Health Bytes with Region 3

"Health Insurance Literacy in Libraries" is presented by Emily Vardell, Ph. D., Associate Professor in the School of Library and Information Management at Emporia State University. Many people have difficulty knowing how to find a physician, fill a prescription, use and pay for medications, and use health information to make informed decisions about their health. Libraries are prominent...

"The Future Will See You Now: AI for Healthcare, A Library’s Perspective" Newly released AI tools are poised to dramatically disrupt multiple industries, including healthcare and libraries. We’ll explore numerous healthcare applications that use AI, both current and in development - from a new industry-saving “bot workforce” to self-driving microscopes. In this special edition of Health...

"Making the link between structural inequities and health disparities: Implications for community based helping professionals" is presented by Dr. Emily Spence, Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Health Equity at the UNTHSC School of Public Health. Nationwide, Black Americans show persistent health inequities, including higher rates of infant mortality, cancer mortality, high bl...

"Prime Time Nourish: Discussing Food and the Human Experience through the Lens of Children’s Books" is presented by Sarah DeBacher, Director of Curriculum Development and National Partners at the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. Through the lens of the humanities, we come to understand how food does more than simply feed us. Food evokes feelings and elicits memories, connecting us...

"Participatory Community Building with Myanmar Refugee Women in Dallas, Texas" is presented by Chie Noyori-Corbett, PhD, MSSW, Associate Director of Research at the Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work at the University of Oklahoma. Myanmar refugees in Dallas experience multiple challenges to their successful resettlement and consequent social integration. American resettlement re...

"On-farm health screening needs of immigrant dairy workers" is presented by Dr. Anabel Rodriguez, Ph. D., MPH from UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, and Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute. Here, Dr. Rodriguez discusses the results of a pilot study done to determine the health needs of dairy workers and the feasibilit...

No MLA CE is available for this episode.  "A Deep Dive into Systematic Reviews" is a three-part podcast series hosted by Prasanna Vaduvathiriyan and Margie Sheppard. The podcast was recorded at The University of Kansas Medical Center. In this Q&A podcast we explore in depth questions about Systematic Reviews. A high-quality systematic review is the most reliable source of evidence to...

No MLA CE is available for this episode.  "A Deep Dive into Systematic Reviews" is a three-part podcast series hosted by Prasanna Vaduvathiriyan and Margie Sheppard. The podcast was recorded at The University of Kansas Medical Center. In this Q&A podcast we explore in depth questions about Systematic Reviews. A high-quality systematic review is the most reliable source of evidence to...

No MLA CE is available for this episode. "A Deep Dive into Systematic Reviews" is a three-part podcast series hosted by Prasanna Vaduvathiriyan and Margie Sheppard. The podcast was recorded at The University of Kansas Medical Center. In this Q&A podcast we explore in depth questions about Systematic Reviews. A high-quality systematic review is the most reliable source of evidence to...

"Conducting a Systematic Review: An Overview of the Process" is presented by Prasanna Vaduvathiriyan from the University of Kansas Medical Center. A high-quality systematic review is the most reliable source of evidence to help clinical decision making. This presentation will briefly discuss the steps, best practices, and strategies for conducting a systematic review in a smaller library...

"Improving Health Outcomes: Utilizing Integrated Behavioral Health and Value-Based Payment Modeling to Transform Healthcare with Older Adults" is presented by Jennifer E Hubbard, LCSW, LAC and Elle Markman, PsyD, MPH from One Medical. While behavioral and physical health conditions are deeply interconnected, services for medical and behavioral health needs have historically been treated...

"The Role of Rural Libraries in Promoting Digital Health Literacy" is presented by Dianne Connery, Director at Pottsboro Library in Pottsboro, Texas. People in rural areas face many health challenges and are often far distances from quality healthcare. Learn how a rural library partnered with healthcare providers to launch a telehealth program, utilize a Community Health Worker, lead dis...

"Celebrating Moon Times: Flipping the Script on Period Poverty and Standard Puberty Education" is presented by Eva Marie Carney, Founder and Executive Director of The Kwek Society, a nonprofit that provides puberty education to Indigenous students and period care to Indigenous students and community members across the United States and Canada’s Ontario province. Eva Marie Carney gives an...

"Creativity, Ideation, and Engagement: How a grant idea is formed" is presented by Lorraine Sheldon, Community Engagement Librarian for the Gibson D. Lewis Library at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. Forming partnerships, thinking of grant ideas, and finding the time to execute projects can feel daunting, especially when it isn’t clear where to start. Gi...

"Campus Connections: A Solo Librarian’s Journey Launching a Satellite Health Science Library" is presented by Karina Kletscher, MLIS, AHIP, Reference and Instruction Librarian on the Creighton University Health Sciences Campus in Phoenix, Arizona. With the almost paradoxical shift towards decreasing physical footprints and funding and increasing satellite campuses (and thus constituencie...

"Social Workers: Building a Connection Between the Library, Service Agencies and Patrons" is presented by Beth Hill, MSW, Community Resources Sr Specialist at the Kansas City, MO Public Library. It's hard for people to navigate complex systems to obtain basic needs when faced with life changing events. The Kansas City Public Library recognized that members of their community would be...

"Farming for Public Health: Thinking Upstream" is presented by Audrey Tran Lam from the University of Northern Iowa’s Center for Energy & Environmental Education. Approximately 50 million pounds of pesticides are applied to corn and beans in Iowa annually.  As troubles of escalating pesticide use in Iowa and the Midwest are becoming more visible (weed resistance, pesticide drift, cro...

"Musicians' Hearing Health" is presented by musician health expert and freelance journalist Dr. Kensley Behel. Noise-induced hearing loss is a preeminent concern among musicians, educators, and researchers worldwide. National health standards for tertiary institutions accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) mandate that faculty, students, and staff be educat...

NNLM Region 3 is excited to announce the Health Bytes podcast. The webinar content you've known and trusted for years will now be available in this new, additional audio format beginning March 22, 2023. Podcasts are eligible for 1 MLA CE. Find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you stream audio: Health Bytes with Region 3. New episodes drop the 4th Wednesday of each month.