Are we making a difference? Outreach evaluation in practice.

Donald A.B. Lindberg, M.

Native Voices Exhibition: Stories of health, wellness, and illness from American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.

The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) exhibition known as Native Voices reflected Donald A.

Native Voices Exhibition: Stories of Health, Wellness, and Illness from American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.

The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) exhibition known as Native Voices reflected Donald A.

Are We Making a Difference? Outreach Evaluation in Practice.

Donald A.B. Lindberg, M.

Translational Health Disparities Research in a Data-Rich World.

Despite decades of research and interventions, significant health disparities persist. Seventeen years is the estimated time to translate scientific discoveries into public health action. This Narrative Review argues that the translation process could be accelerated if representative data were gathered and used in more innovative and efficient ways.

Native Voices: Native Peoples' Concepts of Health and Illness in New Mexico: opening a local conversation by hosting a national traveling exhibit.

Background: The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center hosted the National Library of Medicine's traveling exhibit. The authors' goal was to promote local interest in the exhibit, with an emphasis on making the exhibit content and materials available to American Indian communities throughout rural New Mexico.

Case Presentation: We convened a daylong summit to highlight the exhibit and encourage discussion among 30 American Indian community health educators.

Health information Hispanic outreach in the Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley.

Purpose: This paper provides an overview of the two-year Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley Health Information Hispanic Outreach (HI HO) project. The project included a needs assessment, four pilot projects, and focus groups on the use of MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus en español. The needs assessment included a survey of physicians' information usage and a review of the circuit librarian program that had been established in 1989.

The National Library of Medicine's Native American outreach portfolio: a descriptive overview.

Objectives: This paper provides the most complete accounting of the National Library of Medicine's (NLM's) Native outreach since 1995, when there were only a few scattered projects.

Method: The descriptive overview is based on a review of project reports, inventories, and databases and input from the NLM Specialized Information Services Division, National Network Office of the Library Operations Division, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, and Office of Health Information Programs Development of the Office of the NLM Director. The overview focuses on NLM-supported or sponsored outreach initiatives involving Native peoples: American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.

Assessment of the National Library of Medicine's health disparities plan: a focus on Native American outreach.

Objectives: Overcoming health disparities between majority and minority populations is a significant national challenge. This paper assesses outreach to Native Americans (American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians) by the National Library of Medicine (NLM). A companion paper details NLM's portfolio of Native American outreach projects.