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The Southwest Scene for Tox Town: Collaboration with a Native-American College

The Southwest Scene for Tox Town: Collaboration with a Native-American College http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/. Judy Kramer, MPH Public Health Educator ICF International . Gale Dutcher Deputy Director - SIS National Library of Medicine. Andrew Plumer Outreach Librarian

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The Southwest Scene for Tox Town: Collaboration with a Native-American College

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  1. The Southwest Scene for Tox Town: Collaboration with a Native-American College http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/ Judy Kramer, MPH Public Health Educator ICF International Gale Dutcher Deputy Director - SIS National Library of Medicine Andrew Plumer Outreach Librarian National Library of Medicine Cynthia B. Love Technical Information Specialist National Library of Medicine Perry H Charley Director DinéCollege - DinéEnvironmental Institute EvonneManybeads Graduate Student Diné College Background & Objective Methods Conclusions • Process • Diné faculty and students described environmental health concerns and how they relate to the graphics that would be created • Collaboration between NLM and graphic designer and Dinéfaculty and students regarding accurate depiction of locations • Developed text for locations and identified acceptable links for the pages Tox Town is an interactive guide to commonly encountered toxic substances and how the substances can affect human health. Diné College, a tribal community college serving the Navajo Nation located in Arizona and New Mexico, identified specific relevant environmental health issues reflected in their own community and not already included in Tox Town. Unique locations to the US Southwest include: • Objective: • NLM worked hand-in-hand with Diné College experts to create a Tox Town scene that would make it easier for people living in the Southwest region to learn more about environmental health concerns unique to this part of the country, as well as those concerns that are the same in any region of the US. Draft graphic by EvonneManybeads, DinéCollege • Benefits of US Southwest Scene • Documents environmental health risks specific to US Southwest • Provides learning tool for population living in other areas of the country • Promotes the Navajo’s passion for their land and importance of environmental health in this region • Challenges • Photorealistic images • Accurate depiction of locations • Understanding of environmental health concerns in the region by NLM staff and graphic designer living on the East coast

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