TODAY Free Webinar on Public Health Data Initiative, Wednesday, March 8, 10-11AM (sponsored by NNLM SCR)

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, South Central Region housed at the Gibson D. Lewis Library would like to invite you to join us for the next session of our monthly webinar series.

This monthly 1 hour series will focus upon topics of interest to clinicians, researchers, faculty, and information professionals.

This month Thomas Scharmen, community epidemiologist at the Office of Community Assessment, Planning, and Evaluation for the New Mexico Department of Health, will present Public Data for Public Health Advocates – Building and Sustaining a Statewide Data Service at 10AM TODAY, Wednesday, March 8. Details on joining the meeting are available at the event link below. No registration is required, and the session is free to any interested parties.

Title: Public Data for Public Health Advocates – Building and Sustaining a Statewide Data Service
Guest Speaker: Thomas Scharmen, MA, MPH
Date: **TODAY** Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Time: 10:00am ? 11:00am CT

Session Description: The New Mexico Community Data Collaborative (NMCDC) is a successful library of databases and a network of over 60 analysts working for New Mexico non-profits organizations and local agencies. The NMCDC online platform (http://nmcdc.maps.arcgis.com/home/index.html (link is external)) is a geographic information systems website with extensive ready-to use content shared with the public. It contains nearly 100 interactive maps and over 1000 indicators that cover health outcomes, resources, and social determinants in every neighborhood in the state, allowing exploration of chronic disease, healthcare access, early childhood, built environment, food issues, education and more. This webinar will describe the evolution and conceptual challenges of the Collaborative, demonstrate the online platform, and explore examples of collaborative community assessment for planning and policy change.

Speaker Bio: Thomas Scharmen is a community epidemiologist at the Office of Community Assessment, Planning, and Evaluation (New Mexico Department of Health) in Albuquerque, NM, and adjunct faculty at the University of New Mexico?s Department of Community Medicine. He is also a coordinator and founding member of the New Mexico Community Data Collaborative (NMCDC), a library of databases and a network of over 60 analysts supported by New Mexico non-profit organizations and local agencies.

This webinar will be eligible for one hour of Medical Library Association (MLA) Continuing Education credit and will be archived for future viewing.