Past Funded Projects

The NNLM Web Services office NWSO supports the Network of the National Library of Medicine's web infrastructure and associated web technologies. This is an example project that demonstrates how NNLM subawardees can report on project activities.

This project will provide resources and educational opportunities that highlight the benefits of collaboration between public health organizations and public libraries. Phase I of the project will encompass two steps: 1. assessment and 2. resource identification.

Phase II of the Information Collaboration project will focus on developing and implementing a training and outreach program that targets the public library and public health workforce. The goal of the program will be to foster sustainable partnerships aimed at improving the publics health through information access. The development of this project will be informed by the data collected and analyzed during the Phase I project.

The Network of the National Library of Medicine NNLM will partner with Paula Mozen, Director of Life Interrupted https://lifeinterruptedfilm.com/ a documentary film featuring empowering stories of breast cancer survivors told from the survivors perspective to offer a series of virtual film screenings and panel discussions that increase awareness and understanding of the broad impact of breast cancer on communities who are underrepresented in biomedical research UBR, connect precision medicine and medical research with finding cures and treatmen

According to the West Virginia Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, West Virginia ranked 1st in the nation, for the prevalence of poor physical health, poor mental health, and activity limitations due to poor physical or mental health. West Virginia is also 1st in the nation in the occurrence of obesity and cardiovascular disease. West Virginia ranks 2nd highest nationally in the incidence of diabetes. When considering healthcare, West Virginia ranks first or second in poor health care.

This project will provide quality virtual information related to health and wellness privacy and literacy that librarians can use to better serve their communities. We will present this information as a series of four webinars for public library workers. We will also create high-quality informational resources which will form part of the webinar content but will also be designed to be shared on library social media at other times. Authoritative information about health and wellness privacy is both timely and in-demand.

The Hardin Library for the Health Sciences HLHS, University of Iowa will assist the National Network of Libraries of Medicine NN/LM, a program of the National Library of Medicine NLM with its mission of advancing the progress of medicine and improving the health of the public by: 1 providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information and, 2 improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health.

Kina Together will serve Native Americans Ojibwe in northern Minnesota. This project has been developed through partnerships between the University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth Campus UMMS Duluth, Department of Biomedical Sciences BMS and Bois Forte Health and Human Services, Oshki Ogimaag Charter School located on Grand Portage Reservation, and ISD #361 Indian Education Program, 94 Falls, Minnesota. All the communities are served are severely underserved and lie in remote areas of the state.

The project will provide an opportunity for a cohort of participants in the NNLM MAR region to develop a broader awareness of health sciences librarianship. The project involves two parts: 1 an online course; and 2 a virtual shadowing mentoring program. The 4-week online course will provide an overview of health sciences librarianship, taught from the perspective of librarians who came to health sciences librarianship from other fields. The course is organized in four modules, each based on a scenario from the health sciences.

We believe the public library can offer more than research-based learning and recreation such as books, movies, music; it can offer emotional and psychological learning, acceptance and mindfulness. Working with several local partners, our library will engage our families in a waide variety of health programming, and integrate health information into our services. To supplement these programs, we will direct patrons towards KidsHealth.org, GirlsHealth.gov, Healthy86.org, and other trusted resources.

Since colleges and universities across the country moved to emergency remote learning for the spring 2020 semester, it has become abundantly clear there is a very real digital divide among students and families who have access to a home computer and/or reliable, high-speed Internet and those that do not. With many classes again being offered through online modalities for the Fall 2020, and social distancing guidelines limiting computer lab space, this divide will continue to inhibit students' abilities to easily complete their course work.

Mino Izhiwebzi Good Health serves Native Americans Ojibwe Elders of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa. With MedlinePlus as its core resource, Mino Izhiwebzi uses a multifaceted approach to address chronic disease management and improved wellness among Elders by fostering: 1 health literacy and patient empowerment, 2 nutrition and wellness awareness, and 3 intergenerational bonding and learning. Native Americans in Minnesota experience the greatest health disparities in the nation; their life expectancy is a full 11 years less than the states white population.

In the age of COVID-19, many PCOM students have had sudden lifestyle adjustments. For example, students' planned living arrangements have been disrupted, some resulting in reduced income sources, which affects the acquisition of basic necessities such as food, a stable Internet source, housing, and transportation. These disruptions contribute to heightened stress levels that ultimately affect students' learning.

To perform outreach on behalf of NNLM GMR