NAAL, and how its implications affect the health care of patients with limited health literacy.
Organization: American Medical Association
Date: 2008

Children in Central Cities and Rural Communities Experience High Rates of Poverty
http://carseyinstitute.unh.edu/publications/FS_RuralChildPoverty_08.pdf
Reports on new data that indicates more than 13 million children are living in poverty, 22 percent of rural children and 25 percent of children living in central cities.
Organization: Carsey Institute
Date: 2008

Place Matters: Challenges and Opportunities in Four Rural Americas
http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/publications/Report_PlaceMatters.pdf
Presents the results from a survey that examined issues facing rural Americans focusing on economic changes, challenges, and realities; migration and demographic changes; religion, trust, and civil institutions; environment, natural resources, and energy; infrastructure and changing populations.
Organization: Carsey Institute
Date: 10 / 2008

Religion, Politics, and the Environment in Rural America
http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/publications/IB-ReligionPolitics08.pdf
Provides data from a survey of rural Americans across the United States regarding their religion, politics, community, and environmental views.
Organization: Carsey Institute
Date: 2008

American Indian and Alaska Native Programs
http://aianp.uchsc.edu/index.htm
Works to promote the health and well-being of American Indians and Alaska Natives through research, training, continuing education, technical assistance, and information dissemination.

Assisted Senior Living
http://www.assistedseniorliving.net/
Strives to help seniors and caregivers locate adequate care and senior living facilities. Site includes options to search by state and type of facility and provides resources for gathering more information on this topic.

[Posted in Rural Assistance Center Human Services Update]

From a blog reader, a series of nurse videos freely available online:

Nurses working with Health Care Without Harm’s rBGH Food Work Group have created three short videos to help nurses understand how the use of rBGH, a synthetic hormone found in dairy products, impacts human health. Nurses play an important role to protect and prevent harm to patients, health care workers and visitors. Also, the videos will help guide nurses to advocate for healthier food choices in their health care facilities.

Human & Animal Health - Part 1
Learn about the health problems associated to recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH) or rBST and how to apply the Precautionary Principle and the ANA’s Precautionary Approach to protect health. This clip also discusses countries where rBGH is banned.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6pDvnoT_l0

rBGH & Nursing - Part 2
rBGH & Nursing: This clip discusses what nurses can do about synthetic hormones in dairy products. Learn about the American Nurses Association’s resolution, American Medical Association’s position, what you can do today, and how to engage others to promote the use of rBGH-free dairy products in your personal and professional life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sicQXOhXpUU

rBGH Nurse Toolkit - Part 3
rBGH - Nurse Tool Kit at http://www.noharm.org/us/nurses/rBgh will provide nurses with tools to advocate for patients, employees and visitors to have healthier food in health care facilities. Health Care Without Harm, an international coalition is transforming the health care sector to prevent harm to patients, public health and the environment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbvfJYRkg2k

To learn more about this topic and others, join Health Care Without Harm’s Healthy Food in Health Care Listserv at http://www.noharm.org/us/food/listserv

Disaster Planning Requires Time, Resources, Collaboration
http://www.nhchc.org/ShelterHealth/ToolKitG/G6HealingHands08047A5E7.pdf
HEALING HANDS Vol. 8, No. 4, August 2004
Health care providers have long prepared for natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes, blizzards, and tornadoes, but they are now acutely aware of the need to prepare for nuclear, biological, or chemical (NBC) terrorism, as well. Lacking protection from the elements, homeless people are especially vulnerable to natural and manmade disasters and Health Care for the Homeless providers are at various stages of emergency preparedness. The articles inthis issue of Healing Hands examine preparations being made by the health care community, a special role for HCH mobile providers, and emergency management standards required by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). [posted on Medical Reserve Corps listserv]

Library of Congress Announces New “Learning From Katrina” Web Page
For the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastating impact to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, in commemoration and in light of the current hurricane season, the Library of Congress announces a Web site titled “Learning from Katrina,” which provides insights for better responses to record and artifact damage by hurricanes. On this site, http://www.loc.gov/preserv/emergprep/katrinarespond.html, visitors can hear seven interviews with professional conservators who helped salvage collections affected in August 2005.

HHS’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will host a free Webcast entitled, “Lessons Learned From the Field of Emergency Preparedness”
Nov. 6, 2008, 12-1:30 PM EST
Presenters will offer diverse perspectives on emergency planning and the use of AHRQ tools in order to enhance surge capacity, medical supply allocation planning and resource inventories reporting systems. Participants will receive key insight on customizing AHRQ tools in order to address the distinct needs of their communities. Emergency preparedness planners as well as federal, state and local community health planners, providers and first-responders are invited to attend. Register online at http://tinyurl.com/3gxl8p [posted on [DISASTR-OUTREACH-LIB ]

The Tribal College Forum VII and the American Indian & Alaska Native Climate Change Working Group (AIANCCWG) joint conference will be held on August 12-14, 2008, in Lawrence, KS. Hosted by Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU), this year’s Forum has the theme of “Climate Crises and Water Nations are Calling for Awakening” and will focus on potential economic, social, scientific and cultural impacts in Indian Country.

Participants will engage with Tribal leaders, TCU Presidents, Inter Agency professionals and private industry to define and address the impacts of climate change on Indian Country, the United States, and the world. Participants will also develop relationships with colleagues from around the country, share successful experiences, and develop a deeper understanding of NativeView, Inc. and its vision for strengthening tribal education and employment.There is additional content on the KRHIS website that you can read by
clicking the following link: http://tinyurl.com/6jm788 [posted on Kansas Rural Health Information Service (KRHIS)]

The editors of eSchool News have put together a collection of their best stories from the eSN archives as well as resources to help your school staff make the most informed decision as possible when considering green computing products. http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/eco-friendly-computing/ [posted on eSchool News]

ToxMystery, the National Library of Medicine interactive learning site for kids, now has a home page in Spanish, http://toxmystery.nlm.nih.gov/espanol.html. The new home page allows users to start the game in Spanish, with Toxie the Cat helping them to explore the site’s “house of hazards.” Gamers can move between Spanish and English by selecting the language tab in the upper right of the page. An illustrated glossary of the words used in ToxMystery has also been added to the Teacher’s Resource page. The glossary is available in Spanish from the “Para maestros” section. The glossary can also be found at http://toxmystery.nlm.nih.gov/tmglosario.pdf (Spanish) and http://toxmystery.nlm.nih.gov/tmglossary_eng.pdf (English).

Culture & Health Literacy Online Training
http://cpheo.sph.umn.edu/mclph/healthlit/
This online training discusses how inequalities in health information contribute to unequal treatment and health outcomes for some populations (health disparities) and what communities can do to close the gap and improve health literacy.

Getting the Most from SIS’s Environmental Health and Toxicology Resources
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/getthemostfromsis.html
Skill kits, database searching guides, quick tours, tutorials, and training materials that introduce the science of toxicology.

Annual Association for Community Health Improvement (ACHI) Conference: Spring Training for Health Champions - Call for Breakout Sessions
http://www.communityhlth.org/communityhlth/conf2009/annual09.html
March 11-13, 2009, Los Angeles, CA
The Association for Community Health Improvement is inviting proposals for Concurrent Breakout Sessions for its March 11-13, 2009 national conference. Drawing more than 450 professionals from hospitals, health systems, foundations, public health, and community health organizations, the ACHI meeting has become the premier gathering that stimulates real change and improvement in how community health programs are planned, run, and evaluated.

Public Health Informatics 2008 (PHI2008)
http://www.gpphi.org/conferences
September 18-19, 2008, Seattle, WA

[posted on PHPartners http://phpartners.org/ - New Links for the week of Jul 07, 2008]

http://www.hesperian.org/EHB.php
Hesperian celebrates the publication of our newest title, A Community Guide to Environmental Health! Drawing the connections between people’s health and the environments in which we live, this groundbreaking book empowers health promoters, development workers, educators, activists, community leaders and ordinary people to take charge of their communities’ health. A digital version available for free download http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download.php Individual copies of the book and CD are also available for purchase.

On June 25, MedlinePlus released 10 new Health Topics on disasters . The topic pages are available in both English http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/disasters.html and Spanish http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/disasters.html
Each topic page provides a summary and links to information for consumers. The English pages also link to Go Local for finding disaster preparation and recovery resources in your area.
Some of the topics also link to health information in multiple languages.
• Chemical Emergencies
• Earthquakes
• Floods
• Fires
• Hurricanes
• Radiation Emergencies
• Tornadoes
• Tsunamis
• Volcanoes
• Winter Weather Emergencies