Beginning
In 2004, the New York Medical College
(NYMC) School of Public
Health (SPH) and Health Sciences
Library (HSL) created Public Health Information Partners (PHIP),
an academic/local partnership with health professionals in the seven
counties comprising the Hudson Valley Region of New York State.
The initial PHIP project was entitled: "Meeting the information
needs of public health professionals in the Hudson Valley Region:
pilot research project." Beginning October 2004, this 18 month
project was funded as a sub-contract of the National Network of
Libraries of Medicine through the New York Academy of Medicine.
The project aimed to assess public health informatics competencies
and information needs of public health employees working in Orange
and Putnam county departments of health.
The project was expanded almost immediately to include the employees
of the Dutchess County department of health, collaborating on a
new level with the New York Academy of Medicine's project entitled:
"Increasing public health departments' organizational effectiveness
through information: A pilot project."
A preliminary summary of the findings follows: Summary
and Highlights - Presented 3/22/06.
A complete report and publication is underway.
As of 2007, the PHIP team continues to foster collaborations with
public health professionals in the Hudson Valley Region.
Related Project Publications and Reports:
Ascher MT, Cunningham DJ. Identifying targets for training public
health workers: The gap score adapted to a needs assessment instrument.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Medical Library Association,
May 32, 2006, Phoenix, AZ.
Cunningham DJ, Ascher MT. Lessons learned from the public health
workforce: Keys to relevant informatics instruction in schools
of public health. Poster presented at the meeting of the Group
on Information resources, AAMC, March 19-21,2006, Charlotte, NC.
Cunningham
DJ, Viola D. Proposing a marriage of academe and public health.
Public Health Rep, 2005 May-June: 120(3): 358-61
Cunningham, DJ, Viola D, Ascher MT, & Visintainer, PF. Baseline
assessment of public health informatics competencies in two Hudson
Valley health departments. Public Health Rep, 2007 May-June; 122(3)
[in publication].
Rockoff,
ML, Cunningham D, Ascher MT, Merrill J. Information outreach to
a local public health department: a case study in collaboration.
J Med Libr Assoc 2007 Jul 95 [in publication].
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