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Dear colleagues,
The Health Development Agency library and information team has been working
closely with the Public Health Observatories and the National electronic
Library for Health Team on issues related to interoperability and public
health. Part of this work has involved developing a common public health
language - The National Public Health Language, to describe information and
resources that are held on our websites and databases with the aim of
improving the searching for and retrieval of these resources.
We will be holding an event on Monday 20 December on Interoperability and
Public Health where we have brought together a number of speakers for the
morning sessions and intend to launch the National Public Health Language
in the afternoon and discuss its implementation. The event will take place
in the Royal College of Surgeons, central London, and will be chaired by Dr
Muir Gray. Speakers include Zinta Podniece, from the European Directorate
General for Health and Consumers Affairs, Dr. Ben Toth, Head of Knowledge
Management at the NeLH and Dr David Bawden, and expert in thesauri
construction from City University.
We would like to invite librarians and information professionals from
England working in public health with an interest in interoperability and
health promotion thesauri development.
For more details please see the preliminary programme below.
If you would like to attend please contact me. Please note that places are
limited.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Best wishes,
Marta Calonge Contreras
Public Health Intelligence Officer
Research and Evidence
Health Development Agency
Holborn Gate
330 High Holborn
London WC1V 7BA
Tel. 0207 061 3164
Fax. 0207 061 3393
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Workshop on Interoperability in Public Health and
The National Public Health Language
Preliminary Programme
20 December 2004
Venue:
The Royal College of Surgeons of England
35-43 Lincolns Inn Fields
London WC2A 3PE
Chair:
Dr. Muir Gray, Director, NeLH
9.30 10:00. Registration/ Tea and coffee.
10:00 10:15. Introduction.Dr. Muir Gray.
10.15 11:00. The European Health Portal Project.
Zinta Podniece, Health Information Unit, DG SANCO (European Directory
General for Health and Consumers Affairs).
11:00 11:45. Data-level interoperability for timely public health
decision making. Dr. Iain Buchan. Director & Senior Lecturer in Public
Health nformatics, University of Manchester.
11:45 12:30. Using RSS to share content. Dr. Ben Toth, Head of
Knowledge Management, NeLH.
12:30 - 13:30. Lunch
13:30 14:15. Introduction and demonstration of the National Public
Health Language. Dr. David Bawden, City University.
14:15 15:45. Workshop and discussions: the implementation of the NPHL.
Tea served during workshop
15:45 16:00. Round-up and conclusions. Dr Muir Gray.
16:00. Workshop close.
RSVP: Marta Calonge Contreras ([log in to unmask])
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