3012.0: Monday, October 22, 2001: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Oral Session

Health Information Outreach to Local and Global Communities: bridging disparities in Internet Content and Access

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Describe benefits of and barriers to health information outreach projects; discuss different methodologies to share health and community information with diverse communities from local to global settings
Presider(s):Angela Ruffin, PhD
12:30 PMHealth information outreach to local and global communities: Bridging disparities in Internet content and access
Karyn Pomerantz, MPH, MLS, Angela Ruffin, PhD, Kris Markovich Alpi, MSLS, Neil Rambo, Stephanie L. Normann, MSLS, Ed Robinson, Charles Williams, DO, Ana Aponte
12:35 PMPartners for Health Information: Providing usable health information to clinic staffs and patients
Karyn Pomerantz, MPH, MLS, Ed Robinson, Charles Williams, DO, Maria Gomez, MSN, Kiana Brunson Roberts
12:45 PMModels for using the Internet in a community based clinic serving Latino families: Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Health
Maria Gomez, MSN, Ana Ponte, Monica Villata, MPH, Lisa Diez
12:55 PMCreating an electronic health resource center for clients of a community based HIV/AIDS treatment center
Veronica Jenkins, MD, Ed Robinson, Charles Williams, DO
1:05 PMLocal goes global on the Internet: New York Online Access to Health (NOAH)
Kristine M. Alpi, MLS
1:15 PMTribal Connections: Linking Native American communities to health information
Neil Rambo
1:25 PMA successful model for Internet connectivity and health information access for underserved community based organizations: The Houston AIDS Information Link (HAIL)
Stephanie L. Normann, MSLS, Jeffrey A. Meyer, MD, MPH
Sponsor:APHA-Technology Center
Cosponsors:Public Health Education and Health Promotion
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA