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Better Than a Band-Aid: Government Health Information in the 21 st Century

Better Than a Band-Aid: Government Health Information in the 21 st Century. Presented July 11, 2008 By Susanne Caro – New Mexico State LIbrary Special thanks to Jamie Walker – Presentation design. Objectives. Learn about website options Become comfortable with using the sites

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Better Than a Band-Aid: Government Health Information in the 21 st Century

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  1. Better Than a Band-Aid:Government Health Informationin the 21st Century Presented July 11, 2008 By Susanne Caro – New Mexico State LIbrary Special thanks to Jamie Walker – Presentation design

  2. Objectives • Learn about website options • Become comfortable with using the sites • Find something you can use to help you patrons

  3. What is health information? • Diseases • Drugs and Treatment • Preventive

  4. Resources • CDC • FDA • Medline • U.S. Department of Health & Human Services • WHO

  5. Diseases & Conditions Healthy Living Emergency Preparedness& Response Life Stages & Populations Workplace Safety & Health CDC

  6. FDA • Nutrition • Drug information • Medical Devices • Veterinarian

  7. Medline • Links to clinical trials • User friendly • Interactive tutorials • Dictionary! • User friendly • A.D.A.M

  8. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services • U.S. Government Grants & Funding Resources • Health Information Technology Standards • Reference Collections • Healthfinder

  9. Databases DISEASESAlcohol Child undernutrition Nutrition Overweight and obesity Tobacco Water and sanitation International travel and healthWorld Health Report

  10. PubMed • Articles • PubChem • MeSH

  11. URLs • www.cdc.gov • www.fda.gov • http://www.who.int/en/ • http://www.healthfinder.gov/kids/ • http://www.healthfinder.gov/ • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/

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