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Environmental Health and Justice Resources: A Brief Primer	This course is designed to introduce resources to find data and information to support environmental health and justice work. This course will also demonstration three free resources. Intended Audience Medical professionals, public health workers, first responders, students, and librarians wanting to help the public health and healthcare community find information on environmental health and justice. Course Objectives Define environmental health... More About This Course
Health Literacy: Understanding the Fundamentals	This course is designed to review the fundamentals of Health Literacy including why it’s important, the concept of universal precautions, and best practices. This course will also demonstration several free resources that can help with health literacy. Intended Audience Medical professionals, public health workers, first responders, students, and librarians looking to assist the public health and healthcare community find free information on... More About This Course
Prescription and Over the Counter Drugs: Supporting Patients with Evidence Based Information	This course is designed to demonstrate how resources for the National Library of Medicine can be used to help the public health and healthcare community find free information on prescription and Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. Intended Audience Medical professionals, public health workers, first responders, students, and librarians looking to assist the public health and healthcare community find free information on prescription and OTC drugs. ... More About This Course
Dissemination and Disasters: Using Information to Save Lives	This course is designed to demonstrate how resources for the National Library of Medicine can be used to help save lives during disasters. Intended Audience First responders, medical professionals, public health workers, emergency preparedness coordinators, students, librarians. Length The length of time for participants to take this course is estimated to be one hour. Course Content This course will cover: Phases of... More About This Course
Serving Diverse Communities: Building Cultural Competence and Humility into the Workplace	The content of this course includes: Introductions to culture, cultural competence, cultural humility. Resource demonstrations that you can use to help build a more culturally competent and humble workplace. ... More About This Course
Online Resources to Support Evidence-Based Practice on Population Health	There are five sections in this course: Population Health and Healthy People 2020 Medline Plus: Supporting the Public With Easy-to-Read Consumer Health Information An Introduction to PubMed: Finding Peer-Reviewed and Evidence-Based Public Health Articles Surveillance Previewing Ongoing Research With HSRProj Scenario Practices There are review questions and “Try it Yourself” scenario integrated in the module to provide you with an... More About This Course
Community Planning to Improve the Quality of Life	The University of Iowa College of Public Health's Institute for Public Health Practice, in cooperation with the Iowa Association of Local Public Health Agencies (I-ALPHA), has developed a series of practiced-based educational programs targeted toward new public health administrators and nursing administrators. The programs are part of the Institute's continuing effort to provide training to strengthen the skills and knowledge of the current public health workforce. Intended... More About This Course

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