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Health Information for Kids and Teens and Seniors, Oh My!

Health Information for Kids and Teens and Seniors, Oh My!. Health e-Shows Consumer Health Webcast Series Brought to you by Infopeople and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Southwest Region. October 2008 (Date TBD). About Health e-Shows.

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Health Information for Kids and Teens and Seniors, Oh My!

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  1. Health Information for Kids and Teens and Seniors, Oh My! Health e-Shows Consumer Health Webcast Series Brought to you by Infopeople and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Southwest Region October 2008 (Date TBD)

  2. About Health e-Shows • Series of webcasts from Infopeople and NN/LM Pacific Southwest Region • Eight Consumer Health topics • Bi-monthly, began in October 2007

  3. Health Information for Kids and Teens and Seniors, Oh My! • Concepts to be covered: • issues specific to these patron groups • resources • program ideas

  4. Health Information for Kids and Teens and Seniors, Oh My! • Issues specific to these patron groups • kids and teens • older adults

  5. Health Information for Kids and Teens and Seniors, Oh My! • Resources • MedlinePlus.gov – great starting point • special pages for these age groups • interactive tutorials • Kidshealth.org, BAM! – www.bam.gov • NIHSeniorHealth.gov

  6. Health Information for Kids and Teens and Seniors, Oh My! • Designing programs • make it fun and interactive • use technology • computer classes for seniors • ToxMystery – toxmystery.nlm.nih.gov

  7. Upcoming Topics • Communicating about Health: Empowering Patrons to Communicate with Their Health Care Providers (Dec. 3, 2007) • An In-depth Look at MedlinePlus (February 19, 2008) • Beyond MedlinePlus: Resources That Answer Those Other Tough Health Reference Questions (April 10, 2008) • I Don’t Give Medical Advice; I Dispense Quality Health Information (June 2008, date TBA) • Understanding Health Literacy: Why It Is So Important, and What Librarians Can Do to Help (August 2008, date TBA) • Health Information for Kids and Teens and Seniors, Oh My! (October 2008, date TBA) • Finding Easy-to-Read and Multilingual Health Information for Your Patrons (December 2008, date TBA)

  8. Thank You! We hope you can join us for this webcast in October 2008. Watch for the announcement! For further information, please contact Kelli Ham, kkham@library.ucla.edu.

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