Advisory Committee Meeting

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Advisory Committee Meeting

• June 16, 2003
• 2 - 330 p.m.
• via ICN
• Sioux City, Des Moines, Iowa City

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Principal Investigator

• Jean Sayre, Director
• Hardin Library for the Health Sciences
• The University of Iowa
• jean-sayre_at_uiowa.edu
• 319 335-9871
• This project has been funded in whole or in part
  with federal funds from the Centers for Disease
  Control and Prevention and the National Library
  of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under
• Contract No. NO1-LM-1-3513

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Background

• The National Network of Libraries of Medicine,
  Greater Midwest Region in conjunction with the
  Centers for Disease Control Information Center
  are the organizations co-funding this project
• The project proposal responded to an RFP
  entitled Public Health Information Models
  Subcontracts

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Project Collaborators

• Iowa Department of Public Health
• Upper Midwest Public Health Training Center
• Iowa Center for Public Health Preparedness
• 15 Health Departments across the state
• Volunteers from across the state

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IPHI Project Goals

• Address information needs of Iowa public health
  professionals by creating an easy-to-use
  information resource that emphasizes local and
  state resources and provides links to NLM and CDC
  resources.
• Provide training and support to public health
  professionals in using Iowa Public Health
  Information, NLM and CDC resources.

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How the goals will be addressed

• Hold focus group(s) at the Iowa Public Health
  Association Meeting, March 2003 to determine
  needs (done)
• Establish an Advisory Committee to provide
  information and feedback to the project leaders
  (done)
• Design an easy to use website that focuses on
  state and local resources and links to NLM and
  CDC (in process)
• Launch website at the August 2003 Barnraising
  Conference (we have plans to present!)

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How goals will be addressed (cont.)

• Provide training to 15 health departments across
  the state (plans for fall and winter)
• Provide further training and follow-up at the
  2004 Iowa Public Health Association Meeting
• Maintenance of the website will continue as a
  public service of the Hardin Library for the
  Health Sciences, University of Iowa

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Focus Group

• A focus group was held with 15 public health
  professionals on March 25, 2003
• A second focus group will be held at the IDPH in
  July.

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Co-Principal Investigator

• Content Team
• Hope Barton, Assistant Director
• Hardin Library for the Health Sciences
• The University of Iowa
• hope-barton_at_uiowa.edu
• 319 335-9161
• This project has been funded in whole or in part
  with federal funds from the Centers for Disease
  Control and Prevention and the National Library
  of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under
• Contract No. NO1-LM-1-3513

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Web Site Content

• Content drives the project
• Identification of resources
• Types of resources
• Subject areas
• Resource formats
• Currently 637 discrete resources have been
  identified

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Web Site Content

• Role of advisory committee members
• Respond to our requests about terminology
• Suggest key resources heavily utilized by public
  health workers in the field
• Assess and feed us ideas about content areas and
  subjects useful to workers

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Co-Principal Investigator

• Technology Team
• Jim Duncan, Assistant Director
• Hardin Library for the Health Sciences
• The University of Iowa
• jim-duncan_at_uiowa.edu
• 319 335-6928
• This project has been funded in whole or in part
  with federal funds from the Centers for Disease
  Control and Prevention and the National Library
  of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under
• Contract No. NO1-LM-1-3513

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Web Site Architecture

• End user functions
• Focus on Searching
• Basic and advanced
• Highly relevant,tailored results
• Provide Browsing alternatives
• Subject or type of resource
• Geographic (for county-specific content)
• Submission functions
• Communication / feedback
• Electronic reference

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Web Site Architecture

• Site management
• Adding content
• Indexing for discovery by Google
• Monitoring use
• Searches
• Internal navigation paths

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Web Site Design

• Visual interface design
• Clean, minimal graphics
• Intuitive functions and navigation
• Accessibility
• Quick loading for dial-up users
• Section 508 compliant

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Web Site Technology

• Role of advisory committee members
• Respond to our requests for input on decisions
  affecting target users
• Help identify test case users for usability
  study
• Assess state of technology in the field and
  feed us ideas about technology relevance to
  public health workers

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Discussion