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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Impact of COVID 19 on Overall Student Wellbeing: An Examination of Stress Causality on the Basis of Sex, Race, Income & Grade Level | Northern Kentucky University (NKU) | The purpose of this project is to: 1.) Determine the underlying causes for post-traumatic stress in college students at a Southern, regional accredited university and 2.) Develop four 15 to 20-minute virtual Health Literacy mini-curriculum sessions to share with university students, and populations alike. Utilizing the Trauma Symptom Check-list 33, which has six sub-scales (anxiety, depression, sexual abuse trauma index, sleep disturbance, and sexual problems),… | Kentucky | ||
| Improving Access to Chronic Disease Information and Education to Decrease Preventable Death in the Lower Mississippi Delta | Sharkey Issaquena Community Hospital | Sharkey Issaquena Community Hospital in Rolling Fork, MS, will add educational and informational outreach efforts to include chronic diseases of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. These efforts will concentrate on prevention through education, physical fitness, and healthy eating habits. This will bring hands on, patient centered training, cooking instruction, and subject matter experts to reduce the prevalence of mortality related to chronic illnesses in the counties of Sharkey and Issaquena. Additionally, one on one education and evaluations will be offered… | Mississippi | ||
| Improving Access to Health Information through a Community Center Collaboration | University of Florida - Health Science Center Libraries | To support the health information literacy needs of the local community, this grant proposal partners the University of Florida’s Health Science Center Libraries (HSCL) (https://library.health.ufl.edu/) and The Pride Community Center of North Central Florida (PCCNCF) (https://gainesvillepride.org/). The project’s overarching aim is to improve access to quality health information for underserved populations in North Central Florida, specifically Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual Plus (LGBTQIA+) populations through the development of an updated health… | Florida | ||
| Improving Access to Oregon Syringe Exchange Heath Information | HIV Alliance | HIV Alliance proposes to implement a new system of digital data collection, management, and dissemination for our syringe exchange program, which serves a diverse population of people who inject drugs (PWID) across seven Oregon Counties (Lane, Douglas, Marion, Josephine, Coos, and Curry). Ultimately, this project will increase access to accurate syringe exchange health information and data dissemination, internally and externally, leading to enhanced transparency and collaboration and will help strengthen our capacity to provide essential infection and overdose prevention services.… | Oregon | ||
| Improving Access to Quality Health Information through Little Free Libraries | St. Luke's Health System | Project Summary: This pilot project aims to improve the health literacy of the refugee community in Boise by distributing culturally appropriate health information via Little Free Libraries. This project supports NNLM’s mission to improve public health by empowering underserved groups to make effective use of information for health decision-making. It also provides the opportunity to build partnerships with relevant stakeholders that can provide support in selecting appropriate titles and promoting the project to the refugee community. | Idaho |