Partners in Information Access
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
- The Annette and Irwin Eskind Biomedical Library
December 2000 to August 2001 ($25,000)
Project Director: Nunzia B. Giuse
Phone: 615-936-1402; Fax: 615-936-1384
Project Web Site: http://www.mc.Vanderbilt.Edu/publichealth/
Vanderbilt University - Information Access for Public Health professionals:
Public Health Power Information Users (PIU): A Model for Overcoming Knowledge
Fade, phase one. The project will begin in December and run 9 months. Project
staff will investigate the workflow and information use of public health
professionals; develop instructional methods and communication strategies to
impart knowledge of electronic information resources and information concepts
to PIUs and facilitate knowledge sharing among PIUs and their communities;
and implement a planning process to develop long-term strategies to
foster life-long learning and continued integration of information into
the public health workflow.
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
- Edward G. Miner Library
July 1999 to June 2001 ($50,000)
Project Director: Julia Sollenberger
Phone: 716-275-6767
Fax: 716-756-7792
The Edward G. Miner Library administration was alerted to the need for
enhanced information access and services for a broad range of public
health professionals in Monroe County through recent collaborative
efforts with the Monroe County Health Department. This project will
specifically target 200 public health professionals who work in a 7
county region of New York State. Baseline data will be collected in
the initial phases of the project. Funds will be used to develop and
pilot an Electronic Circuit Librarian Program designed to support
access to public health information and related biomedical topics to
public health professionals in the Greater Rochester Area. The program
will allow public health professionals in the targeted area to receive
Internet training, request and receive library services via the Web, as
well as provide other information services.
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
- Harley French Library
August 1999 to July 2001 ($31,891)
Project Director: Barbara Knight
Phone: 701-777-3993
Fax: 701-777-4790
This project will target all public health professionals in the state
of North Dakota. The objectives are to: 1) identify the information
needs of the public health professionals; 2) inform them of the
services available from the Harley E. French Library, the National
Network of Libraries of Medicine, and NLM and provide instruction in
accessing these services; 3) improve the level and quality of
communication between the Harley E. French Library reference desk
staff and public health practitioners in the state; 4) investigate
the "information seeking process" in relation to public health
professionals' information seeking skills; and 5) develop a plan for
continued programming and services required to meet the health care
information needs of public health professionals in North Dakota.
Packets of information will be developed and onsite presentations and
hands-on classes will be conducted.
University of Connecticut Health Center Library, Farmington, CT
- May 1999 to April 2001 ($44,859)
Project Director: Marian H. Levine
Phone: 860-679-3323; Fax: 860-679-1230
Public health professionals in the 114 district and town departments of
health in Connecticut are the focus of this project. Based on a 1997
Internet survey conducted by the Connecticut Department of Public Health,
22 district and municipal health departments and 14 part-time health
departments responded that they were not yet connected to the Internet.
This project will provide modems and ISP connections for those departments.
The goal is to train at least 90% of the full- time and 80% of the part-time
professionals. Publicity for the training sessions will be done through the
Connecticut Department of Public Health and other organizations. Exhibiting at
the annual Connecticut Public Health Association will also be part of the
project.
Southwest Georgia Area Health Education Center, Albany, GA
- Health Sciences Library
May 1999 to April 2001 ($49,342)
Project Director: Pamela M. Reynolds
Phone: 912-439-7185; Fax: 912-888-5154
The Southwest Georgia AHEC will target public health professionals on
the staffs of 14 county public health offices and the district office in
the southwest quadrant of Georgia. Site contacts will be designated at
the district office and at each of the county health departments. A
minimum of three visits will be conducted at each site. The initial
visits will be made to conduct needs assessments. The remaining visits
will be hands-on training workshops in the use of Internet Grateful Med,
PubMed, CDC Wonder, and informal "troubleshooting" sessions. Promotion
will be done in cooperation with the District Director and the county
department directors.
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
- The Annette and Irwin Eskind Biomedical Library
June 1999 to November 2000 ($48,965)
Project Director: Nunzia B. Giuse
Phone: 615-936-1402; Fax: 615-936-1384
Project Web Site: http://www.mc.Vanderbilt.Edu/publichealth/
Individuals working in metropolitan, county, and state public health
departments, local public health institutions, and public/private
community-based public health organizations in Tennessee are the target
population for this project. Project Directors will strengthen existing
partnerships with the Tennessee Department of Health and develop new
partnerships with state and national public health associations, the National
Congress of African American Churches, the Tennessee Department of Health
Office of Health Promotion, and the Tennessee Department of Environment and
Conservation. Train the trainer sessions will be conducted for public health
personnel. There will be a Web site with an interactive query page, Web
links, and online tutorials.
Houston Academy of Medicine, Houston, TX
- Texas Medical Center Library
May 1999 to April 2001 ($48,814)
Project Director: Deborah D. Halsted
Phone: 713-799-7163; Fax: 713-797-0163
This is a collaborative, urban focused project with the Houston
Department of Health and Human Services, the Houston Public Library,
and the Harris County Public Library. The project will: 1) develop an
outreach publicity campaign to acquaint public health workers with the
resources of NLM and CDC; 2) conduct an outreach training program on
public health information; and 3) design a special public health homepage
with links to the NLM and CDC, local, state and regional sites, and locally
developed information pages on public health. The target population will be
selected city workers in the Fire, Health and Human Services, Public Works,
and Solid Waste departments.
Texas Woman's University Libraries
- Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
May 1999 to April 2001 ($49,990)
Project Director: Jeffrey T. Huber
Phone: 940-898-2602; Fax: 940-898-2611
State and local public health professionals in the Dallas, Denton, and
Forth Worth areas will be the target population for this project. A
train-the- trainer approach will be used for individuals engaged in
public health in the targeted area. Phase One will consist of visits to
the Denton, Dallas, and Tarrant county health departments, a needs
assessment and promotion campaign, and a Web page that will provide
access to CDC and NLM resources and allow users to query experts on
public health information- related questions. Phase Two will consist of
on-site resource demonstrations sessions using TWU's mobile computer lab
and the computing labs at TWU and Texas Wesleyan University. The third
phase of the project will involve small group intensive, hands-on
training sessions with individuals identified during the larger resource
demonstrations.
University of Alaska, Anchorage
- Health Sciences Information Service
October 1, 1998-April 30, 2000
Project Director: Kathleen Murray
Phone: 907-786-1611; Fax: 907-786-1608
The "Outreach to Alaska's Public Health Professionals" will target the public
health workforce in the eight Divisions of Public Health in the Department of
Health and Social Services. The primary target group will be the public health
nurses throughout Alaska and the Emergency Medical Services System (EMS)
personnel will be the secondary target audience. Collaborative partners are The
Alaska Health Education Library Project (AHELP), the Alaska Public Health
Association, the Alaska Health Education Consortium (AHEC), and the Alaska
Public Health Improvement Process (APHIP). Project objectives include:
1) increasing awareness of national and state health information resources and
services, 2) increasing access to the Internet and other information resources
within the state, 3) training public health nurses and emergency medical
services personnel in the use of the Internet and state health information
resources, and 4) providing support for the Alaska Health Education Library
Project. Work stations will be provided for those sites in need of computers.
Additional activities include onsite training, sponsoring three public health
information video conferences and developing training materials.
Mercer University School of Medicine (Macon, GA)
- Medical Library & Peyton Anderson Learning
Resources Center
October 1, 1998-September 30, 2000
Project Director: Jan LaBeause
Phone: 478-301-2519; Fax: 478-301-2051
Mercer University will collaborate with the Georgia Division of Public
Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Southwest
Georgia Area Health Education Center (SOWEGA-AHEC). Exhibits, classes and
demonstrations will also involve working with the Georgia Public Health
Association, the Georgia Rural Health Association, and the Georgia Nurses
Association. The PHOENIX (Public Health Online Education Necessary for
Information Expertise) Project will support the CDC's INPHO project in
Georgia by providing training in access to and use of electronic
information. The project will provide training for public health
professionals in the use of PubMed/IGM, the CDC information services, the
GDPH Web site and other Internet resources. Five training modules will be
developed along with a Web-based self-study module that can be used by both
public health professionals and public health students. Classes will be
given on-site via the Georgia Statewide Academic and Medical System
Network (GSAMS) distance learning network in each of the nineteen public
health districts.
Hawaii Medical Library (Honolulu, HI)
- October 1, 1998-September 30, 2000
Project Director: John Breinich
Phone: 1-808-356-9302; Fax: 1-808-524-6956
Project Web Site: http://hml.org/hiphive/
This project represents a partnership between the Hawaii Medical Library and
the School of Public Health at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. A needs
assessment will be conducted. A local public health Internet site that focuses
on Hawaii- related health data available through local and national sources
will be developed. On-site Internet and PubMed/IGM training will be provided
to key public health professionals using a mini-LAN consisting of 4 laptop
computers. Online demonstrations will also be provided via exhibits at the
meetings of the Hawaii Public Health Association and the Hawaii Health
Information Corporation.
University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)
- Hardin Library for the Health Sciences
December 1, 1998-December 31, 1999
Project Directors: Edwin Holtum, Paul Pomrehn
Phone: 319-335-9872; Fax: 319-335-9897
Project Web Site: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/hi2010/index.html
The primary goal of the project is to identify and address the information
needs of the public health workers participating in the Healthy Iowans 2010.
Ongoing support will be provided to the healthy Iowans 2010 Work Group, the
committee responsible for planning and writing the Healthy Iowans 2010 document,
and the Interagency Teams. The target audience will also be broadened to include
community groups that are developing their own community-specific plans.
Training will be provided for the Public Health Department Work Group, the
Interagency Teams, and the local coalitions. A Web site and listserv will be
developed for public health groups.
University of Illinois at Chicago
- Library of the Health Sciences
December 1, 1998-June 30, 2000
Project Director: Carol Scherrer
Phone: 312-996-8993; Fax: 312-996-1899
Project Web Site: http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/projects/resources/cephop/
The aim of the Chicago Environmental Public Health Outreach Project
(CEPHOP) is to design a public health network in Chicago to improve access
to environmental public health information resources by the public health
professionals working at the local level. The Library of the Health
Sciences will form partnerships with the Cook County Hospital Department
of Family Practice and selected community organizations and schools. The
plan is to provide equipment and PubMed/IGM training to all individuals
and groups served by the participating health centers, community-based
organizations and schools. A Train the Trainer approach will be used and
introductory PubMed/IGM training materials will be translated into Spanish.
Participating health centers, organizations and schools will identify a
primary contact person to facilitate the training at each site. A Web
site linking consortium members to information resources on environmental
health will be developed by the Library and the UIC School of Public
Health, and a listserv will be set up to facilitate communication among
the groups.
University of Nevada, Reno
- Savitt Medical Library, School of Medicine
October 1, 1998-September 30, 2000
Project Director: Joan S. Zenan
Phone: 702-784-4625; Fax: 702-784-4489
Project Web Site: http://www.med.unr.edu/phil/
The University of Nevada will target public health professionals working
in two county health departments, the Nevada Rural Health Centers, Inc.,
the Nevada State Health Division, and the Nevada State Laboratory. Site
coordinators will be identified at the five participating health agencies
and the two professional associations. Onsite courses will be provided and
additional training will be developed via Web-based tutorials. Training
will also be offered through the existing statewide video conferencing
system. The University of Nevada will collaborate with the Nevada Public
Health Association and the Nevada Environmental Health Association to
develop a Web site. Efforts will be made to make available unpublished
gray literature and data generated by public health agencies in Nevada.
Publicity will include publishing a semiannual newsletter, exhibiting at
the Nevada Public Health Association meeting, placing articles in
newsletters of state and local public health agencies and making local
television appearances.
State University of New York at Buffalo
- Health Sciences Library
October 1, 1998- September 30, 2000
Project Director: Sharon A. Gray
Phone: 716-829-3337; Fax: 716-829-2211
The project will target 700 public health professionals in a seventeen
county area served by the Western Regional Office of the New York State
Health Department. The target population will include epidemiologists,
physicians, nurses, dentists, social workers, sanitarians, and
administrators. The project will provide Internet and PubMed/IGM
training to the target population thru a series of workshops to be
held in Buffalo and Rochester. User aids and guides will be developed
to assist public health professionals in selecting and searching
relevant resources. A Website will be developed. Collaborators in the
project will be the county health department program managers, county
health commissioners, and the Western New York Public Health Coalition.
Southern Regional AHEC (Fayetteville, NC)
- Information Access Center
October 1, 1998- September 30, 2000
Project Director: Russet R. Hambrick
Phone: 910-678-7249; Fax: 910-323-4007
The Southern Regional AHEC (SR-AHEC) will target public health
departments in nine counties in south central North Carolina. The
region is characterized as a rural, poor and medically underserved
area of the state. The project will provide computer workstations for
each health department; train public health professionals to use
PubMed/IGM, Loansome Doc, and CDC Internet resources; and link
participants to training opportunities available through other North
Carolina AHEC centers and universities. A regional public health Web
site will also be established. The Web site will serve as an Internet
gateway to health information and an avenue for communication for the
SR-AHEC public health community and will be used as a training tool for
community based undergraduate and graduate medical and health education
students. The Web site will provide direct communication between
practicing public health providers and physician residents who are
being trained to practice in rural, underserved communities.
East Carolina University and Eastern Area
- Health Education Center (Greenville, NC)
William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library
October 1, 1998-September 30, 1999
Project Directors: Dorothy Spencer (ECU), Janet Bangma (EAHEC)
Phone: 252-816-2212; Fax: 252-816-2672
Eastern Carolina University and the Eastern AHEC will collaborate to
provide Internet connectivity and training to the staff of 19 public
health departments in the Eastern AHEC area. The target population
includes 950 public health professionals within a 23 northeastern
county region served by the Eastern AHEC. Onsite hands-on training
will be provided to public health personnel in the region on PubMed,
and other Internet information sources including the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill system (UNCLE). Follow-up onsite training
will also be provided. A listserv will be established to connect the
public health departments.
University of Pittsburgh
- Falk Library of the Health Sciences
October 1, 1998-April 30, 2000
Project Director: Patricia Mickelson
Phone: 412-648-2036; Fax: 412-648-9128
Project Web Site: http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/outreach/partners/part.html
Hands-on training activities in this project will focus on four target
populations: 1) key employees and affiliates of the Pennsylvania Department
of Health; 2) employees of the Allegheny County Department of Health;
3) membership of keep public health organizations; and 4) students in the
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Training will also
be incorporated into the Department of Health's semiannual sponsored
Public Health Training Institutes. Baseline data will be collected and
training programs and specialized exhibits will be offered during
statewide meetings. A home page describing available services and
training opportunities will be designed.
Upper Savannah Area Health Education Consortium (Greenwood, SC)
- Medical Library
October 1, 1998-September 30, 2000
Project Director: Thomas W. Hill
Phone: 864-227-4851; Fax: 864-227-4838
The Upper Savannah Area Health Education Consortium will target three
public health departments, the Appalachia One Public Health District
and the Upper Savannah Public Health District, which cover eight of the
nine counties in the Upper Savannah AHEC region; and the Carolina
Health Centers, Inc., which are federally supported rural health
offices; and Anderson Area Medical Center sites. The target population
will also include students in the Clemson University Public Health
Department and the Nursing and Professional Services Department. The
project will provide computer workstations for 4 rural sites, Internet
training, and training in PubMed/IGM.
University of Texas
- Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
October 1, 1998-September 30, 2000
Project Director: Martha Adamson
Phone: 214-648-2626; Fax: 214-648-2826
The project includes five academic medical libraries in Texas that
support academic public health programs. In addition to the University
of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, the four other institutions are
Texas A & M University Medical Sciences Library, University of North
Texas Health Science Center, University of Texas Health Science Center
at San Antonio Library, and University of Texas-Houston School of
Public Health Library. The project will target the faculty and
students of schools of health at the participating institutions, and
public health practitioners in nine local public health departments
that are located near the participating institutions. The specific
objectives of the project are: 1) publicize and promote the
availability of education and Internet resources to the target
population; 2) collaborate in the development of shared, web-based
resources and a model Web-oriented curriculum for the target
population; and 3) provide education and support for the staffs of the
participating libraries. Staff development colloquiums will be
conducted via teleconferencing. Telephone interviews will be used to
gather baseline data.
University of Vermont (Burlington, VT)
- Charles A. Dana Medical Library
October 1, 1998-September 30, 2000
Project Director: Naomi Fukagawa, M.D., Ph.D.
Phone: 802-656-4403; Fax: 802-656-0762
The University of Vermont will work with the Vermont Department of
Health and the Department of Aging and Disabilities to target the
elderly population in Vermont. The project goals are to:
1) use VTMEDNET to provide evidence-based information to public health
service professionals in support of elderly Vermonters; 2) provide
training for information access to identified groups of health
professionals across the State involved in elder care; 3) develop
VT-CHIP (the Vermont Consumer Health Information Project) to provide
access to consumer health information for elderly Vermonters; and
4) create a structured information dissemination model to provide
knowledge-based information as needed. Client profiles will be
developed and every public health service professional will be given
accounts on VTMEDNET, added to appropriate listservs, and provided
the training necessary to run MEDLINE searches, request articles
using Loansome Doc, and to use other public health resources available
via the Internet.
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