Last week of workshops!

Hi all,

My first group is almost finished with the 4-week session. I have had so much fun! I have 2 more classes-- today and Thursday. Same topic-- additional resources. Yeah, not much of a name but that's what we're covering.

What are the resources?

◦MedlinePlus (NLM)
◦ToxMap (Texas) (NLM)
◦Household Products Database (NLM)
◦Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce

Why these?

MedlinePlus is *the* best source for consumer health information. If you're working in a clinic or you have practitioners who work in clinics, you can point your patients and their families to MedlinePlus. Excellent prescription drug information, great links to handouts, and lots of pointers to *local* resources. The last item refers to the Go Local project sponsored by the National Library of Medicine. Local health sciences libraries have joined in on the project and created awesome directories of services.

ToxMap is one of my favorite NLM projects. If you want to see where the big polluters are, go to ToxMap. If you want to know the health effects of the pollution around you, go to ToxMap. If you want to see the historical trends of the polluters around you, go to ToxMap.

Another favorite site of mine is the Household Products Database. You can look up products by name brand, by ingredient, or by manufacturer. You can even look up products by health effect. Try it-- go to the link above and look up "asthma".

Lastly, the Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce site is an attempt (and a very well done attempt at that!) to link the PH workforce to key resources that they may find useful in their positions. Training, conferences, health education/promotion resources, data, grants-- you name it and if it's of benefit to PH, it's there.

That's all for now. Recordings for the presentations will be posted later.