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

October 2008 (Date TBD)

Health e-ShowsConsumer Health Webcast Series Brought to you by Infopeople and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Southwest Region

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

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

Concepts to be covered:– issues specific to these patron

groups– resources– program ideas

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

Issues specific to these patron groups– kids and teens– older adults

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

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

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)

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.