This page includes awards made during the current NNLM award period (May 1, 2021 - April 30, 2026).
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| Project Title | Lead Organization | Project Summary | Project Start Date | Project End Date | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improving Digital and Health Literacy among Rural Seniors | Decatur Public Library | The goal is to improve digital and health literacy for rural seniors through health literacy classes, interactive digital literacy sessions, one-on-one digital literacy support, and increased social activities. In addition, we hope to decrease social isolation through increased digital literacy resulting in a reduction of health risks associated. The intended audience for DPL’s Increasing Health and Digital Literacy project will be rural seniors aged 65 and older accessing services through Wise County Committee on Aging, although the… | Texas | ||
| Improving emergency preparedness practices among students in south Georgia | Georgia Southern University Research and Service Foundation, Inc. | In Georgia, especially in coastal Georgia, the residents are at higher risk of being impacted by natural disasters such as hurricanes (with at least one episode per year). Hurricanes, floods, drought, earthquakes, and other weather-related emergencies are life-threatening events, and many people are not aware of existing information on how to prepare and respond to emergency situations. This project aims to promote awareness, preparedness, education, training, and safety coordination to improve responses to natural… | Georgia | ||
| Improving Health Literacy and Telehealth in Carroll County, NH | Conway Public Library | Our Improving Health Literacy and Telehealth in Carroll County proposal aims to expand the capacity of our underserved citizens to access, understand and participate in internet available healthcare resources. This includes reaching our adult Medicaid, Medicare, and substance use disorder populations. During winter 2022, we will provide a 4-part speaker series to cover 1.) discerning reliability of internet health information, 2.) interpreting clinical research findings and claims, 3.) using telehealth visits and 4.) participate in clinical research… | New Hampshire | ||
| Improving knowledge of HPV and Cancer using a community app for Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer Women | Team Maureen | If we are to accomplish the World Health Organizations goal of a cervical cancer free world, we must we must understand the specific barriers to primary and secondary prevention that exist for lesbian, bisexual, and queer women, and provide high quality educational materials to inform their health care decisions. The aim of our project is to assess current understanding of HPV, the HPV vaccine, and HPV vaccination rates among the LGBTQ+ community and their perceptions of the role that HPV plays in cancer. We will also assess participant’s understanding of cervical cancer… | Massachusetts | ||
| In This Together - Digital and Health Literacy with York County Public Library | York County Public Library | The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted several deficits within the York County, VA community, specifically the lack of digital literacy among seniors ages 65+. As our communities shut down during the pandemic and began relying on virtual connections, many of our seniors were shut out from everyday resources due to the digital divide. Simple tasks, such as purchasing groceries and setting up appointments to receive healthcare, suddenly became overwhelming obstacles in the form of online grocery ordering and virtual doctor’s appointments. It became obvious that digital… | Virginia |