Levi Dolan from the University of Missouri Health Sciences Library requested a professional development award up to $1,500 to attend the preconference titled Implicit Bias, Health Disparities, and Health Literacy which was offered at the American Library Association Midwinter Conference held in Seattle, WA in January 2019. The professional development award was available to library staff that work in public service or programming at public libraries.

Mackenzie Ahlberg Elliot from the Mid-Continent Public Library requested a professional development award up to $1,500 to attend the preconference titled Implicit Bias, Health Disparities, and Health Literacy which was offered at the American Library Association Midwinter Conference held in Seattle, WA in January 2019. The professional development award was available to library staff that work in public service or programming at public libraries.

Kathi Woodward from the Springfield-Greene County Library requested a professional development award up to $1,500 to attend the preconference titled Implicit Bias, Health Disparities, and Health Literacy which was offered at the American Library Association Midwinter Conference held in Seattle, WA in January 2019. The professional development award was available to library staff that work in public service or programming at public libraries.

Access to reliable health information for vulnerable populations: Vulnerable populations often reflect diversity from a number of perspectives. Diversity is frequently defined by social and demographic characteristics such as age, gender, race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. As PPL considers those segments of our patron and user base who are most vulnerable, we believe this initiative can serve the needs of Portland's teen population, homeless population, and the Immigrant/refugee segments of our community.

Low health literacy affects people of any age, income, race or background, and it puts an estimated 90 million Americans at risk. Whether it is interpreting instructions on a prescription bottle, deciphering pages of discharge instructions, completing a health history, or navigating the healthcare system, low health literacy predisposes patients to poor health outcomes and higher rates of preventable hospital admissions. At first glance, health literacy appears to be a problem that lies with the patient and is incumbent upon them to acquire the necessary skills.

Shaping Elizabeth, a city-wide coalition tasked with improving community health, has mobilized many organizations in Elizabeth to work together in building a culture of health in New Jersey's 4th largest city. As the Free Public Library of the City of Elizabeth, we consider it our duty to be involved in this endeavor: to share health literacy resources and help make Elizabeth a healthier place. As of November, we have become actively involved with the Shaping Elizabeth coalition as founding members of a subcommittee called the Library Coalition.

The Levy Library at the Icahn School of Medicine is seeking funding to support the establishment of a Levy Library Press that will host a new open access 94 journal that will publish inter-professional research, case studies, and other scholarly articles focused on health advocacy and education and will serve as a knowledge hub in these areas. The journal will not charge authors or users and all content will be freely available online.

The purpose of this project is to begin the process of developing concise patient education practice guidelines for health professionals which emphasize health literacy strategies. The Health Care Education Association HCEA will develop practice recommendations for patient education processes to effectively and efficiently meet the health literacy demands of patients/consumers. To support this endeavor HCEA, is requesting funds for the services of a medical librarian to conduct a literature search.

The overall goal of the proposed project is to strengthen and enhance access to local and national health information resources for the Washoe County, NV, community of 89 and senior caregivers, and to improve the capacity of regional caregivers to incorporate health information resources and health literacy best practices into patient care discharge planning and care management.

The UT Health San Antonio Libraries serve as a Resource Library of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine for the South Central area of Texas. The major health concerns facing residents of South Central Texas continue to include diabetes, communicable diseases, cancer, and obesity. It is commonly accepted that health literacy rates remain low in the U.S. population at large but at even lower rates in underserved, Hispanic, and immigrant populations, which are large populations in South Central Texas.

This grant application is for funding to hire a clinical skills expert to develop a health literacy/patient communication module to be incorporated into a mandatory clinical skills review course for third-year students. Students will be brought back to campus from their rotation sites for this course. The Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine is a fully accredited four-year school of medicine leading to the granting of the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree DO. This is a continuation of funding received last year to integrate health literacy into the Osteopathic Medicine curriculum.

New, easy to understand and use tools that are accessible to patients and providers can facilitate better health information seeking and address many barriers associated with low health literacy that result in increased cost and negative outcomes, especially for those patient populations that experience significant health disparities.

Orlando Health Literacy will be the title of an ongoing health literacy campaign for the patients and families/caregivers of all Orlando Health hospitals and satellite facilities. There will be multiple areas covered within this project such as a library outreach where the consumer health librarian goes out on the treatment floors and within the satellite facilities to meet the patients and serve them in a one-on-one reference interaction assisting them in locating credible and timely health information.

The project proposed is a health information hub inside a regional Chicago Public Library currently undergoing extensive renovations in a disadvantaged community that suffers from a spate of health conditions. The library, one of only two regional libraries in the city is frequented by 25,000 patrons each month and the goal is to improve both community awareness and health literacy by making information more accessible and culturally relevant to a predominantly African-American community.

Pay a trainer to facilitate three train-the-trainer workshops per month 5 months for a total of 15 workshops for two new outreach teams 2 people per team=4 people in facilitating PIA's health literacy classes in underserved communities. Trainees will accompany the trainer on community workshops and practice facilitating the workshops after two months. Trainees will receive a certificate of completion after final class,

J.O.I. Community Outreach proposes to campaign for health literacy through coordinated effort of media, workshops, service providers and enetertainemtn. Bringing the community out each week during the summer to participate in health activities, resources, information and workshops. Our community events garner tremendous numbers of people every week, on average 1500 people for 8 weeks.

The Pitt-Bridge Health Science Clubs seeks support for underserved students in middle and high school of Steel Valley School District. The goal is for the students to learn how to acquire and share health literacy with peers and family. With trained mentors, each club will promote health literacy, built upon STREAM Science, Technology, Research, Engineering, Arts and Mathematic foundational disciplines. The health themes have been locally identified and selected as being of school and community relevance.

Let's Talk Health LTH pilot project consists of a three-pronged approach designed to provide the following services: 1. LTH will provide health literacy instruction to existing ESL classes in the HOPE Literacy, Inc.'s sites, and the University of North Texas Health Science Center's UNTHSC Healthy Start and Building Bridges young mothers and refugee participants. 2.

Crouse Health library, in partnership with Crouse Medical Practice CMP,will engage in a skills and resource awareness campaign to promote the principles of health literacy in all patient interactions. The targeted audience will be the healthcare professionals of Crouse Medical Practice. The health literacy presentation will be included in all New Employee Orientations for Crouse Medical Practice which take place every 2 weeks. In addition, we will attend a monthly support meeting where they invite guest speakers and a monthly clinical meeting.

According to a 2015 Pew Research Study, 73% of people who visit public libraries in America go looking for answers about their health. Furthermore, a recent study by the Institute of Museum and Library Services showed that over a 12-month period, an estimated 28 million people in the United States used library computers or sought assistance from librarians for health and wellness issues, including learning about medical conditions, finding 126s, and assessing health insurance options.

The OU-Tulsa Schusterman Library will partner with the Tulsa City County Library in a pilot program designed to address the health education needs of Tulsa citizens. An OU-Tulsa medical librarian with specialization in consumer health education will be assigned to work for TCCL one-quarter of her time. Her work will include outreach and education programs, continuing education for TCCL librarians and staff, and developing a speakers series highlighting health needs in Tulsa.

Building on the success of our 2016-17 funded project, 'Outreach to Consumers to Improve Health Literacy,' we will strengthen the capacity of local public librarians to offer consumers direct assistance in researching health topics and preparing for medical appointments.

This proposal describes Phase 2 of a two-phase health literacy program in Charlottesville, Virginia. It aligns with the NNLM and SEA's mission to help people 'make informed decisions about their health,' to promote healthy behaviors, prevent costly and debilitating illness, and improve health outcomes. Phase 1, 'Coming to the Table, Needs Assessment, and Planning,' was funded by NNLM SEA Outreach Award 73. The full report for Phase 1 is due by May 20, 2017. We can briefly report here that our goal was achieved and lays a strong foundation for Phase 2.

The 'Quality Service' training offered by the Disney Institute will help me better understand the needs of the patients and families/caregivers I serve by putting the right guidelines and service standards into place. I will gain insight into how better to reach and relate with the population I serve as the Consumer Health Librarian for Orlando Health. After experiencing and learning in this customer service based training, I will leave with tools and ways in which to connect and share valuable health related information.

The Community Health Workshop project seeks to utilize and build on the role of community spaces such as libraries, senior centers, and community centers to facilitate access to knowledge and promote action amongst the underrepresented and underserved in Tarrant County, specifically the Hispanic and African American populations. The proposed project introduces community members to reliable consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine.

Develop and host a two-day, modular, interprofessional workshop that: a. brings health literacy-invested groups and individuals within the Kansas City community together to learn and share knowledge of health literacy; and b. provides specialized training to targeted CM participants to improve the provision of bedside health information to patients and caregivers with awareness of cultural, language, numeracy and digital inclusion factors. Learning Objectives: 1. Describe how different professionals can contribute to improving health literacy awareness 2.

For 17 years P. I. Advocates 94, Inc. PIA has forged meaningful partnerships with community and faith organizations as a 'mobile' training program. PIA has perfected a 2.5hr hands-on computer workshop designed specifically for disproportionately served neighborhoods. Being 'mobile' has allowed PIA to train community members where they live and/or work. We need to updated our training equipment for the three outreach teams operating in the Washington Metropolitan Area.

The main focus of this program, to be held on December 5, 2017, is health and mental health literacy in diverse communities. There will be presentations from various library representatives including at least one from the National Library of Medicine-Mid Atlantic Region. The specific agenda thus far includes the following: - Keynote Speaker: Cynthia Baur, Ph.D., Director of the Horowitz Center for Health Literacy at the University of Maryland, School of Public Health. Her keynote will address the importance of clear messaging to diverse audiences.

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association SCMLA is hosting it's 67th annual meeting, Oct. 19-22, 2017, in Knoxville, TN, hosted by Univ. of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Preston Medical Library.

Developing a Replicable Model for Health Literacy to Promote Positive Youth Development is a year-long, school-based, in-class, student-centered, experiential, and technology-driven health promotion and disease prevention program being implemented with 9th and 10th graders as well as 3rd, 4th 5th graders at the participating Pittsburgh public inner city schools to create health literate k-12 public school students who are able to access, navigate, obtain and understand health information and use it to make informed decisions about their health.