Express Outreach Project Awards
The goals of the express outreach award are:
- To encourage partnerships and community focused activities in support of the NN/LM mission and goals.
- To promote the awareness of and use of the information products and services of the National Library of Medicine.
- To improve access to electronic health information.
- To promote and improve access to library and information services.
- To promote or improve the use of technology for information access.
- To support planning for larger outreach projects and community partnerships.
- To evaluate or conduct follow-up analysis of a previously funded project.
For more information about this funding opportunity and how to apply, please click here.
Projects funded from May 2006 - April 2011 contract
Funded Projects May 2011-Present
Bread for the City - BFC's Health Information Resource Project
Objective #1: Empower our patients to take control of their own health outcomes by providing them with resources to research and learn on their own. We will utilize our recently opened Health Information Resource Room as an outlet for BFC’s 2,500 annual Medical Clinic patients. Volunteer health information resource coordinators staff the room, and help patients use MedlinePlus and other internet services to discover useful health information. Additionally, volunteers guide patients to the information that is most relevant to them and assist them in following up on medical provider recommendations and/ or referrals. Objective #2: Continue to operate our five-week Health Literacy Computer Class, a program developed to compliment our Health Information Resource Room. Designed for patients whose computer skills are remedial or worse, this course runs every month and is taught by our Medical Projects Coordinator in both English and Spanish. Students learn the basics of operating a personal computer (how to turn on a computer, use the mouse, etc) before learning how to access the internet, set up an email account, and use health information databases such as MedlinePlus. This process opens a lot of doors for our clients, not only helping them make educated health choices, but also teaching them how to take advantage of the rest of what the internet provides: email, news, jobs, entertainment, etc. Since many of our clients do not have internet access at home or work, this course allows them to learn the basic skills they have not had access to in the past. Objective #3: Make available in the Health Information Resource Room additional (non-internet) resources to help patients better understand the health topics that are of importance to them.
September 14, 2011 - April 30, 2012
Hampton University Outreach to St. Paul AME Church
Overarching GOAL: Incorporate National Library of Medicine (NLM) online health information for teaching-learning and the education of underserved and minority populations in communities near Hampton University by partnering with with St. Paul AME Church in Newport News, VA to increase online access for church and community members to NLM. Objective: By April 30, 2012, more than 50% of the community participants in the NN/LM, SE/A Express Outreach Project implemented by Hampton University William R. and Norma B. Harvey Library will be able to identify and access the NLM online resources. The Outreach Project will: Provide 85% of the participating church members with the basic computer literacy skills needed to access NLM online resources. Train more than 70% of the participating church members to identify the NLM online resources as a reliable source for health information regarding health disparities. Train at least 20 church participants at St. Paul AME Church to access at least one NLM online source of health information. Teach 90% of people participating in the Hampton University project to identify a place in the community to access NLM online health information free of charge. Hold a contest for Hampton University students so the library can choose 2 students to design for St. Paul AME a website with NLM links. Distribute to the underserved community surrounding the St. Paul AME Church NLM, NIH, CDC, and other governmental agency flyers, DVD's, posters, kits, and other items that the Hampton University Harvey Library will order. Design and implement effective evaluative research tools to determine the effectiveness of this project and possible modifications needed for better NLM training Conduct Church post-training interviews and questionnaires using evaluative tools.
September 14, 2011 - April 30, 2012
HIV/AIDS Empowerment Resource Center for Young Women, Inc.
Empowerment Resource Center will implement the SciFi project for minority and underserved youths in Fulton County. SciFi will target minority and underserved youths at high risk of Chlamydia infection and Health Educators. ERC proposed to incorporate the SciFi website and MedlinePlus web-based tool into its STD and HIV Screening and treatment services and health education programs at its Comprehensive Intervention Clinic.
September 14, 2011 -
April 30, 2012
Johns Hopkins University, William H. Welch Medical Library
1. In collaboration with the Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center (MAPHTC), provide a half day, face-to-face training 3 times between May, 2012 and April 2013 to public health professionals in the Mid-Atlantic regions on finding, evaluating and using high quality information resources on the internet. 2. Based on these training sessions, create a series of modules that will be posted on the MAPHTC for ongoing use. 3. Evaluate the impact of training on awareness and use of selected public health information resources.
May 1, 2012 - April 30, 2013
MaFlo's Health and Awareness Team
The project that we lead was MaFlo's Health Awareness Team. We worked closely with Diabetes CORE Group to educate and train members of the community how to use the internet/computer to find reliable health information using MedlinePlus.gov. Our project has trained over 1000 participants some of which didn't know how to turn on the computer. We have collaborated with the Faith-based groups and working well the community members. Our project was shared with the surrounding community. Our goal is to teach, educate and train as many participants as possible. The current award will help us to sustain the work that we have started in the community.
September 14, 2011 - April 30, 2012
Medical University of South Carolina
The Promoting Health Literacy: Using Mobile Technology to Deliver Reliable and Valuable Health Information to Underserved Minorities and non-English speaking Communities Project, will reach underserved populations both in rural and urban settings through the MUSC Alliance for Hispanic Health program, the MUSC CARES Clinic in Mount Pleasant, SC and the Our Lady of Mercy Outreach Community Health Clinic in Johns Island, SC.
September 3, 2012 - April 30, 2013
Moses Cone Health System Library - Collaborating with Congregational Nurse
Provide ongoing Cone Health Library support to local Congregational Nurses Program to access healthcare information • Teach Congregational Nurses to access current online professional literature at their worksite • Teach Congregational Nurses to access online health promotion and patient education resources at their worksite • Collaborate with the Congregational Nurses Program to assist nurses in the program in finding and sharing authoritative, pertinent information
September 14, 2011 - April 30, 2012
Oromo Community Organization (OCO)
This project is designed to bring health awareness that dramatically change the life condition of Oromo Community living in Washington DC metropolitan area.The project can also be used as a pilot for community organization in other states.Therefore, our objectives are To Provide Health awareness and education service to Oromo Community by: 1. Developing and teaching computer and health literacy classes 2.producing and broadcasting 5 times on OCO Radio on health issue.
May 1, 2012 - April 30, 2013
Saint Croix Career and Technical Education Center
To provide information and education regarding the newly revised nutrition standards, paying particular emphasis on the "Portion Plate" which recommends the amounts and types of foods that should be served on an individual's plate. Information, materials, and resources will also be provided to encourage incorporating a daily exercise program for children and adults.
May 1, 2012 - April 30, 2013
Salisbury University - Health Info @ Point of Need for Eastern Shore
This outreach program specifically targets low-income, diverse families currently participating in the Horizons Program, a shared initiative of at the Salisbury School (a private pre-K-12 school), the Wicomico County Board of Education, and the Horizons National Program. Increase health literacy of the families of children who participate in the Horizons Program @ Salisbury School. Provide instruction on the use of publicly available web-based health information databases such as the National Library of Medicine’s MedlinePlus. Develop consumer skills for evaluating the quality and legitimacy of publicly available web-based health information. Obtain insight into the types of information that low-income health consumers seek and which could be made available through a free smart-phone enabled application. This information will be shared with GNAPPWorks, a campus-wide initiative to develop free applications for mobile devices that are particularly relevant for governmental and non-profit organizations and the populations they serve.
September 14, 2011 - April 30, 2012
University of Miami
Encouraged by the success of our NN/LM SE/A Award Librarians and DOCS for Health Plus, we would like to continue our collaboration with the DOCS students and the public librarians in participating in the incoming ten health fairs. These health fairs take place in various diverse and underserved communities in southern Florida. Last year we reached out to more than 3000 patients by promoting MedlinePlus and offering individualized patient education consultations. There is a continuous need to interact with patients in these communities and to promote NLM consumer health information resources. With the support of this award funding, we will be able to continue our involvement in the local health fairs and provide training on MedlinePlus, including iPad demonstrations. The DOCS students will be opening an affiliated DOCS clinic in Little Havana, a predominantly Spanish-speaking community, and have requested our involvement in providing training in consumer health information resources to the patients and medical students at this clinic.
September 14, 2011 - April 30, 2012
University of Virginia - Storytelling for Improved Patient Education
The project has two objectives: 1. To assess acceptance and usefulness of a culturally appropriate DVD of patient storytelling to improve patient knowledge and understanding of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). 2. To increase the numbers of patients receiving patient education DVDs who follow up with formal sleep studies at the University of Virginia Sleep Disorders Center.
September 14, 2011 - April 30, 2012
West Virginia University, Health Sciences Library
Parternships will be formed with state, regional and local health agencies to identify need and offer library instruction to WV residents. At least 85% of attendees will be able to identify and retrieve quality health information and train others (Train-the-Trainers). Collaborations should be ongoing so as to build on this education and continue to serve low income or low literacy. Home bound residents will be provided with easy-to-read information packets.
May 1, 2012 - April 30, 2013
