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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy Sioux Empire | Health Connect of South Dakota | Healthy Sioux Empire is a coalition led project of the Sioux Empire Coalition (SEC). Health Connect of South Dakota, the state’s only dedicated consumer public health library and a member of NNLM, manages the SEC. The Healthy Sioux Empire project will involve providing prevention and public health education to the Sioux Empire metropolitan area (population of over 276K) through the members of the SEC. The educational opportunities will address area community needs just recently highlighted in the 2021 Community Health Needs Assessment surveying released in June of 2022...… | South Dakota | ||
| Healthy Sioux Empire Community-Based CHW and Libraries | Health Connect of South Dakota | The “Healthy Sioux Empire Community-based CHW and Libraries” project focuses on bringing a Community Health Worker (CHW) into the public library system in the Sioux Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). This project will connect Siouxland Libraries staff and community member library users with expanded knowledge of health resources available from the National Library of Medicine. | South Dakota | ||
| Healthy Sioux Empire Community-Based CHW and Libraries | Health Connect of South Dakota | The “Healthy Sioux Empire Community-based CHW and Libraries” project focuses on bringing a Community Health Worker (CHW) into the public library system in the Sioux Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). This project will connect Siouxland Libraries staff and community member library users with expanded knowledge of health resources available from the National Library of Medicine. | South Dakota | ||
| Healthy Tech: Addressing West Philadelphia's Socio-technological Status Divide (STS) | Lankenau Medical Center | The Healthy Tech Project will partner with local West Philadelphia grocery stores to offer both Healthy Tech Stations (desks, chairs, Wi-Fi, computers and printers) as well Medical Student volunteer support to shoppers. The Healthy Tech Stations will give West Philadelphia shoppers access and coaching on how to locate health information using available websites including but not limited to: NNLM, USDA, CDC, OSHA, Aunt Bertha and local FQHC's. The Medical Student volunteers promote the utilization of the Healthy Tech Stations and accessing the information and care by actively… | Pennsylvania | ||
| Help Your Library Patrons Understand Clinical Trials | Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Health Sciences Library | This program, a collaboration between Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Libraries Health Sciences Library (Health and Wellness Library) and the VCU C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research aims to provide local public librarians with the skills to increase the health literacy of community members. This outreach project will be accomplished through consumer health information/clinical trials training workshops, a book discussion session, and an invited speaker event focusing on… | Virginia |