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National Public Health Week – April 7 – 13

The American Public Health Association (APHA) will observing National Public Health Week (NPHW) on April 7 – 13. The theme this year for the week will be “Climate Change: Our Health in the Balance.” APHA will help make a connection between the “the way we lead our lives, our impact on the planet, and the planet’s impact on our health.”

Each day of the week is dedicated to a different topic and daily activities:

Monday: Be Prepared
Tuesday: Travel Differently
Wednesday: Eat Differently
Thursday: Green Your Home
Friday: Green Your Work

For more information about National Public Health Week and activities, visit the NPHW official web site (www.nphw.org). The site also includes links to the NPHW’s blog and toolkit [pdf].

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New ABOG Reading List Available

The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) has released their January reading list.  To keep up their credentials, OBGYN specialists enroll in the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program and are required to read the articles on this list to prepare for the MOC test.

The January list can be accessed here , as well as through the CLHIN links list.

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New Dental Public Health Page on PHPartners.org

PHPartners.org, a collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations and health sciences libraries, has a new topic page on Dental Public Health. The page was created by UT Health Science Center librarians, Julie K. Gaines and Linda S. Levy as part of the dental public health information project,  SMILE . The page includes different topics within the dental public health field such as Associations and Organizations,  Education and Training, Health Promotion and Education, and Statistics and Data.

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New MedlinePlus Page on Health Disparities

MedlinePlus.gov now has a topic page devoted to health disparities. The page includes links to recent reports, statistics, federal agencies and the latest news related to disparities in health.

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New NIH Cookbook Encourages Families to Eat Healthfully

Keep the Beat ™ Recipes: Deliciously Healthy Family Meals   is the new family cookbook from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, which is part of the National Institutes of Health.   The cookbook features more than 40 kid-tested recipes and a variety of healthy entrees, side dishes, and snacks that parents and children can enjoy together. The free cookbook also offers time-saving tips and helpful resources for busy families.

The recipes in the cookbook were designed and created for the NHLBI by David Kamen, a professor in Culinary Arts at the Culinary Institute of America, trained chef/instructor, and father of two. All of the recipes are based on heart-healthy principles from the NHLBI, include nutrition analysis, reflect the principles of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and provide guidance for preparing meals that are low in saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium, and added sugars. The recipes also adhere to the NHLBI’s Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, which supports an overall healthy eating plan.

The cookbook as well as individual recipes are available for free on the Keep the Beat: Deliciously Healthy Eating website, and hard copies can be ordered through the NHLBI Health Information Center. The site also features a searchable database, family resources, healthy shopping and cooking tips, videos, and information for the media. Visitors are also invited to engage in an online community through the Keep the Beat Facebook page, which contains information about upcoming events and cookbook highlights.  Log on at <http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/healthyeating>  or contact the NHLBI Health Information Center at 301-592-8573 for more information.

Keep the Beat Recipes: Deliciously Healthy Family Meals was developed in collaboration with the NIH’s We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity and Nutrition) program. We Can! is a national education program supported by four NIH institutes and led by the NHLBI. The program is designed to provide parents, caregivers, and entire communities with strategies, tactics, and tools to help children stay at a healthy weight by eating healthfully, being active, and reducing screen time.  The cookbook can be used by the We Can! community sites as they implement programs for both parents and youth.

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New NLM Website for Environmental Health Information

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has made available a new environmental health science website for middle and high school students.  According the site, “Environmental Health is the interrelationship between human health and the environment, either natural or manmade.” Users can search topics on this free site to learn about  air polution, chemicals, climate change, and water polution. The site includes resources for teachers and students that are ” within the context of current middle school science curriculum standards.”  For further study, a variety of links are provided to trusted sources such as the Smithsonian Education site for Prehistoric Climate Change and Why It Matters Today.

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New Pew Research Report Finds 80% of Internet Users Seek Health Information

A report based on telephone interviews from August 9th to September 13th, 2010, finds that 80% of the 3,001 adults over 18 who were interviewed use the Internet to find health information.  As stated by the report, “Symptoms and treatments continue to dominate internet users’ health searches, but food safety, drug safety, and pregnancy information are among eight new topics included in the current survey.”

  • 66% of internet users look online for information about a specific disease or medical problem (perennially in the top spot).
  • 56% of internet users look online for information about a certain medical treatment or procedure.
  • 44% of internet users look online for information about doctors or other health professionals.
  • 36% of internet users look online for information about hospitals or other medical facilities.
  • 33% of internet users look online for information related to health insurance, including private insurance, Medicare or Medicaid.
  • 22% of internet users look online for information about environmental health hazards.

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New resource to monitor for funding opportunities: ScanGrants

David Rothman recently mentioned a great new resource you can monitor to learn about new grant opportunities in the health sciences: ScanGrants. ScanGrants is a new, free public service of the Center for Health Research and Quality at Samaritan Health Services, a nonprofit network of Oregon hospitals, physicians and senior care facilities.

The About page describes ScanGrants as follows:

ScanGrants is designed to facilitate the search for funding sources to enhance individual and community health. The funding sources listed here may be of interest to virtually anyone associated with the health field “medical researchers, social workers, nurses, students, community-based health educators, academics and others.

Funding sources most frequently listed here include those of private foundations, corporations, businesses, and not-for profit organizations. Finding and listing less traditional funding opportunities is also a priority. Federal and state funding sources are typically not included on ScanGrants because they are readily available on other sites (e.g. www.grants.gov).

ScanGrants was developed as a tool for Samaritan Health Services and its collaborators, but it is also available for use by the general public. The listing is selective and is intended to supplement other search methods. In many instances, grant announcements have been abbreviated for the sake of brevity. To view the full grant announcement, click on the link to the source URL provided for each funding opportunity.

At ScanGrants, you can subscribe to all grant listings or just those in a particular category or categories (including Informatics, Medical Libraries, and Public Health) — and receive those updates via email or via RSS. Thanks to SHS-CHRQ and developer Hope Leman for such a helpful resource!

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NIH MedlinePlus Salud

The National Library of Medicine and the Friends of the National Library of Medicine are partnering with the National Alliance for Hispanic Health to publish NIH MedlinePlus Salud. The plan is for this bilingual publication to appear twice a year.

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NINDS site in Spanish

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) now has free, accurate information about different neurological disorders in Spanish. The information can be found online at http://espanol.ninds.nih.gov/. The site includes information on stroke, Parkinson’s Disease, autism, and epilepsy.

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