Environmental Health and Justice: a brief primer

Event Summary

This self-paced online class provides an introduction to environmental health and environmental justice and presents 3 resources you can use to find data and statistics about environmental health disparities in your community.

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Registration Start Date

Mon, 05/30/2022 - 13:00

Registration End Date

Thu, 04/30/2026 - 13:00

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Thank you for registering for Environmental Health and Justice: a brief primer. You may want to keep this email for future reference. Please follow these instructions so you can access the class: Go to: https://training.nnlm.gov/course/view.php?id=337 When you are prompted to log in, use the same username and password you used to register for your NNLM account. You may need to link and confirm your login information via email, follow the on screen instructions if prompted. You will be asked to enter the enrollment key the first time you access the class in Moodle. The enrollment key is: ehj2022 You can work on the course content at your own pace. Once you have completed all of the course requirements you will be eligible for CE credit from the Medical Library Association. Questions or Comments? Contact us at nto@utah.edu

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Tue, 05/31/2022 - 15:28

Event Description

This self-paced online class provides an introduction to environmental health and environmental justice and presents three environmental justice resources you can use to find data and statistics about environmental health disparities in your community.

This class will be delivered entirely online through the Moodle course management system. The class is broken up into 5 topics that are presented through a tutorial with narrated demonstrations and knowledge checks. All the topics are open and available for you to work through at your own pace.

This presentation addresses health information resources and data, improving health literacy, and increasing health equity through information, and the NNLM initiative of Environmental Determinants of Health by demonstrating how to search MedlinePlus to find environmental health information for library patrons and members of the public.

Event Start Date

Tue, 05/31/2022 - 13:00

Event End Date

Thu, 04/30/2026 - 13:26

Objectives

Upon completion of this class, students will be able to:

Define environmental health and environmental justice.
Use the Environmental Justice Dashboard from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to find data on environmental health disparities in your community.
Use EJScreen, the Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Justice Mapping tool to find environmental health and demographic data.
Search MedlinePlus.gov to find environmental health information for library patrons and members of the public.

Sponsor ROC

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Platform

Moodle

CE Categories

CHES

CHIS Level 1

Class Experience Level

Beginner

Access Details

MOODLE CLASS URL - https://training.nnlm.gov/course/view.php?id=337
ENROLLMENT KEY - ehj2022

Environmental Health and Justice Resource Guide (NNLM)

https://www.nnlm.gov/guides/environmental-health-and-justice-1

Class Format

On-demand

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Regional Medical Libraries