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Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - November 2016, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

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Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - October 2016, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

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Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - September 2016, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

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Leading By Example : Diving Into Research, Alexandra Gomes, Gisela Butera, Anne Linton

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

Librarians' traditional role is assisting with literature searches and reading others' research. Recently there has been an increase in librarians engaging in research projects.

This analysis represents a ten-year retrospective of the research activity of the Himmelfarb librarians focusing on the following areas: human research, first author/co-author publications and presentations, education/training, and other outcomes of unanticipated opportunities including new partnerships, grants, and projects.

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - August 2016, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

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Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - July 2016, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

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Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - June 2016, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

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A Collaborative Approach To Addressing Health Information Literacy Among High School Students, Sharon A. Weiner, Lalatendu Acharya, Kathryn Dilworth, Laura Henzl, Lisa Kirkham, Clare Lutgen, Bethany Mcgowan, David R. Walker

Purdue P-12 Networking Summit & Poster Session

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An Overview Of Free And Useful Resources From The National Library Of Medicine, Alicia Lillich

Nebraska Library Association: Conferences

It’s hard out there for a librarian supporting health and/or science programs. You’re expected to provide access to cutting-edge research, without breaking the bank on costly subject-specific databases. Luckily, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) can help. NLM, a division of the National Institutes of Health, is the world’s largest medical library whose mission is to advance the progress of medicine and improve health through access to health information. This session will focus on the free products and services offered through NLM such as online databases, training, and promotional/educational resources. This will include: MedlinePlus, PubMed, PHPartners, the Household Products Database, …

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - April 2016, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

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Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - March 2016, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

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Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - February 2016, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

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Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - January 2016, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

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Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - December 2015, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

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Open Access Challenge, Amy Dailey, Janelle Wertzberger

Open Access Week at Gettysburg College

This class activity is designed to help health sciences students understand challenges to accessing public health information in a variety of settings. The exercise was created for students in Prof. Dailey’s Global Health class (HS 322) at Gettysburg College in Fall 2015.

The activity, as well as notes for instructors considering using this exercise, are both shared here.

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - October 2015, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

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Think Inside The Blocks: Health Literacy Outreach To Disadvantaged People In Their Own Environment, Nancy Patterson

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

This bilingual (Spanish/English) poster highlights six creative health literacy outreach projects that have proven to be successful in increasing participation in health-related events in their communities and in boosting health literacy in the process.

For example, in Georgetown, South Carolina, a beauty salon owner, concerned about her clients’ frequent frustration with trying to decipher medical information, partners with her local public library and is grant funded to provide a Wellness Workstation in her salon. Years later, her clients research health information between services using the workstation, evening health literacy classes are regularly conducted for community members and continued funding has …

Health Literacy 101: Increasing Literacy Reduces Health Disparities, Nancy Patterson

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), health disparities are “preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations”. The American Medical Association (AMA) has identified literacy as the number one social determinant of an individual’s health, above education, income and race.

Learn about health literacy as a tool in the fight against health disparities from this poster as well as methods of effective health communication between health information providers and information seekers. Self-advocacy, plain language cultural competence, and the teach-back technique are …

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - September 2015, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

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Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - August 2015, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

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Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - July 2015, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

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Patient Access To Electronic Health Records: Strengths, Weaknesses And What’S Needed To Move Forward, Alicia V. Zuniga

School of Information Student Research Journal

Electronic health records (EHRs) are desired by both physicians and patients, but the transition to and acceptance of sensitive health information online has been slow. This paper reviews the current literature on EHR adoption and outlines barriers, advantages and explicit steps for moving toward the EHR ubiquity. Potential benefits of EHRs to patients and physicians include reduced costs for patients, hospitals and insurance providers, patient empowerment, less errors in records and better health outcomes, but security and privacy concerns, cost of implementation and poor electronic records management system design have proved barriers to adoption.

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - May 2015, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

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Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - April 2015, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

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Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - March 2015, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

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Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - February 2015, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

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Context And Contribution: Going Beyond The Research Paper In The Health Sciences, Laura Menard

Scholarship and Professional Work

Conference poster presented at the Midwest Medical Library Association Chapter Meeting, October 2-6, 2015 in Louisville, KY.

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - January 2015, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

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Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - October 2014, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

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A Qualitative Examination About Providers’ Perceptions And Recommendations Regarding The Role Of Public Librarians In Addressing Communities’ Health Literacy., Van Ta Park, Lili Luo, Denise Rosidi

Faculty Publications

We assessed health care providers’ perspectives on libraries as a source of health information and elicited input on how to adequately prepare public librarians to provide health information services. Sample text-based reference transactions were shown to determine whether they think the health inquiries were adequately answered. Results showed that participants had favorable perspectives about public libraries, and thought that the public librarians’ role includes addressing the health literacy community needs. Participants provided recommendations for public librarians to improve health literacy. To enhance the ability of public librarians to meet the health literacy needs of their communities, diverse perspectives such as …