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NNLM Consumer Health Community of Practice Pilot

The NNLM All of Us Community Engagement Center (CEC) has been awarded $92,175 to develop and
implement a pilot Consumer Health Community of Practice1 (CoP) in partnership with an
external partner. This CoP will pilot modes and manners of community engaged learning and
practice to ultimately positively impact health literacy through health, wellness and the All of Us
Research Program (All of Us). This CoP will utilize a variety of platforms including Moodle and
Facebook, WebEX, and an external partner, as sources for learning and information sharing
with papers, blogs, classes, webinars, self-paced learning modules and other on-line tools and
resources developed for this pilot project. In conjunction with the Public Library Association
Conference in February 2020, the CEC will host an in-person workshop for building knowledge
and passion through interaction.2 This pilot will focus on the creation and evaluation of the CoP,
identifying what resources can be used to sustain engagement with library staff, and provide
awareness of NNLM National Initiatives, including All of Us.

Project Details

Organization Name

University of Iowa - Hardin Library for the Health Sciences

Organization Type
Academic institution
Health sciences library
Project Lead

Brittney Thomas

Location
Iowa
Start Date
October 1, 2019
End Date
April 30, 2020
Funding Amount
$92175
Demographics
Library or Information Professional
last updated: 04/08/21 16:42