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Underserved Health Communities Project with Interactive Map

   The Greater Midwest Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine has launched its Underserved Health Communities Project. The project aims to educate people about “factors and behaviors which contribute to a community’s underserved health status; provide for discovery and interaction “with health data and information resources”; and offer “education and outreach awards “to increase health literacy in an underserved area.” The project website offers an “an interactive map showing data and stories related to twenty medically underserved counties...