Past Funded Projects

This project builds upon the recent successful collaboration between the Albany Medical Colleges Schaffer Library of Health Sciences SLHS, the Division of Community Outreach and Medical Education DivCOME and local public libraries and community based organizations. SLHS and DivCOME will jointly create and promote educational videos focused on the collection and evaluation of health information and patient-provider communication.

Request to attend MACMLA Annual Conference- 2019 Rising to the Occasion. Applicant will be registering for the "Are All Systematic Reviews Created Equal?" continuing education course. This class will fortify their understanding of using checklists and related credible resources to critically appraise published systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials and other study methodologies.

Margaret Zimmerman, an Assistant Professor with the University of Iowas UI School of Library and Information Science SLIS requests a grant for a second iteration of her pilot program to develop and implement a health literacy training for immigrant and refugee 92 living in Johnson and Linn counties in Iowa. This grant will build upon Dr. Zimmermans current successful project employing SLIS graduate students to deliver a health literacy course to immigrant and refugee 92. Based upon the findings of the current pilot, Dr.

Subawardee requests to attend the Research Data Access and Preservation Association 2019 Summit at the University of Miami in May 2019. By attending this program subawardee will be able to learn more about new developments in research data management and will be better able to support their 133s in meeting NIH data management requirements. They also will be better able to provide instruction and workshops on good research data management practices.

The Dementia & Research Awareness project embodies the NNLM Public Library Partnership Award mission in two vital ways. One, by focusing on one group of underserved individuals that libraries are just beginning to serve those living with dementia and their care partners the project promotes the use of public libraries to support community health information needs through the use of National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources.

The NNLM Consumer Health Collection Award supports the mission of the NNLM Community Engagement Network to help public libraries support the health information needs in their communities by providing National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources to enable individuals to make informed decisions about their health.

In the Show Low, AZ, region there are barriers in receiving relevant, factual information that relates to overall health and wellness. Those barriers primarily exist due to a lack of internet connectivity, access to computers or mobile devices or lack of knowledge on where to find relevant health information.

The NNLM Consumer Health Collection Award supports the mission of the NNLM Community Engagement Network to help public libraries support the health information needs in their communities by providing National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources to enable individuals to make informed decisions about their health.

The NNLM Community Engagement Center CEC has been awarded an amount of $181,857 to pilot a human genetics program-in-a-kit film series, in cooperation with the Iowa Institute of Human Genetics IIHG, for public libraries. The NNLM will send approximately 250 film kits to small and 95 libraries, in cooperation with the Association of 95 and Small Libraries ARSL and the Public Libraries Association PLA. The purpose of this activity is to educate the public about human genetics, raise awareness of the NIH Research Program 71 and encourage public libraries to become members of NNLM.

The Utah State Library Division will incorporate the NNLM Reading Club Book Kits into the Book Buzz Program. The Book Buzz Program lends book sets to book clubs, book groups, libraries, organizations, schools, and community centers. This project will provide opportunities for members of the public to learn about and discuss important health-related topics through book discussion groups facilitated by local public libraries in Utah.

This proposal reflects a partnership between the Savitt Medical Library at the University of Nevada, Reno, and the Office of Statewide Initiatives, University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine. The overarching aim of the proposal is to apply the expertise of professional health sciences librarians in order to improve access to health information resources, and to increase 95 healthcare professionals engagement with curated online clinical educational materials.

Congratulations to Inakhshmi Rashid! She will be joining HOSA Students and Advisers in attending MCMLA in Omaha, NE.

Congratulations to Trudy Pecorelli! She will be joining HOSA Students and Advisers in attending MCMLA in Omaha, NE.

Congratulations to Cynthia Cox! She will be joining HOSA Students and Advisers in attending MCMLA in Omaha, NE.

Congratulations to Buffy Blunck! She will be joining HOSA Students and Advisers in attending MCMLA in Omaha, NE.

Congratulations to Julie Abbott! She will be joining HOSA Students and Advisers in attending MCMLA in Omaha, NE.

Confronting the Opioid Crisis: A School-based Education Outreach Program will enable a cohort of high school students to access biomedical and health information, learn about the prevalence of this epidemic in their neighborhoods, communities and county, the health consequences, and steps needed to reduce its impact especially on school students. Program will address the current efforts being used to save lives and resources available to them if they need treatment.

Wright State University WSU librarians, along with faculty and graduate students from the Boonshoft School of Medicine BSOM and College of Education and Human Services CEHS, will partner with local high schools to deliver substance abuse education and health literacy instruction to the students in six area high schools. A full-day, interactive curriculum will be provided to students on the WSU campus and will use NLM resources to support students in learning how to make healthy choices and be drug free.

The Massachusetts Action Coalition MAAC proposes to build on and expand the outcomes of our initial Innovations Fund award that has developed an innovative partnership with the National Libraries of Medicine NLM and the Massachusetts Health Council MHC to increase nursing representation on School Wellness Committees to influence school policies addressing health issues that impact student health and wellness.

In public libraries, Black Girls with Green Thumbs @blackgirlswithgreenthumbs will host a series of community workshops centered on gardening, nutrition, and plant-based cooking. The adaptation of their typical programming for public library audiences in 98 and 97 neighborhoods in Philadelphia and Delaware Counties will be largely influenced by timing. Rather than starting the workshop series with the development of a garden, they will end the programs with the development of a Spring/Summer garden.

In an effort to expand health care knowledge resulting in improved health information access and delivery to clients, we propose to work with Robert Morris University, School of Nursing and Health Sciences and the School of Education and Social Sciences, to provide information relating to the potential health effects of exposure to shale gas development to individuals in proximity to these activities. To achieve this goal, we will work with Nursing and Psychology faculty and students B.S.N., M.S.N., D.N.P.; and B.S., M.S.

Resolve to Stay Active: A Fitbit Kit for Your Community supports public libraries or other community organizations which serve populations that are underrepresented in biomedical research in providing access to health technology and consumer health resources. Background/Purpose: This award supports the mission of the NNLM Community Engagement Network to: Help public libraries support the health information needs in their communities by providing National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources to enable individuals to make informed decisions about their health.

Allen College, UnityPoint Health is a regionally-accredited, private, nonprofit institution of higher education located in Waterloo, Iowa. Built on a tradition of more than 90 years of healthcare education, Allen currently serves 661 students in eight health programs ranging from associates to doctoratesnursing, public health, radiography, sonography, medical laboratory science, medical imaging, occupational therapy, and health education.

The GAR2N Project Growing Access to Resources Directed at Emotional Needs is a health literacy intervention designed to improve emotional wellness knowledge and related communications skills among 88 in 95 settings. A team of health literacy experts will engage public health faculty and subject matter experts to develop a guide that will help individuals at various health literacy levels identify emotional wellness needs in themselves or others and develop the communication skills necessary to connect with appropriate sources of care.

The Myra Mahon Patient Resource Center PRC at Weill Cornell Medicine WCM is devoted to providing consumer health information and health literacy services to patients, caregivers, faculty, students, and public neighbors in communities surrounding NewYork Presbyterian Hospital NYPH sites in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Westchester, and the Hudson Valley. PRC staff propose to promote awareness and improved health by developing a consumer health and health literacy-training module for public health librarians in the Brooklyn Public Library System.

The Western New York Library Resources Council WNYLRC is seeking a Community Engagement Network grant from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Middle Atlantic Region NNLM MAR, that will help ensure all people in the Western New York WNY region are aware of and able to access information they specifically need to live healthy lives.

Decatur Public Library has partnered with local fitness and nutrition experts to develop our Healthy Heroes Summer Program 2019. Healthy Heroes combines the power of summer reading with the value of a healthy lifestyle. Rather than focus solely on reading this summer, our Healthy Heroes program will incorporate a fitness challenge and a healthy food choices challenge as well as our typical reading challenge.

This project focuses on key health priorities couched in the framework of social determinants of health that contribute to health disparities in Arizona communities. Outreach activities will connect with the following partners: healthcare providers and 131s embedded in underserved communities; promotoras de salud community health workers; 12s and school associates; Hispanic, Spanish-speaking, and border-region populations; Native American and tribal communities; public librarians; and health agency and community health organization collaborators.

Health Careers Awareness Workshops developed by the Southcentral Pennsylvania Area Health Education Center SC PA AHEC will be open to the public, targeting high school students who have an interest in the health care field. Participants will be offered three Saturday workshops from 10 AM- 3 PM at the Cambria County Public Library in Johnstown, PA and another three Saturday workshop segments at the Cambria County Public Library in Patton, PA. This will allow participants from both the Johnstown City and surrounding areas, and the northern part of the county to attend.

Libraries Without Borders is being funded by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Pacific Southwest Region for $19,723 to develop phase 1 of the Wash & Learn Initiative-Health WALI-Health National Model. This project will create a national model to guide the Libraries Without Borders WALI-Health program, which delivers library services and programs in laundromats.