Provide Outreach
The NN/LM equips and encourages Network members to extend their services and expertise to groups, institutions, and individuals beyond their traditional reach. The goal of our outreach programs is to expand partnerships and implement activities with members and other organizations to improve awareness of and access to health information resources for health professionals, the public health workforce, and members of the public.
Our Outreach Priorities
- Outreach to Consumers:
- Soldiers, veterans and military families
- Seniors
- Caregivers
- K-12
- Suggestions from Regional Advisory Council and Special Advisory Groups
- Outreach to Health Professionals:
- Unaffiliated behavioral and mental health workers
- Critical access hospitals
- Public health workers
- Minority health practitioners
- Suggestions from Regional Advisory Council (RAC) and Special Advisory Groups (SAGs)
What MAR Can Do for You
- Provide consultation and support for your outreach efforts.
- Help you plan and evaluate your outreach efforts.
- Offer training and educational opportunities.
- Exhibit at your next meeting or event.
- Fund your health information outreach projects:
- Apply for an award.
- View other NN/LM-funded projects.
- Find more information about funding for health information outreach projects.
What You Can Do for Others
- Identify target audiences for your outreach efforts.
- Offer presentations and training sessions about health information issues in your community. You can use NN/LM curricula, materials created by other Network members, or create your own.
- Participate in training and educational opportunities.
- Apply for funding to support your health information outreach programs.
- Use educational and printed materials, such as information cards, brochures, and pens, that highlight NLM resources.
- Exhibit at community health fairs or professional conferences to promote NLM's resources as well as your own projects and services. Funding may be available.
For more information about providing outreach, please contact us at nnlmmar@pitt.edu or (800) 338-7657.
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