(Audio Described) NNLM Discovery | Canary in the Coal Mine

Описание: In 2015, Austin, Indiana, was the epicenter of the worst drug-fueled HIV outbreak in U.S. history, despite being a town of just 4,300 people. Dr. William Cooke wrote the book Canary in the Coal Mine about his experience being Austin’s only doctor during that time. The Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) sponsored a series of talks at public libraries with Dr. Cooke, and they are the topic of this episode of the NNLM Discovery podcast.

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Indiana is part of NNLM’s Region 6, which you can learn more about here: https://www.nnlm.gov/about/regions/re...

More about the episode: Dr. Cooke’s story examines social determinants that contribute to poor health care and offers hope that communities can come together to make sure that every child has the access, resources, and choices that they need to be healthy and prosperous. NNLM donated hundreds of copies of Dr. Cooke's book to the libraries that hosted his talks. The libraries then distributed the books to community organizations such as faith-based groups, rehab centers, counseling services, and public health departments.

The NNLM is the outreach arm of the National Library of Medicine with the mission to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public health by providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information and improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health. The seven Health Sciences Libraries function as the Regional Medical Library (RML) for their respective region, with Region 6 consisting of: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.

All of the artwork for this podcast series has been created with a generative AI text-to-image tool! The text prompt for the episode's artwork was "a canary in a coal mine as an abstract painting.” #audiodescription #humanhealth #HIV #education #audiodescriptions