Tag: new resources

Need some ideas for an awareness campaign this November for National Diabetes Month? Then you might want to use some of the National Eye Health Education Program (NEHEP) of the National Eye Institute (NEI)’s materials.

Their social media toolkit provides a variety of resources and strategies to help you educate people with diabetes about diabetic eye disease and ways they can protect their vision. It utilizes Facebook posts, tweets, infographics, and other NEHEP resources that you can post on your social media and website pages. Many of these resources are available in both English and Spanish.

View the NEHEP’s campaign materials for drop-in ready resources that you can use today.

The Public Health Library has the following new books available in print:

1. Stress & health: biological and psychological interactions. By William R. Lovallo. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2016.
Call number: QP82.2.S8 L68 2016.
See the table of contents, reviews, and read a preview at the publisher’s website.

2. Women’s health and wellness across the lifespan. Edited by Ellen F. Olshansky. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Heath, 2015.
Call number: RA778 .W75423 2015.
Read the table of contents and preview the book on amazon.com.

3. HBR’s 10 must reads on teams. By Harvard Business Review Press. Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard Business Review Press, 2013.
Call number: HD66 .H394 2013.
Preview this book on amazon.com.

and here are some new titles available online from the National Academies Press which require a free registration to download a pdf of the title:

4. Approaches to Universal Health Coverage and Occupational Health and Safety for the Informal Workforce in Developing Countries: Workshop Summary. Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2015.

5. Examining a Developmental Approach to Childhood Obesity: The Fetal and Early Childhood Years: Workshop in Brief. Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2015.

6. Envisioning the Future of Health Professional Education. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2015.

Please note that these books are only a small selection of what is newly available. If you are interested in checking out any book(s), submit a request using our online form and we will mail the book(s) to you.

You may also log into your web portal account to request book(s).

If you do not currently possess a UC Berkeley library card, you will need to apply for one before we can check out a book to you.

The National Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology of the National Library of Medicine has released a new research resource on domestic violence, to complement the new NLM exhibition, Confronting Violence, Improving Women’s Lives. The new resource can be found on the Web portal, Health Services Research Information Central (HSR Info Central). It is intended to support health services researchers, policymakers, administrators, and practitioners involved in detection, prevention and treatment services for this underserved and often unnoticed community. The scope of this ?topic page? includes Intimate Partner Violence, Reproductive and Sexual Coercion, Child Abuse and Maltreatment, and Elder Abuse. The Domestic Violence topic page assists researchers, both novice and advanced, by providing detailed search queries for key NLM databases: PubMed, PubMed Health, HSRProj (Health Services Research Projects in Progress), and HSRR (Health Services and Sciences Research Resources). These searches will enable users to readily discover relevant published medical literature, clinical effectiveness research, ongoing HSR projects, and related datasets, instruments and other tools. In addition, the resource identifies important guidelines, assessment instruments and measures, and includes a structured query for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality?s National Guidelines Clearinghouse.

CDPH in the News

Dig Clams, Die Slow
from North Coast Journal
The California Department of Public Health is warning not to eat recreationally-harvested clams, mussels or other bivalves in Humboldt and Del Norte counties, saying that high levels of domoic acid have been detected in samples of these species. Consumption can cause illness and death. However, it is still safe to eat commercially harvested shellfish, which are regularly tested before they arrive on your plate. So, for the time being, leave the digging and shucking to the professionals.

West Nile hit California harder than ever last year
from ChicoER Health
West Nile virus hit California harder than ever last year, with a record 561 cases of neuroinvasive disease — the most serious form of the illness — reported from the mosquito-borne virus, according to new federal health data released late last week. The number of California cases of neuroinvasive disease was 83 percent higher than the previous record number reported in the state in 2005, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most of those cases — 70 percent — were reported in Los Angeles and Orange counties, which recorded 15 West Nile deaths last year. Santa Clara County is the only county in the Bay Area to have reported West Nile virus infections in people this year, with two cases detected, according to the California Department of Public Health.

Organicgirl Baby Spinach Recalled ‘Out Of An Abundance Of Caution’ Due To Detection Of Cadmium
from Global Dispatch
organicgirl Produce is voluntarily recalling a limited quantity of 5 oz. organicgirl Baby Spinach with a Use-by Date of September 13 and Product Code B030298-001B08S due to test results indicating the presence of trace levels of the naturally-occurring element cadmium. The recall includes 1,290 cases distributed primarily to Western and Midwestern states. No other organicgirl Baby Spinach products or other organicgirl salads are included in the recall. This recall action is being taken out of an abundance of caution due to an isolated instance in which a single package of 5 oz. organicgirl Baby Spinach tested randomly by the California Department of Public Health demonstrated the presence of trace levels of cadmium.

Chapman named Yolo County health officer
from Davis Enterprise
The former head of the California Department of Public Health is Yolo County’s new health officer, replacing Dr. Constance Caldwell who retired earlier this year. Dr. Ron Chapman, a longtime resident of Yolo County, served as the state?s health officer and public health director from June 2011 until January 2015.

DPH Warns Residents About Health Effects of Ash From Wildfires
from California Healthline
California public health officials are warning tens of thousands of residents who are returning to areas affected by two large wildfires about health risks associated with the debris. In a release, the state Department of Public Health warned that while ash from trees and other vegetative matter usually is non-toxic, certain substances — such as asbestos and chemicals — can be found in ash from burned homes and commercial structures. According to DPH, those substances can be toxic to individuals who touch them with wet skin or inhale them.

The Public Health Library has the following new books available in print:

1. Comprehensive care for HIV/AIDS: community-based strategies. By Teresa Scheid. New York; London: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.
Call number: RA643.8 .S335 2015.
See the table of contents and read the preface.

2. Mastering leadership: a vital resource for health care organizations. By Alan T. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2016.
Call number: RA971.35 .B45 2016.
Read a preview, see the table of contents, and read reviews here.

3. Introduction to research: understanding and applying multiple strategies. By Elizabeth DePoy and Laura N. Gitlin. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier, 2016.
Call number: RA440.85 .D47 2016.
You can read a preview of the book here.

and here are some new titles available online from the National Academies Press which require a free registration to download a pdf of the title:

4. Exploring Opportunities for Collaboration Between Health and Education to Improve Population Health: Workshop Summary. Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2015.

5. Vital Signs: Core Metrics for Health and Health Care Progress. Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2015.

6. Mental Disorders and Disabilities Among Low-Income Children. Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2015.

Please note that these books are only a small selection of what is newly available. If you are interested in checking out any book(s), submit a request using our online form and we will mail the book(s) to you.

You may also log into your web portal account to request book(s). If you do not currently possess a UC Berkeley library card, you will need to apply for one before we can check out a book to you.

The Public Health Library has the following new books available in print:

1. The art of facilitation: the essentials for leading great meetings and creating group synergy. By Dale Hunter; with Stephen Thorpe, Hamish Brown, Anne Bailey. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2009.
Call number: HM751 .H858 2009.
See a description and table of contents at the publisher’s website.

2. Health promotion throughout the life span, 8th edition. By Carole Lium Edelman, Elizabeth C. Kudzma, and Carol Lynn Mandle. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier, 2014.
Call number: RT90.3 .H435 2014.
See a description and the table of contents here.

3. Essentials of health behavior: social and behavioral theory in public health. By Mark Edberg. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2015.
Call number: RA418 .E326 2015.
View the table of contents, reviews, and a description here.

and here are some new titles available online from the National Academies Press which require a free registration to download a pdf of the title:

4. Health Literacy: Past, Present, and Future: Workshop Summary. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering,
and Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2015.

5. Regional Disaster Response Coordination to Support Health Outcomes. Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2015.

6. Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals: Volume 19 (2015). National Research Council. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2015.

Please note that these books are only a small selection of what is newly available. If you are interested in checking out any book(s), submit a request using our online form and we will mail the book(s) to you.

You may also log into your web portal account to request book(s).

If you do not currently possess a UC Berkeley library card, you will need to apply for one before we can check out a book to you.