Past Funded Projects

This project will build upon a successful 4-year evolving partnership between the New Haven Free Public Library NHFPL and Liberty Community Services, Inc. LCS by integrating resources and references in case management services provided onsite at NHFPL. The services target people experiencing homelessness or unstable housing. Libraries, as default front doors to homeless services, are in a unique position to engage community members in need of information, support services and referrals related to health, housing and potential sources of income.

The Networking for Health project is about a community gaining access to updated technology and the internet to expand health literacy. Library staff will be able to focus on health through workshops, events, speakers, and guidance on internet access and resources. Through the project, Bent Northrop Memorial Library will work to expand computer and internet access at the library and town events. The result is a healthier and more informed community that impacts individuals far beyond the grant period.

This program series will cover 10 key concepts in mental health and wellness, offering public programs. The series will include individual speakers, virtual reality demonstrations on the Avon Library's HTC Vive Virtual Reality station, panel discussions, plus the addition of books and resources to the library's circulating collection. Resources and information will focus on what is available from and the promotion of the National Library of Medicine and the Research Program.

This project is designed to support the implementation of Supporting a Healthy Community from Head to Toe community engagement programs by providing "toolkits" available to patrons on iPads. Supporting a Healthy Community from Head to Toe is a two-topic set of programs to promote healthy communities, share information about public health resources and the Research Program. The initial programs would be part of a planned on-going series aimed at addressing the issues of mental health and health impacts of climate change in our communities.

Effingham Public Library proposes to partner with the National Library of Medicine to provide 'Mobility for All' a monthly chair yoga training that will provide strengthening exercises that anyone can do as well as free resources from the National Library of Medicine like Exercise & Physical Activity: Your Everyday Guide from the National Institute on Aging, Getting Fit for Life and Go 4 Life Tip Sheets

Summer Youth Camp / 135 Twin Lakes Dr. / Ward, SC 29166 / July 11-14, 2018

During a four- to six-hour mini-academy lesson at the American University of Health Sciences AUHS, students will learn about First Aid, CPR, blood pressure, and body mass index BMI. Participants will learn the fundamentals of behavior change and develop a personal project to address how they can become health advocates in their own home and community. Participants will have the opportunity to show how information learned during the lesson could be used to reduce healthcare disparities in their community.

Empower Parents will equip parent caregivers with much needed health literacy tools and skills. Parents with 86 suffering from disease, illness or disability are often not informed with credible health information placing their 86 at risk. As the caregivers to child patients, parents are tasked with the job of becoming an expert on the health needs of their 86 but yet not given appropriate tools or resources. Often parents face multiple adversities such as low socioeconomic status, low literacy, English as their second language and/or have little knowledge of healthcare in general.

The overall project objective for in Memphis is to create awareness for the national database project. Memphis Public Libraries has an award winning Health Information Center HIC at its Central branch library. Our objective is to promote the project in alignment with the Librarys HIC. In addition to the Central branch, there are seventeen other neighborhood branches. Another objective is to create awareness for at each of these branch libraries.

Be Well at NPL aims to provide anyone access to free health and wellness activities, education, and resources in a safe and welcoming environment. In 2017, in partnership with many community organizations, NPL delivered 1,737 health and wellness programs serving 20,549 Nashville residents. Activities include but are not limited to yoga and meditation, aerobic exercise, nutrition education, and mental health counseling.

Restored Generation is an outreach organization focused on enriching and educating the underserved population. The outreach program will support minorities from low-income households and provide the learners with the understanding of digital health literacy. For example, the recipients could be African American, Hispanics, or other cultural backgrounds. The events will collaborate and connect with the youth and their families to better understand how to have a healthier, more productive lifestyle.

Durham County Library DCL will collaborate with the Durham County Public Health Department and Duke University Medical Center Library to shape and implement the program over the course of the two year term. The project will create additional and expand on a current series of Self -Management Programs that relate to the focus areas of the project. Duke Medical Center Library staff will serve as a resource for training to increase health information literacy among DCL staff.

Residents of 95 communities face increasing challenges to optimizing health and well-being. Beyond structural barriers, health disparities in 95 areas are heightened due to lack of access to quality health information. This project seeks to address this issue by developing a health information literacy training INQUIRY tailored to 95 youth.

As part of the 'Healthy Community' movement in Newtown, and as an agent of community cooperation and collaboration, the C.H. Booth proposes All of Us Newtown, a program of outreach involving public education about the Research Program and health information literacy using resources available from the NIH. The primary goal of this project is to assist in the delivery of improved health information to residents, focusing primarily on 92, youth, and 89 and their caregivers. Funding will enable a health information center to be located primarily in the C.H.

A citizen scientist is either a member of the public who works with a scientist to gather data to collaboratively solve a problem, or is investigating a research question on their own. In our information and data rich society, it is important to equip citizen scientists with the research skills that will enable them to conduct sound scientific investigations. Their research outcomes can be applied to solve an issue, raise awareness, or advocate for change.

This project will host a speaker series featuring two local mental health professionals who will offer presentations on anxiety and depression. The series will include six sessions aimed at different age groups: teenager/young 88, 88, and 89.

During the grant period, the Library will create and implement the Treat Yourself program. Treat Yourself, even in its title, combines our patrons desires to become healthier with the super popular lens of self-care & wellness. The six-week program will consist of a combination of yoga classes and group walking sessions that help patrons de-stress, take time for themselves, and meet new people through social interactions.

According to the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy, by 2030,29.2% of the population in Merrimack County, NH will be age 65 and older - this is up from 12.4% in 2000. As the population continues to grow there is inherent value in providing opportunities to find meaning and beauty in aging while responding to living in an age-phobic culture.

The Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System CEFLS in Plattsburgh, New York is seeking an award to raise awareness regarding the topic of domestic violence among residents in Clinton, Essex, and Franklin counties. CEFLS plans to collaborate with STOP Domestic Violence to coordinate a series of events in our shared service area.

Our plans are to educate and train as many Senior Citizens by pairing them with Teenagers to teach them on how use the Internet/Computer to find online reliable health information using MedlinePlus.gov. This will help bridge the gap between Technology, Teenagers 87 and Senior Citizens.

As the population continues to grow there is inherent value in providing opportunities to find meaning and beauty in aging while responding to living in an age-phobic culture. Through the use of visuals and the book, Aging with Wisdom by Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle, Beyond the Book Discussion with the Author will provide participants the opportunity to reflect on the aging process: noticing how the body changes can provide space for reflection on life's gifts and challenges, and aging often brings family members together, creating an opportunity to heal broken relationships.

Mobile Systems Education and Resources for Consumer Health MSEARCH 2018 is an electronic skill building program focused on educating 89' in Harris County on how to navigate National Libraries of Medicine NLM health information resources using mobile device technology. The program will address the information-seeking needs of 89' while providing ready access to NLM online information resources.

The proposed project aims to promote wellness in the Show Low, Arizona, area by providing resources for healthy cooking, exercise and hands-on classes, and by forming a Healthy Living club. The Show Low Public Library will make available for check-out a variety of kitchen equipment needed to encourage healthy cooking. Objectives include developing a Healthy Living Club for families and young 86. This club will provide information on how to be more active, healthy recipes that are kid-friendly, and exercise opportunities.

Exhibit at the Broward Aging Network Conference, May 22-23, 2018

At 12% proficiency, U.S. health literacy sets the population at disadvantage for consumer health outcomes and overall healthcare costs NCES, 2006; DHHS, 2017. While efforts exist for improvement via rewriting and training in plain language, these strategies are found to be limited pieces of a process that must be placed in a larger community context NNLM, 2018. Witnessed in this context is variance in access to health resources multiplied by effects of social determinants such as aging, low socio-economic and minority status.

Drake LRC wants older African Americans and students to make healthy choices and avoid risky healthcare behaviors. However, the potential pitfalls for senior 88 and students are great. Drake LRC proposes to make available through workshops and health fairs the content from the NLM databases to combat alcohol abuse, hypertension, eye care, diabetes, and other health topics that can promote good preventive healthcare.

Project HEAL will combine health literacy with English language instruction at the Trident Literacy Association TLA in Charleston, SC. TLA has provided comprehensive literacy programs, GED preparation, English as a Second Language ESL, Computer Basics, WorkKeys and Civics and Citizenship programming since 1972. Incorporating health literacy into the existing program provides a unique opportunity for students. TLA uses the South Carolina Adult ESL Handbook and ESL Scope and Sequence South Carolina Adult Education standards.

Remote Area Medical RAM Volunteer Corps at Gray, TN Nov 2-4, 2018 We will have a table with printed handouts on specific conditions and general wellness for the patients waiting to receive medical care. We will also search onsite for individual consumer health questions. We will also have consumer health forms if someone wants us to search more in depth on a topic.

As one of the largest consumers of healthcare, senior 88 are often left behind as new technologies are introduced to support patient engagement. The goal of The Connect to your Health wellness fair project was to provide an interactive educational experience to connect the 89 living in the Town of Southampton to online health-related resources. A collaborative effort between Stony Brook University, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, and the Town of Southampton Senior Centers helped drive this project forward.

Remote Area Medical RAM Volunteer Corps at Wise, VA July 20-22, 2018 We will provide consumer health information request forms and Medline Plus promotional materials to assist the medical providers at RAM. In previous years, we typically have sent information on 400+ consumer health questions.