Past Funded Projects

This a pilot project to develop curriculum to teach current and future healthcare professionals how to address patient needs throughout the state of Georgia with health literacy in mind. The goal is to improve a clinician's ability to identify and communicate effectively with patients at the appropriate level of health literacy.

Applicant will attend the Institute in Evidence-Based Practice, an intensive 3-day introductory course that teaches medical librarians the skills they need to support evidence-based practice at their institutions. The knowledge I gain through this course will improve her ability to educate students and assist faculty at the new medical school opening at her institution in the fall of 2017.

This project will bring the Association of College & Research Libraries' workshop 'Building your Research Data Management Toolkit: Integrating RDM into Your Liaison Work' to Spokane, Washington on April 10, 2017. This will train regional academic and hospital librarians serving expanding medical programs and growing research needs involving 95 populations. This award will fund workshop fees, travel and lodging expenses for two invited speakers, host facility fees and materials.

The Plain Language for Health PL4H workshop is designed to increase consumer access to health information and services by training health information specialists, 12s, librarians and others to use plain language writing and design principles in health information materials and websites. The first PL4H workshop, offered March 18 - 19, 2016 by Tufts University School of Medicine, trained 40 participants and attracted professionals from a wide range of community-based organizations serving 88 with low health literacy and limited English proficiency.

The aims of this project are to equip the health sciences librarians at the University of North Dakota with technology that will improve their ability to 1 participate in online training opportunities that require telephone participation and 2 to participate in online videoconferencing from their workstations in open-office floorplans.

In this two part project, faculty from the Georgia State University GSU Library and the School of Public Health will repurpose elements from the CDC's David J. Sencer Museum's exhibition 'Health Is a Human Right: Race and Place in America'. The exhibit has been secured as a permanent gift from the CDC museum to GSU and is in storage in a large classroom at the School of Public Health.

The Texas Tech University Health Science Center at El Paso Libraries will bring 3D printing and knowledge of how to use the NIH 3D Print Exchange to the health workers, medical students, Hispanics, and doctors in Western Texas.

The overall purpose of the Community Health Information Resource for 89 CHIRS is to strengthen and enhance Washoe County's provision of resources to its community by building a comprehensive, easy to navigate web-enabled compendium that consolidates all the scattered information that supports the needs of the aging population. CHIRS will deliver a program of instruction, both in-class and online, to demonstrate and promote the benefits of the website and illustrate the variety of beneficial online health information resources.

PIA will provide hands on PowerPoint computer training designed to improve the 125s' access to web based health information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health. We will do this by offering training in navigating medlineplus.gov and other online medical websites.

Create awareness of NLM electronic resources to our target populations to inform and instruct them on the variety of resources available to meet their healthcare information needs. Replace existing aging server to increase capacity and provide more reliable access to library resources while both on and off campus, including at the point-of-care.

The Health In The Square project will provide learning opportunities to the Mason Square community on nutrition, gardening, and health literacy. Through workshops and technology, National Library of Medicine's health resources help will build a foundation of health literacy for the community and help alleviate food insecurity.

PIA will provide hands on PowerPoint computer training workshops designed to improve the accessibility to web based health information and health resources using medlineplus.gov. Our workshops will increase attendees' skills in using computers to navigate many National Library of Medicine electronic medical libraries. We will teach all participants find and understand health topics and many other health resources to include the meaning and importance of health literacy. The PIA training will target the public with a focus on African Americans and other underserved populations.

Exhibit at the 117th Annual Convention of the Oklahoma Osteopathic Association

The Mount Olivet Health Ministry of Mt Olivet Gospel Church Inc. will provide a two day event to increase health awareness and promotion to community members. The two day event will include speakers on hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, Effective communication, and Lifestyle modifications Adequate nutrition and Exercise with 126s. Attendees will also have opportunities to gain CPR/AED training on March 4th to March 5th 2017 and subsequent dates.