RefWorks, Pubmed, and Data/Statistics classes at the School of Public Health

The library will offer the following classes at SPHTM this Spring semester. All classes are in the computer lab 1218 (Tidewater Bldg - 1440 Canal Street) from 12:00 - 12:45 pm. with one exception:

• Tuesday, January 19 - EndNote/EndNote Web (Keith Pickett) from 1:00 - 1:45 
• Tuesday January 26 - RefWorks: Introduction ((Elaine Hicks) 
• Tuesday, February 16 - PubMed: Introduction (Elaine Hicks) 
• Tuesday, February 23 - PubMed: Using Advanced Features (Elaine Hicks) 
• Tuesday, March 1 - Locating Data and Statistics (Elaine HIcks)
• Tuesday, April 19 - Locating Resources on the Job (Elaine Hicks)

 Each class is repeated on Thursdays during i2PH research hours from 12-3 pm in i2PH Resource. Tidewater Room 1714

Domestic Violence Resources

The National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology of NLM has created a new health services research resource on domestic violence. The new resource has been created to supplement NLM’s most recent exhibition, Confronting Violence, Improving Women’s Lives. Material can be found on the domestic violence topic page. It  includes the subjects of Intimate Partner Violence, Reproductive and Sexual Coercion, Child Abuse and Maltreatment and Elder Abuse.

While you're there, check out other topics on the Health Services Research Information Central’s web portal, HSR Info Central. The portal is designed to inform individuals involved in the detection, prevention and treatment services for the under-served.

Now available: Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Centers: Lesson and Models journal supplement

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) (http://www.cdc.gov/) Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, in collaboration with the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) (http://www.aspph.org/), is pleased to present the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice supplement entitled "Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Centers: Lessons and Models." 

This supplement highlights practical examples of the work of the CDC-funded Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Centers' (PERLCs) toward improving both the quality of and capacity for public health preparedness training and evaluation for the frontline public health workforce. Its publication is intended to increase awareness and understanding of the innovative methods and training programs that have been developed, so that these achievements can be extended more broadly and can stimulate additional innovations and programs for preparedness training. The PERLCs, located at 14 Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) (http://ceph.org/) accredited schools of public health, were established in 2010 and tasked to develop, deliver, and evaluate core competency-based training and education that addresses the public health preparedness and response needs of state, local, and tribal public health authorities. Timed to be released with the journal's September/October issue as a way to highlight National Preparedness Month, the supplement showcases the PERLCs' valuable contribution toward national health security and emphasizes the need for continued attention on public health preparedness and response workforce development initiatives. The PERLCs have collaborated with numerous partners, and the experience and lessons learned from these partnerships shine through many of these trainings and activities detailed in the supplement. 

This supplement to the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice may be accessed through the Matas library's homepage. Enter the journal name into the search box under the E-Journals tab and select the link that pops up on the next page to access the journal's homepage.

National Health Education Week- October 20-24

The week of October 20th-24th is National Health Education Week, sponsored by the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE). This year's theme is "Celebrating the Next Generation of Health Educators" and SOPHE will offer virtual events daily.

Check out SOPHE's National Health Education Week's website for information about their virtual events and more information about SOPHE.

June is National Safety Month

From the National Safety Council website:

Each June, the National Safety Council celebrates National Safety Month as a time to bring attention to key safety issues. As you plan your 2014 safety calendar, please join the Council and thousands of organizations across the country to reduce risk of the following safety issues:

Week 1: Prevent prescription drug abuse
Week 2: Stop slips, trips and falls
Week 3: Be aware of your surroundings
Week 4: Put an end to distracted driving
Bonus week: Summer safety

For more information about National Safety Month and for free resources, check out the National Safety Council website.

New book spotlight: Handbook on health inequality monitoring: With a special focus on low- and middle-income countries

Added to the Matas library collection in December, the Handbook on health inequality monitoring: with a special focus on low- and middle-income countries is a user-friendly resource, developed to help countries establish and strengthen health inequality monitoring practices.

While the handbook was principally designed to be used by the technical staff of ministries of health to build capacity for health inequality monitoring in WHO member states, the handbook may also be of interest to public health professionals, researchers, and students.

One important feature throughout this handbook is the use of real examples from low- and middle-income country settings to explain and apply the main concepts. The examples primarily come from the field of reproductive, maternal, and child health.

This handbook was created so that individuals can become familiar with the steps of health inequality monitoring, and better interpret the vast literature available on the subject. In the text, you will find supplementary material alongside explanations of theoretical concepts to help familiarize you with the application and relevance of those theoretical concepts within low- and middle-income countries.

Call Number: WA 300 H19134 2013

Link to .pdf: http://www.searo.who.int/bangladesh/publications/handboolk_inequality_1.pdf

I2PH Documentary Screening Series presents "Silent Spring"

The Interdisciplinary Innovative Programs Hub (I2PH) will be hosting a screening of Silent Spring, a story of environmental science and conservation. This film has broad implications for public health, and may especially inform global environmental health, community health, and biological science professionals. This is a story of one woman's persistence to positively impact public health and improve the environment.

Event details:
April 11, 2014
Tidewater Building Room 1714
12:00 PM

All are welcome. Please RSVP to I2PH@tulane.edu.

Check out Dr. Thomas Farley's presentation for Public Health Week: Wednesday and Thursday

Check out Dr. Thomas Farley, Tulane alumnus, 2014 Tisch Distinguished Fellow in Public Health (CUNY Hunter College), and Former NYC Health Commissioner (Department of Health and Mental Hygiene) on Wednesday and Thursday. 

Weds., Apr. 9
4:30-6PM Presentation by Tulane SPHTM Alumnus Dr. Thomas Farley (MD’81, R’81, EPID MPH’91) the 2014 Tisch Distinguished Fellow in Public Health at CUNY Hunter College and Former NYC Commissioner, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Title: “Saving Gotham: Policy & Environmental Approaches to Health Promotion in New York City, 2002-2013”
Location: Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1440 Canal St., Rm. 1201

Thurs., Apr. 10
5:30-7PM Presentation by Tulane SPHTM Alumnus Dr. Thomas Farley (MD’81, R’81, EPID MPH’91) the 2014 Tisch Distinguished Fellow in Public Health at CUNY Hunter College and Former NYC Commissioner, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Title: “Saving Gotham: Policy & Environmental Approaches to Health Promotion in New York City, 2002-2013”
Location: Tulane University (Uptown Campus), Lavin-Bernick Center (LBC), Kendall Cram Room

National Public Health Week, April 7-13th

Here are a few highlights of the programming Tulane's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine will be offering for National Public Health Week from April 7-13th:

Mon., Apr. 7
12-1:30PM Webcast Viewing – “Stopping Violence Before it Occurs: Violence Prevention, Maternal and Child Health, and Public Health” with Tulane SPHTM Alumnus Chris Gunther (EPID MPH’13), City of New Orleans Health Department
Location: Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1440 Canal St., Rm. 2302

For more information, visit www.facebook.com/TUMCHLTP.

Tues., Apr. 8
7-8:30PM Discussion on the Affordable Care Act
Panelists: James Carville, JD, Political Strategist and Professor of Practice, Tulane School of Liberal Arts; and Mollye Demosthenidy, JD, MHA, Clinical Assistant Professor, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Location: Tulane University (Uptown Campus), Lavin-Bernick Center (LBC), Qatar Ballroom

Wed. Apr. 9
4:30-6PM Presentation by Tulane SPHTM Alumnus Dr. Thomas Farley (MD’81, R’81, EPID MPH’91) the 2014 Tisch Distinguished Fellow in Public Health at CUNY Hunter College and Former NYC Commissioner, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Title: “Saving Gotham: Policy & Environmental Approaches to Health Promotion in New York City, 2002-2013”
Location: Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1440 Canal St., Rm. 1201

Thurs., Apr. 10
5:30-7PM Presentation by Tulane SPHTM Alumnus Dr. Thomas Farley (MD’81, R’81, EPID MPH’91) the 2014 Tisch Distinguished Fellow in Public Health at CUNY Hunter College and Former NYC Commissioner, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Title: “Saving Gotham: Policy & Environmental Approaches to Health Promotion in New York City, 2002-2013”
Location: Tulane University (Uptown Campus), Lavin-Bernick Center (LBC), Kendall Cram Room

Mobile spotlight: Plague, Inc.

Interested in infectious disease epidemiology? Love movies like Contagion? Ready to be responsible for a plague that decimates the world population and leads to the collapse of human civilization?

From the iTunes App Store:

Can you infect the world? Plague Inc. is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation.

Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero'. Now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself.

Brilliantly executed with innovative gameplay and built from the ground up for iPhone & iPad, Plague Inc. evolves the strategy genre and pushes mobile gaming (and you) to new levels. It’s You vs. the world - only the strongest can survive!

As the creator of your plague, select an outbreak site, pick out some modes of transmission, a few symptoms, and a couple of mutation abilities, then monitor the development of your disease (and the demise of mankind). But make sure you watch out for the development of a cure- the game ends once everyone is dead from your plague or a cure is found!

Available from the iTunes app store for iPhone and iPad for $0.99. Also available from Google Play for Android.

Great American Smokeout this Thursday

This Thursday, the American Cancer Society will be celebrating the Great American Smokeout. The Great American Smokeout encourages smokers to use the day to make a plan to quit smoking, or to plan ahead to quit smoking that day.

According to the American Cancer Society:

Tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the US, yet about 43.8 million Americans still smoke cigarettes — Nearly 1 in every 5 adults. As of 2010, there were also 13.2 million cigar smokers in the US, and 2.2 million who smoke tobacco in pipes — other dangerous and addictive forms of tobacco.

Tulane's Center for Wellness and Health Promotion (theWELL) provides a Tobacco Cessation Coaching Service for students, staff, and faculty. For more information about this program, visit theWELL.

For more information about the Great American Smokeout, visit the American Cancer Society's website.