Beyond Books: Public libraries address the social determinants of health – September Breezing webinar

Beyond Books: Public libraries address the social determinants of health Breezing Along with the RML Series September 20, 2017 10am MT/11am CT Login information Join Anna Morgan from the Healthy Library Initiative as she discusses public libraries, their influence on social determinants of health, and their importance for community well-being. The Healthy Library Initiative has worked with Philadelphia area public libraries in identifying how the libraries address social determinants of health and how they can build on those programs. To read more about Healthy Library Initiative and what they do, visit http://www.healthylibrary.org/. Presenter Anna Uma Morgan, MD, MSc, MSHP is a general internist and recently completed the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Morgan’s work is focused on community-based interventions for addressing the social determinants of health. As a clinical scholar, she worked primarily with the Healthy Library Initiative, a partnership between Penn and the Free Library of Philadelphia aimed at harnessing the power of public libraries to improve population health. She continues to practice primary care in underserved populations. Questions? Contact Annette Parde-Maass, Education and Outreach Coordinator, at AnnetteParde-Maass@creighton.edu or 402.280.4156.
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