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Improving information access for public health professionals.

2002; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 26; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1023/a

1573-689X

Sharon Telleen, Elaine Martin,

Social Media in Health Education

Fundamental to our protection against biological weapons and the detection of disease outbreaks is the need to strengthen our surveillance systems. Improved electronic communications between local, state, and federal public health agencies provide a way for health officials to share information on unusual disease outbreaks and provide important health alert information. This article describes a model of a partnership between a regional medical library of the National Library of Medicine, a school of public health, and federally qualified community health centers. This project upgraded technology and provided public health professional training on Internet information and resources for local public health agencies.