Consumer Health Education Outreach with an Emphasis on Native American Outreach

Abstract

This project was a cooperative venture of three community organizations: Fort Lewis College (FLC), Durango Public Library (DPL) and the Southwest Regional Library Service System (SWRLSS). The intention of this project was for Fort Lewis College as the lead agency to improve health information access at each of its contributing institutions and for the consortium to provide special outreach efforts to Native Americans, who populate the region. Furthermore, Twenty percent of the student body of Fort Lewis College is Native American students, and the consortium would provide outreach services and create a web resource for Native Americans in the Durango area. This collaboration was ultimately to serve the rural area of southwest Colorado.