OC:Availability Announcement
From OC
Message Sent to NativeHI Email Discussion List, 7/18/08
Subject: Outreach Connections: Native Health Information Wiki
URL FOR WIKI: http://Native.Outreachconnect.info
Two summers ago in July 2006, you joined with others working to enhance health information access for native populations at the Native American Health Information Services in the United States Conference in Abuquerque, New Mexico. We learned a lot as we heard about each others' activities and projects. During the last session of the meeting we decided that the sharing should continue for those who are active in health information outreach and for others who wanted to begin. There was high excitement as we left the meeting!
The Outreach Connections Steering Committee has collaborated since the fall of 2006 to bring the intent of the meeting to reality. (For information on the work of the Steering Committee see: http://hsc.unm.edu/library/nativeservices/2006Conference/outcomes.shtml) These volunteers from the New Mexico meeting devoted time and effort to develop the format, content criteria, and design of the sharing portal. The result is the wiki: Outreach Connections: Native Health Information! We're very proud of our wiki. The front page describes those who we hope will use this site and the purpose of the portal.
"This wiki is designed to serve as a collaborative space:
**for those who work with health care providers serving Native peoples (American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians).
**for those who work with Native health information consumers.
**to improve health information access for Native peoples.
**to exchange information from health information promotion and training experiences.
**to complement sites already focused on health information for Native peoples."
Steering Committee members have added their project descriptions. We invite you to:
**visit the portal http://native.outreachconnect.info
**add information about your own efforts with Native peoples to make this a robust site (education and training projects, resources you've developed, descriptions of research)
** promote the portal to others who are doing similar outreach.
From the Steering Committee PR/Evaluation Subcommittee
