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Program Overview

"An Ounce of Prevention: Health Reference Basics"

 

"Triangle Connection"

 

Consumers, library information professionals, and health professionals—

  • The points of an information triangle 
  • Roles, responsibilities and characteristics of each
  • Importance of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
  • (HIPAA) when interacting with patients, information professionals and health professionals

Importance of the medical reference interview and communication tips to enhance

  • Vignettes and more highlighting reference interactions with diverse clientele with differing resource needs

“Cultural Diversity”

  • Where do we learn our cultural “rules”?
  • Cultural Assumptions
  • Examine dimensions of culture using sample comparison of two cultures
  • Resources to help understand cultural influences on health, wellness and view of health care 
  • Influence of culture/diversity on reference interviews/interactions
  • Impact on level of service to culturally diverse patrons
  • Resources to improve reference services to diverse populations  

"How May We Reach/Teach/Assist You?"

  •  Ideas for providing quality health information outreach and services

“Health and Medical Resource Round-up”

  • Matching the right types of information to the right clients
  • Print, Reference, Circulating, Adult, Teen, Juvenile
  • Electronic/Online
    •  Databases
      • Resouces available at public, private and academic libraries
    • Internet
      • Health/Medical Sites
        • Adult, teen, juvenile, low literacy, multicultural/multilingual
      • Health-related “Resource Guides” or “Launch Pad” Sites
      •  Health/Medical Reference Sites for Information Professionals

"Question and Answer Session"

 

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