Hi Siobhan, Thank you very much for the links you sent me for health information in spanish. We will be setting up a team shortly to review all the material included and start downloading all that will be useful to us. Our department does Health inspections in work centers and based on our findings we discuss and train workers on health issues. These training sessions become more effective when our health promoters have available video materials and group activities that help them nail down the critical points. Thanks again. Jorge
--- On Sat, 8/9/08, Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health To: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group" <[email protected]>, "Jorge Gallardo Rius" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Frances Roehm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, August 9, 2008, 5:00 PM I was really pleased to see this posted by Frances as well. The National Library of Medicine was not able to get a contract that allows the downloading of these training materials. However, you can find material in Spanish (and other languages) to download at Healthy Roads Media http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/ and Twenty Four Languages http://library.med.utah.edu/24languages/spanish.html Frances, do you know of other resources that have downloadable materials? The National Network of Libraries of Medicine has put together this searchable resource of materials in other languages http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/multi.html Most are print materials, but the two resources above are in this list. Siobhan Siobhan Champ-Blackwell Community Outreach Liaison National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Creighton University Health Sciences Library 2500 California Plaza Omaha, NE 68178 402.280.4156/800.338.7657 option#1,#2, then #1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nnlm.gov/mcr http://nnlm.gov/mcr/bhic/ http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/siobhanchamp-blackwell -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jorge Gallardo Rius Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 11:17 AM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Cc: Frances Roehm Subject: Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health Dear Frances, Thank you for showing me the tip about Medline. I found it also had information and videos in Spanish. This is interesting to us because I work with the Social Security Institute of Honduras, in Central America. Specifically I work with the Occupational Safety and Health Division and we do alot of training in businesses where we don´t always have access to internet while training. Is there a way I can download these videos and run them from a laptop computer using a datashow. For instance, we talk about stress related problems at work and the video on Heart attacks would be really useful to us. Thank you very much for your assistance. Jorge Gallardo Rius Gerente de Riesgos Profesionales Instituto Hondureño de Seguridad Social --- On Thu, 8/7/08, Frances Roehm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Frances Roehm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health To: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008, 3:40 PM While you're discussing health and the Divide, you should know about MedlinePlus.gov and the GoLocal project. It takes resources collected by the National Library of Medicine and adds on the support groups, clinics, and other local entities folks would want to know about for their specific health issue. For example, select a health topic such as diabetes, then scroll down to GoLocal on the right and select your state. From there you can get to specific areas of your state or region. The site is easy to navigate and the resources include one or two page fact sheets from highly regarded institutions that are easy for a patient or family member to understand. Frances E. Roehm SkokieNet Librarian Skokie Public Library phone: 847.324.3173 fax: 847.673.7797 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **** SkokieNet : Making Connections and Building Community in Skokie, Illinois since 1995! **** ******** SkokieNet http://www.skokienet.org ******** -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Snow Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 5:22 AM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: Re: [DDN] The Digital Divide and Human Health Don't think that I confuse the two; I don't. For many people, electronic connections are very important aspects of their lives in positive ways and, because of that, they are healing. I think it is oversimplifying to call it merely a crutch. The truth is *anything* can be considered a crutch and anything improperly used can create further complications. A doctor friend of mine told me just last evening of a human error she made that cost a person her life; has she put that woman on an ultrasound machine, she very well might not be dying of cancer right now. I don't think of the world in such starkly dualistic terms, generally, Taran -- heaven/hell, right/wrong. Certainly there are moral absolutes (we all have our favorites) and the blind affection for technology is no exception, but I tend to think we live in the world of 'gray,' mostly, technology included. Steve Snow On 8/6/08 6:17 PM, "Taran Rampersad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stephen Snow wrote: > <stuff snipped> -- making human > connections and relationships vitally important as an aspect of human > health. > > --Steve Snow > Human connections and relationships should not > be confused with technology offering a replacement; people have yet to figure > out how to transmit a hug. That said, I have met people within Second Life > who are quite happy that they can do some of the things that they can. That > said, it is a poor replacement for human contact and interaction and will > continue to be until somehow we reinvent our own world. Technology is a > crutch, not a replacement - it can help with healing, yes, but if improperly > used can create further complications. At the end of the day, people are > people. Machines and technology only go so far - and, if we think it through, > they should only go so far in most cases. If we must have a heaven of > technology, let us not forget that heaven comes with hell. -- Taran > Rampersad Presently in: San Fernando, _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
