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Browse recordings of past NNLM webinars from Jan 1, 2020 - current. To see curated playlists by topic, audience, or region, visit the NNLM YouTube channel.

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Empowering At-Risk Adolescents: Understanding Bullying Dynamics Through Rap Music In this webinar Tai Chambers will discuss the initial learning phase of a music-guided program where students learned about non-bullying and conflict resolution utilizing rap and hip hop. Potential future uses and practical applications will be explored. This presentation meets the NLM/NIH strategic plan goal of maximizing the NLM’s impact through enhanced engagement and the NIHs strategic plan goal of advancing biomedical and behavioral sciences. This presentation addresses health equity through information. By registering for this class, you are agreeing to… Date: March 14, 2024
Understanding Environmental Health: A Social-Ecological Model Clean, safe, and stable natural and built environments are all prerequisites for good health. Yet, certain populations more susceptible to poorer environmental conditions and associated health disparities. In this session, we will use a social-ecological model to understand how the quality and impacts of the environment are often affected by a complex interplay between individual, community, and societal factors. Dr. Laundette Jones, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Public Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine discusses environmental health and… Date: March 13, 2024
2-1-1 Texas Overview 211 Texas is a free information and resource line that is answered 24/7. We have access to a language line and can help people in over 150 languages. This training will cover what 211 Texas is, how to reach 211 Texas, the resources listed with 211, how 211 provides information and resources for disaster events, The State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry, and how to use the 211texas.org website. Speaker Amy Callaway graduated from the University of Arizona in May of 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology. She spent over a decade working in the child… Date: March 13, 2024
Region 1 Funding Program Office Hours Region 1 staff are available to answer your specific questions regarding the call for applications for the upcoming engagement and training project awards. We'd love to hear about your project ideas, answer questions about the application process, and discuss NNLM training and NLM resources available to enhance your application prior to submitting your application. Date: March 13, 2024
Blue Marble Librarians: Libraries Helping Their Communities Prepare for Extreme Weather and Foster Socially and Ecologically Conscious Culture Join us for a talk with four leading members of the Blue Marble Librarians, a Massachusetts based group of librarians focused on sustainability, environmental education, and extreme weather preparedness. Learn about the history of the group, their involvement with the Boston-based nonprofit, Communities Responding to Extreme Weather (CREW), CREW Climate Hubs, the annual Climate Prep Week, and how to get involved with these environmental initiatives. They will also cover the impacts that climate change has on mental health. Participants will come away with concrete examples of what they… Date: March 12, 2024
Counting Every Death When Every Death Counts: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Hurricane Michael Excess Mortality Disasters disproportionately impact vulnerable populations, and vulnerable communities are likelier to experience secondary disasters such as economic downturns and excess mortality. Dr. Blake Scott, a researcher at the College of Public Health at the University of South Florida, discusses the impact of 2018 Hurricane Michael on vulnerable communities. The purpose of this study was to determine if the area impacted by Hurricane Michael (2018) experienced excess mortality and what were the root causes of those changes in health. About the Speaker Blake Scott… Date: March 6, 2024
Providing Multilingual Health Information This 1-hour session is designed to assist librarians and others who work with diverse populations in locating health information. The resources presented are selected for their emphasis on providing information in the preferred language of the population. Participants will have the opportunity to become familiar with the features and scope of several Internet resources. This presentation addresses increasing health information access and use, along with increasing health equity by highlighting information from National Library of Medicine’s MedlinePlus health information… Date: March 6, 2024
Environmental Health Literacy: An Engaged Framework for Understanding and Action Environmental health literacy (EHL) is an emerging framework for building knowledge and skills that can reduce environmental exposures and improve human health outcomes. Drawing from such fields as communication, education, and participatory research, EHL provides a bidirectional evaluation tool that respects local context while also building community and research capacity. Whether informing the development and dissemination of research report-back materials and other informative products, driving the development and evaluation of interventions, or establishing a means of identifying… Date: March 5, 2024
How PubMed Works: ATM The How PubMed Works: Automatic Term Mapping (ATM) session addresses increasing health information access and use by highlighting information about the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed bibliographic database. During this 90-minute session about ATM we'll go behind-the-scenes in PubMed with an in-depth explanation of: How PubMed processes your search using ATM's 3 translation tables What's included in the three translation tables Practice verifying how ATM interprets your search Learn how to determine if a phrase is indexed … Date: February 29, 2024
NLM Office Hours: PubMed Join us for the next National Library of Medicine (NLM) Office Hours on Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 1pm Eastern Time. This session is focused on PubMed, and will include a brief presentation by Alex Sticco from NLM’s Controlled Vocabulary Services Program, discussing recent developments and improvements to the automated MEDLINE indexing process for PubMed. Following the presentation, product staff from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) PubMed team, the Controlled Vocabulary Services Program, and more will be available to answer your questions about automated… Date: February 28, 2024	This recording is not available.