Day: April 1, 2014

Resource: Ebooks via Project Muse

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The Library has added to its collection over 22,000 full-length monographs available through Project Muse. These works are selected from participating University and Scholarly presses and are fully integrated with Project Muse’s journal content, allowing you to search across the entire collection. The guide provided by the publisher will show you how to best utilize the simple search, advanced search, and facets, which allow you to refine your results list.

Once you locate a book in the database, you will see each section of the book available as a separate PDF. The entire book cannot be downloaded as one file, but there are no restrictions on downloading or printing individual chapters.

Records for these electronic titles will soon be added to OskiCat and will be retrieved along with print and other electronic titles when you search the catalog.

Richmond Instruction: Google, Google Scholar, Google Books, and WorldCat

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Wednesday, April 9, 2014, 10am-11am
Conference Room C-140
850 Marina Bay Parkway, Building C, Richmond, CA

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RSVP by Tuesday, April 8th to msholinb@library.berkeley.edu or (510) 642-2510.

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Supervisors: Please encourage your staff to attend if appropriate.

Do you know:

* That you can limit a search in Google to a particular domain (eg, .gov or .org) or even to a particular website (eg, cdph.ca.gov)?

* What is and is not included in Google search products?

* You can import citations directly from Google Scholar into EndNote?

* You can perform cited reference searching in Google Scholar?

* You can create a profile in Google Scholar, and save citations there?

* Google Books allows you to read or preview books online?

* WorldCat lets you search the library holdings of over 10,000 libraries?

If you’ve answered “No” to any of these questions, then please come to the Sheldon Margen Public Health Google, Google Scholar, Google Books, and WorldCat class!

Topics covered will include:
1. Google search products: what?s in them?
2. Search tips
3. Setting preferences
4. Creating a profile in Google Scholar
5. Cited reference searching
6. Shortcomings of using Google for research
7. How Google Books and WorldCat link to each other

Class Objective:
After this class, you will be able to perform more effective Internet searches, and will better understand the results that you retrieve. In addition, this class will provide you with helpful tips to search for articles and books.

These training sessions are free to CDPH employees. A certificate of completion will be available for those who attend the class.

A schedule of other upcoming training sessions is available online.

Sacramento Instruction: Public Health Informatics

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014, 1:30 – 2:30pm
Hearing Room 72.167
1500 Capitol Ave, Sacramento
(Turn left as you enter the building and proceed through the double doors past the Enterprise Training Room)

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RSVP by Monday, April 21st to Michael Sholinbeck at msholinb@library.berkeley.edu or (510) 642-2510.

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Supervisors: Please encourage your staff to attend if appropriate.

Do you want to know:

* About free medical and health mobile applications?

* What “participatory epidemiology” is?

* About online collaboration tools that allow document and file sharing with colleagues?

If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, then please come to the Sheldon Margen Public Health Library’s Public Health Informatics class!

Topics covered will include:
1. Public Health Informatics: What is it?
2. Brief overview of historical aspects and syndromic surveillance
3. Tools you can use:
a. that link disparate resources,
b. for decision-making and data collection,
c. for collaboration
4. Examples of public health applications of information technology

NOTE: This session will NOT include in-depth coverage of health information exchanges, “meaningful use,” data standards, and similar topics.

Class Objective:
To provide an introduction to Public Health Informatics, and how technological tools can help you:
– Save time finding relevant research, including via mobile platforms
– Identify and assess the health status of populations in new ways
– Recognize linkages between health and environmental and other factors, and
– Collaborate across disciplinary and/or jurisdictional boundaries

Feel free to send us your questions or topics of interest. We’ll try to incorporate some of these into the class.

A certificate of completion will be given to those who pre-register and attend the class.

These training sessions are free to CDPH staff. Please obtain your supervisor’s approval to attend.

If you are interested in other training classes we offer please go to the library training page for more information.

CDPH Web Portal Password Changes: Have *You* Changed Yours Yet?

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Our January 2014 newsletter [link to article] announced changes ahead for your web portal passwords. If you use the web portal to access library services, this change will apply to you!

This month, the Public Health Library will be changing non-compliant web portal passwords to comply with the UC Berkeley campus password guidelines.

If you haven’t changed your password and still would like to choose your own new password, please log into the web portal and click on “Change Password” underneath the “Log Out” button in the personal information section. Please choose a new password before Monday, April 7th.

Just a reminder, web portal passwords need to:

– Contain eight characters or more
– Contain both types of characters below:
Alphabetic (i.e. a-z, A-Z)
Numeric (i.e. 0-9)

Web portal passwords SHOULD NOT be:

* A derivative of your username
* A word found in a dictionary (English or foreign)
* A dictionary word spelled backwards
* A dictionary word (forward or backwards) preceded and/or followed by any other single character (e.g., secret4, 4secret)

Beginning April 7th we will begin changing all the non-compliant passwords and we will notify you of your new password. You may be unable to access your web portal for a short period of time during this transition. We expect to complete the password transition by April 30th.

Please contact Debbie Jan (Debbie.Jan@cdph.ca.gov or 510-642-2510) if you have any questions.

Professional Development: Quick-Learn Lessons from the CDC

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Do you have 20 minutes or less for learning? Then here are a collection of public health-related learning products and activities for you! The CDC has also made these available on mobile devices so that you can access them on the go.

You can take epidemiology related lessons such as how to create a visual display of the onset of illness among cases associated with an outbreak, how to determine the outbreak’s likely mode of spread, and how to determine the likely period of exposure.

You can also listen to podcasts on bullying prevention, emerging infectious diseases, or melanoma surveillance in the US. Short videos are also available on topics for health care professionals such as teen pregnancy, public health preparedness, and a talk by Hans Rosling on data trends in global health and economics.

Big Data in Public Health–Short Survey for Tulane University

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Tulane wishes to identify priorities for new training materials for public health researchers and practitioners who use ‘Big Data’ and would like your input. You can help with this interesting project by filling out a short survey.

What do they mean by ?Big Data?? These refer to data sets that are very large and/or complex. ‘Big Data’ contain large numbers of records, variables, or both, and capture a very high volume of information. While this type of data can be challenging to use, it can yield a wealth of information on public health. Tulane is interested in developing new training resources to build the capacity of public health researchers and practitioners to utilize ‘Big Data’ resources.

The Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (TSPH&TM) is partnering with researchers from University of Louisiana Lafayette and Drexel University to identify needs and develop resources to enhance the use of big data in public health.

YTH Live 2014

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Come learn about cutting-edge technology that is advancing the health and wellness of youth, young adults, and other underserved populations. The YTH Live 2014 conference will be held April 6?8, 2014 at the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco.

Learn about new and innovative methods for health promotion in sessions such as Wearables for Health, Emotion Mapping: Tech for Youth Resilience, Apps for Sexual Health, and New Platforms for Storytelling. Visit the Social Media Lounge to visit with the YTH Youth Advisors and the folks behind AIDS.gov and maybe gain some tips on embedding videos, publishing a WordPress blog, or following organizations or people in the public health sphere on Twitter.

CDPH is one of the partners for this exciting group.

CDPH in the News

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CDPH in the News

California recognized by March of Dimes for advancements in the health of moms and babies
from Phys.org

California Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ron Chapman accepted the March of Dimes Franklin Delano Roosevelt Prematurity Campaign Leadership award (FDR Award) today for his agency’s work to reduce preterm birth rates in the state to 9.6 percent, down from a high of 10.9 percent in 2007. California – with more than 500,000 births each year – is the largest state to reach the March of Dimes goal of reducing preterm birthrates to 9.6 percent or less of total births.

California Scientists Track Deadly Food Contaminations
from NBC Bay Area

From salmonella-tainted chicken, to salads contaminated with listeria, 48 million Americans get sick every year from foodborne illnesses.
That’s one in every six Americans. Fifty-one-year-old Rick Schiller, of San Jose, knows all about food contamination. For him, it started last September with severe stomach pain, but quickly escalated to his leg turning purple and ballooning to twice its normal size. Investigators with the California Department of Public Health run three labs in the Bay Area, where they are trying to find the source of Schiller’s illness, as well as tens of thousands of other cases reported every year in California.

Health Officials: No Fukushima Radiation at California Beaches
from NBC Bay Area

The beach is safe. At least from radiation. A YouTube video, seen by over 750,000 people, shot by an anonymous man holding a Geiger counter that captured readings of radiation on a San Mateo County beach stoked fears among the excitable that “Fukushima is here.” But the radiation detected by the hand-held device has nothing to do with the faraway nuclear meltdown. In fact, it’s nothing to worry about at all, according to the California Department of Public Health.

Yamada request to audit state health licensing and certification division approved
from the Lake County News

On Wednesday the California Legislature?s Joint Legislative Audit Committee, or ?JLAC?, approved a request to audit the California Department of Public Health’s Licensing and Certification Division’s regulation of long-term health care facilities.
The request was made by Assemblymember Mariko Yamada (D-Davis), chair of the Aging and Long-Term Care Committee, after a recent oversight hearing revealed complaint investigation back-logs in the thousands, leaving unanswered questions about how safe long-term care health facilities are, and the effectiveness of the state?s safety enforcement apparatus.

Public Health having trouble inspecting food trucks in the field
from KERO Bakersfield

Scientists with the California Department of Public Health just concluded a statewide study that evaluated full food preparation trucks (typically referred to as taco trucks or catering trucks.
The two-year study looked at operating procedures in full kitchen, complex menu mobile food facilities. Six counties throughout the state, including Kern County was the target for the study.
The scientist were looking for risk factors associated with those mobile food facilities.

CDPH in the News

Posted on by msholinb

CDPH in the News

California recognized by March of Dimes for advancements in the health of moms and babies
from Phys.org

California Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ron Chapman accepted the March of Dimes Franklin Delano Roosevelt Prematurity Campaign Leadership award (FDR Award) today for his agency’s work to reduce preterm birth rates in the state to 9.6 percent, down from a high of 10.9 percent in 2007. California – with more than 500,000 births each year – is the largest state to reach the March of Dimes goal of reducing preterm birthrates to 9.6 percent or less of total births.

California Scientists Track Deadly Food Contaminations
from NBC Bay Area

From salmonella-tainted chicken, to salads contaminated with listeria, 48 million Americans get sick every year from foodborne illnesses.
That’s one in every six Americans. Fifty-one-year-old Rick Schiller, of San Jose, knows all about food contamination. For him, it started last September with severe stomach pain, but quickly escalated to his leg turning purple and ballooning to twice its normal size. Investigators with the California Department of Public Health run three labs in the Bay Area, where they are trying to find the source of Schiller’s illness, as well as tens of thousands of other cases reported every year in California.

Health Officials: No Fukushima Radiation at California Beaches
from NBC Bay Area

The beach is safe. At least from radiation. A YouTube video, seen by over 750,000 people, shot by an anonymous man holding a Geiger counter that captured readings of radiation on a San Mateo County beach stoked fears among the excitable that “Fukushima is here.” But the radiation detected by the hand-held device has nothing to do with the faraway nuclear meltdown. In fact, it’s nothing to worry about at all, according to the California Department of Public Health.

Yamada request to audit state health licensing and certification division approved
from the Lake County News

On Wednesday the California Legislature?s Joint Legislative Audit Committee, or ?JLAC?, approved a request to audit the California Department of Public Health’s Licensing and Certification Division’s regulation of long-term health care facilities.
The request was made by Assemblymember Mariko Yamada (D-Davis), chair of the Aging and Long-Term Care Committee, after a recent oversight hearing revealed complaint investigation back-logs in the thousands, leaving unanswered questions about how safe long-term care health facilities are, and the effectiveness of the state?s safety enforcement apparatus.

Public Health having trouble inspecting food trucks in the field
from KERO Bakersfield

Scientists with the California Department of Public Health just concluded a statewide study that evaluated full food preparation trucks (typically referred to as taco trucks or catering trucks.
The two-year study looked at operating procedures in full kitchen, complex menu mobile food facilities. Six counties throughout the state, including Kern County was the target for the study.
The scientist were looking for risk factors associated with those mobile food facilities.

UC Berkeley Library Card Renewals Beginning in April

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Every spring, the Public Health Library contacts all CDPH Unit Library Card Coordinators to start the renewal process. If you have a current UC Berkeley library card from the Public Health Library, you can expect to be contacted by your unit’s library card coordinator in the next two months to verify information for your library card. All current library cards will be renewed before they expire on June 30, 2014.

If you have any questions, please contact Sarah Ngo at sngo@library.berkeley.edu or 510-642-2510.