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Health Line
Newsletter of the Hospital Library Services Program
Long Island Library Resources Council
Celebrate National Medical
Librarians Month
this October
October is National Medical
Librarians Month (NMLM)!
Highlighting the fact that medical
librarians' knowledge of resources,
search skills, and response time
ensures that medical professionals
receive the highest quality health
information available, this year’s
NMLM theme is “Critical
Knowledge for Critical Times.”
Remind your institution's
administrators, practitioners,
researchers, and students of the
critical resources you provide to your
institution.
How are you celebrating National
Medical Librarians Month? Tell us
what you’re doing! Send your ideas,
programs, pictures, etc. to
Christina Rivera at crivera@lilrc.org.
Volume 27, Number 4
ISSN: 0887-3739
September/October 2014
HOSPTIAL LIBRARY SERVICES PROGRAM (HLSP)
2014 ANNUAL MEETING
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Friday, December 5, 2014
The Merrick Library
Additional information coming soon...
It’s almost that time of year! Mark your calendar and be sure to join LILRC
for this year’s 2014 Hospital Library Services Program (HLSP) Annual
Meeting, which will take place on Friday December 5, 2014 at the Merrick
Library.
Our guest speakers include:
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Renae Barger, Executive Director, National Network of Libraries of
Medicine (NN/LM), Middle Atlantic Region (MAR)
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Michael Mangino Jr, Associate Professor of Nursing, Suffolk County
Community College, Ammerman Campus
Join LILRC for MLA’s Summer Education Series Webinar:
Leadership Skills for Health Sciences Librarians
Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Time: 2:00PM-3:30PM
Location: Farmingdale Public Library
Cost: Free for all
Description: Many health sciences librarians received little to no formal
instruction in project management and leadership skills in library school. This
becomes a barrier to working as solo managers and staffers of their own space
or as leaders in their larger institutions. Strong leaders need to be able to
delegate, manage timelines and expectations, and clearly communicate
priorities and expected outcomes. This webinar will give instruction in project
management tools and methods, identifying and applying your own leadership
style, and effective communication skills both for library staff and library
users and stakeholders.
Can’t attend in person? No worries! Sign-up for the on-demand viewing
and have access to the webinar to view at your own computer.
Registration information is available on the LILRC website online at:
www.lilrc.org/events.
October is Health Literacy Month
Did you know that October is designated as Health
Literacy Month? Health literacy, or the ability to
understand basic health information, has an important
impact on health. Patients of lower socioeconomic
status, or racial and ethnic minorities, are
disproportionately affected by low health literacy.
Raising awareness about health literacy and strategizing
to improve communication is an important step in
addressing health disparities.
The “Health Information for the 90%” infographic to
the right by Health Communication illustrates how
health literacy affects adults.
To learn more about health literacy and get ideas for
how to raise awareness, take a look at the following
resources available online:
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American Medical Association Foundation
Health Literacy (http://www.amaassn.org/ama/pub/about-ama/ama-foundation/ourprograms/public-health/health-literacyprogram.page): The AMA Foundation sponsors a
health literacy campaign in recognition that limited
patient literacy influences diagnosis and treatment
of disease as well as health maintenance and
promotion. The AMA Foundation has been working
to raise awareness of health literacy within the
health care community. An overview of the
problem, news, literacy kit, and tips on how to
become involved are included at the site.
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Health Literacy and Cultural Competency
(http://www.ahrq.gov/browse/hlitix.htm): The
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) has compiled this page of links to
consumer information, evidence reports, tools, and
more.
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Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit
(http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/literacy): The Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality commissioned
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to
develop and test this Health Literacy Universal
Precautions Toolkit. The toolkit offers primary care
practices a way to assess their services for health
literacy considerations, raise awareness of the entire
staff, and work on specific areas.
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Quick Guide to Health Literacy and Older
Adults (http://www.health.gov/communication/
literacy/olderadults/default.htm): The U. S.
Department of Health and Human Services has compiled this guide for people who serve older adults on health and
aging issues. The guide provides background information on health literacy and strategies and suggestions for
communicating with older adults.
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The LILRC HealthLine is published 5 times a year by the staff of the Hospital Library Services Program.
Editor: Christina Rivera, crivera@lilrc.org Staff: dale Krongel, dalek@lilrc.org