1. Public Health Partners Marty Magee National Network/Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region 800-338-7657

2. Objectives Gain a deeper understanding of the public health workforce and their training needs Review PHPartners Organize and deliver public health resources so they are easier to find and use. Increase the visibility of the partnership with librarians and the public health workforce. Increase the information literacy of the public health workforce.

3. Why? Most LHD professionals do not have formal public health training. Most LHDs are unable to provide support or incentives for current staff to obtain the formal public health training that would increase the quality of the workforce. Most LHDs cannot provide pay increases or other incentives to staff who obtain additional public health training or degrees. Institute of Medicine 2003

4. http://www.medlineplus.gov/

5. www.healthfinder.gov

6. Search Public Health

7. Search Public Health Professionals

8. Search Community Leaders

9. Office of Public Health and Science http://www.osophs.dhhs.gov/ophs/

10. Best Practice Iniative http://www.osophs.dhhs.gov/ophs/BestPractice/

11. www.nutrition.gov

12. Combine Health Information Database http://chid.nih.gov/ http://chid.nih.gov/

13. Search for Weight Control -Publications

14. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/

15. http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov/ DIRLINE

16. Toxtown http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/town/main.html http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/town/main.html

17. Household Products Database http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/ http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/

18. www.phPartners.org

19. Health Promotion and Health Education http://phpartners.org/hpro.html http://phpartners.org/hpro.html

20. Literature and Guidelines http://phpartners.org/guide.html http://phpartners.org/guide.html

21. Health Data Tools and Statistics http://phpartners.org/health_stats.html http://phpartners.org/health_stats.html Two categories of data sets are commonly used Individual service or encounter-based data Describes populations, rather than individual encounters

22. http://phpartners.org/health_stats.html

23. Grants and Funding http://phpartners.org/grants.html http://phpartners.org/grants.html

24. Education and Training http://phpartners.org/educ.html http://phpartners.org/educ.html

25. Legislation http://phpartners.org/legis.html http://phpartners.org/legis.html

26. Conference and Meetings http://phpartners.org/conf_mtgs.html http://phpartners.org/conf_mtgs.html

27. Finding People http://phpartners.org/find_people.html http://phpartners.org/find_people.html

28. Discussion and E-Mail Lists http://phpartners.org/dlists.html http://phpartners.org/dlists.html

29. Jobs and Careers http://phpartners.org/jobs.html http://phpartners.org/jobs.html

30. Roles for Library Staff Train Public Health staff on health information access Comprehensive cross-database and Internet searching Provide fast, low-cost document delivery Set up current awareness services for individuals Activate online access to journals Via PubMed Collect, catalog and archive Health Department publications

31. Questions? Marty Magee mmagee@unmc.edu