RML Rendezvous - Gather Around the Pump Handle (Public Health)

Gather Around the Pump Handle:Public Health Resources and Outreach Ideas
Pump Handle by cindy47542 on flickr

What’s this pump handle business?
Dr. John Snow, 1813 – 1858
“Father of Modern Epidemiology”
Isolated the source of an 1854 London cholera outbreak to water from the Broad Street pump

Agenda
What is public health?
Key resources
Ideas for Outreach

Mission
To promote physical and mental health and prevent disease, injury, and disability to realize the vision of healthy people in healthy communities.
-Healthy People 2010

Quality information is central to good public health practice.
3 core functions
10 essential services

Assessment
Image credits: NIOSH, Retropocketlint, otodo, CDC

Policy Development
Image credits: seiuhealthcare775nw, Teejayhanton, toptechwriter, doi.gov

Assurance
Image credits: (vaccination) USACE Europe District, (baby) bibliocone

Public Health vs. Medicine
Public Health
Focus on population
Variable certification
Numeric training essential
Emphasis on prevention and health promotion of community
Medicine
Focus on individual
Uniform certification
Numeric training minor portion
Emphasis on diagnosis and treatment of patient

Study Designs
RCTs are not always feasible, ethical, or useful in public health.
Observational studies
Case-control studies
Cohort studies
Qualitative research
Theory-based research

Grey Literature
Government Reports
White Papers
Datasets
Preprints
Conference proceedings
Self-published works

Conflicting Perspectives
Mammograms not recommended for women under 40 50.
– US Preventive Services Task Force
“I’m angry.”
– 47-year old breast cancer patient

Key Resources
PubMed / MedlinePlus
PHPartners.org
Community Health Status Indicators
Environmental Health Resources

The Usual Suspects…
PubMed
Professional journal literature
MedlinePlus
Consumer-level health information

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
American Public Health Association (APHA)
Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH)
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Medical Library Association (MLA)
National Agricultural Library
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM)
Public Health Foundation (PHF)
Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)
Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
http://phpartners.org

http://phpartners.org/health_stats.html

http://phpartners.org/hp/phys_fit.html

Increase daily PE in schoolsObjective 22-08
("physical education and training"[MeSH Terms] OR "motor activity"[MeSH Terms] OR ("physical fitness"[MeSH Terms] OR ("physical"[All Fields] AND "fitness"[All Fields]) OR "physical fitness"[All Fields]) OR "sports"[MeSH Major Topic] OR "exercise"[MeSH Terms]) AND ("schools"[MeSH Major Topic] OR "curriculum/standards"[Mesh Terms] OR ("mandatory programmes"[All Fields] OR "mandatory programs"[MeSH Terms] OR ("mandatory"[All Fields] AND "programs"[All Fields]) OR "mandatory programs"[All Fields]) OR "health education"[MeSH Major Topic] OR "health promotion"[MeSH Major Topic] OR "health knowledge, attitudes, practice"[MeSH Major Topic] OR "models, educational"[MeSH Terms]) NOT ("universities"[MeSH Terms] OR (college[All Fields] OR college/abassi[All Fields] OR college/albany[All Fields] OR college/area[All Fields] OR college/burke[All Fields] OR college/chang[All Fields] OR college/children's[All Fields] OR college/chinese[All Fields] OR college/city[All Fields] OR college/civil[All Fields] OR college/class[All Fields] OR college/college[All Fields] OR college/columbia[All Fields] OR college/community[All Fields] OR college/cook[All Fields] OR college/cornell[All Fields] OR college/cuny[All Fields] OR college/dalhousie[All Fields] OR college/dec[All Fields] OR college/dominican[All Fields] OR college/ems[All Fields] OR college/first[All Fields] OR college/fisheries[All Fields] OR college/g[All Fields] OR college/ghurki[All Fields] OR college/gnd[All Fields] OR college/gov't[All Fields] OR college/govt[All Fields] OR college/graduate[All Fields] OR college/guangzhou[All Fields] OR college/guizhou[All Fields] OR college/guru[All Fields] OR college/guy's[All Fields] OR college/hartford[All Fields] OR college/hospital[All Fields] OR college/imperial[All Fields] OR college/institute[All Fields] OR college/jinnah[All Fields] OR college/johns[All Fields] OR college/khyber[All Fields] OR college/kr[All Fields] OR college/lions[All Fields] OR college/lishui[All Fields] OR college/ln[All Fields] OR college/london[All Fields] OR college/mackay[All Fields] OR college/mayo[All Fields] OR college/metropolitan[All Fields] OR college/middlesex[All Fields] OR college/miet[All Fields] OR college/montefiore[All Fields] OR college/mount[All Fields] OR college/mt[All Fields] OR college/nanjing[All Fields] OR college/new[All Fields] OR college/njaes[All Fields] OR college/north[All Fields] OR college/nust[All Fields] OR college/ny[All Fields] OR college/osmania[All Fields] OR college/our[All Fields] OR college/payne[All Fields] OR college/pennsylvania[All Fields] OR college/polytechnic[All Fields] OR college/rajendra[All Fields] OR college/rajindra[All Fields] OR college/regional[All Fields] OR college/rockefeller[All Fields] OR college/royal[All Fields] OR college/sassoon[All Fields] OR college/school[All Fields] OR college/sir[All Fields] OR college/specialized[All Fields] OR college/st[All Fields] OR college/state[All Fields] OR college/stratham[All Fields] OR college/sunnaas[All Fields] OR college/suny[All Fields] OR college/technical[All Fields] OR college/the[All Fields] OR college/thomas[All Fields] OR college/tumaini[All Fields] OR college/uhi[All Fields] OR college/universities[All Fields] OR college/university[All Fields] OR college/usf[All Fields] OR college/vanderbilt[All Fields] OR college/west[All Fields] OR college/westchester[All Fields] OR college/western[All Fields] OR college/women's[All Fields] OR college/wuyi[All Fields] OR college/young[All Fields] OR college'[All Fields] OR college's[All Fields] OR college3[All Fields] OR collegeage[All Fields] OR collegeality[All Fields] OR collegeasahikawa[All Fields] OR collegebiochem[All Fields] OR collegebuilding[All Fields] OR collegechestnut[All Fields] OR collegedale[All Fields] OR collegede[All Fields] OR collegedepartment[All Fields] OR collegee[All Fields] OR collegefdcnet[All Fields] OR collegehill[All Fields] OR collegel[All Fields] OR collegem[All Fields] OR collegen[All Fields] OR collegenase[All Fields] OR collegenases[All Fields] OR collegenew[All Fields] OR collegenin[All Fields] OR collegenolytic[All Fields] OR collegenoses[All Fields] OR collegenous[All Fields] OR collegeo[All Fields] OR collegeof[All Fields] OR collegepeking[All Fields] OR collegergia[All Fields] OR colleges[All Fields] OR colleges/courses[All Fields] OR colleges/health[All Fields] OR colleges/junior[All Fields] OR colleges/schools[All Fields] OR colleges/teaching[All Fields] OR colleges/universities[All Fields] OR colleges'[All Fields] OR colleges's[All Fields] OR collegeshawinigan[All Fields] OR collegesherbrooke[All Fields] OR collegestation[All Fields] OR collegetown[All Fields] OR collegeville[All Fields] OR collegew[All Fields] OR collegeylm[All Fields]) OR (undergraduate[All Fields] OR undergraduate/baccalaureate[All Fields] OR undergraduate/entry[All Fields] OR undergraduate/graduate[All Fields] OR undergraduate/postgraduate[All Fields] OR undergraduate'[All Fields] OR undergraduate's[All Fields] OR undergraduated[All Fields] OR undergraduates[All Fields] OR undergraduates/graduates[All Fields] OR undergraduates'[All Fields]) OR (graduate[All Fields] OR graduate/12[All Fields] OR graduate/first[All Fields] OR graduate/general[All Fields] OR graduate/independent[All Fields] OR graduate/postgraduate[All Fields] OR graduate/prepare[All Fields] OR graduate/professional[All Fields] OR graduate/staff[All Fields] OR graduate/undergraduate[All Fields] OR graduate'[All Fields] OR graduate's[All Fields] OR graduate531[All Fields] OR graduatecenter[All Fields] OR graduatecentre[All Fields] OR graduated[All Fields] OR graduated/ungraduated[All Fields] OR graduatedlly[All Fields] OR graduateinstitute[All Fields] OR graduateness[All Fields] OR graduates[All Fields] OR graduates/1000[All Fields] OR graduates/diplomates[All Fields] OR graduates/faculty[All Fields] OR graduates/graduating[All Fields] OR graduates/interns[All Fields] OR graduates/postgraduates[All Fields] OR graduates/world[All Fields] OR graduates'[All Fields] OR graduates'/diplomates[All Fields] OR graduates'needs[All Fields] OR graduates'perceptions[All Fields] OR graduateschool[All Fields]) OR baccalaureate[All Fields]) AND english[la] AND "humans"[MeSH Terms] NOT ("adult"[MeSH Terms] OR "adult"[All Fields]) AND ("united states"[MeSH Terms] OR ("united"[All Fields] AND "states"[All Fields]) OR "united states"[All Fields]) AND (("child"[MeSH Terms] OR "child"[All Fields]) OR ("adolescent"[MeSH Terms] OR "adolescent"[All Fields])) NOT ("creatine"[MeSH Terms] OR "creatine"[All Fields]) NOT "melanoma"[MeSH Terms]

Health Indicators: A 4-Part Webinar Series http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/healthindicators/index.html

County-level data on:
Demographics
Birth and Death
Risk Factors
Vulnerable Populations
Preventive Services Use
Environmental Health
Access to Care
National and Peer County Comparisons

Kootenai County, Idaho

Environmental Health Resources http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro.html

Search TOXNET for hazardous substance information; TOXMAP to create maps of toxic releases

REMM and WISER for first responders to HAZMAT incidents
Mobile versions available

Disaster Information Management Resource Center (DIMRC)

Outreach Ideas
Contact your local health department
Go to a meeting
Host an exhibit
Assist with social media or personal info management strategies
[Your idea here]
“Our world is run by those who show up.”

Got Funding?
Express Outreach Awards
(Pacific Northwest Region only)
up to $12,000
Priority will be given to proposals involving outreach to public health workers, emergency responders, health professionals serving low-income populations …
Proposals due April 23

Thank You!
Alison Aldrich, MSI MPH
Technology Outreach Coordinator
National Network of Libraries of Medicine,
Pacific Northwest Region
aldrich3@uw.edu
206-221-3489

RML Rendezvous - Gather Around the Pump Handle (Public Health)

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