The Network of the National Library of Medicine NNLM is partnering with the Research Program 71 to provide resources for NNLM members to support their communities as they access and use health information online and participate in medical research studies, particularly . A key component of this partnership is the goal of reaching people who are on the other side of the digital divide. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the widening digital divide. According to the Pew Research Center, roughly half of U.S.

The Penn State Dining with Diabetes Program is a research-based diabetes management program designed to help participants better understand Type 2 diabetes and its possible health related problems. This community-based education program is offered in 46 Pennsylvania counties and reaches residents, including those who are low-income and undeserved, in these 95, 97, and 98 counties.

Funding will support the librarian to attend the symposium, Disaster Recovery for Delaware: Exploring Potential Partnerships among Emergency Planners, First Responders, Librarians and Others.' She plans to identify specific opportunities to build bridges within and outside of my institution, and work toward establishing a comprehensive disaster plan. She also plans to work with other librarians at PA College, and regionally, to create and promote learning opportunities for our nursing and allied health students, faculty, staff, and community partners.

Advance African Development intends to offer a one-day symposium to explore the benefits of using National Library of Medicine NLM resources in K-12 school settings. The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region NNLM MAR has been funding promising K-12 health literacy programs. The proposed symposium is a follow-up intended to 1. Establish a learning collaborative made up of targeted key stakeholder; 2. Share, learn, and build on existing strategies that have been successfully used to integrate health literacy concepts into the K-12 school curricula; 3.

Congratulations to National Jewish Health for receiving a Diversity and Inclusion Award to present a Diversity and Inclusion Speaker Series. Library & Knowledge Services supports the clinical, research, and educational programs of National Jewish Health NJH, a preeminent health care institution in Denver, Colorado. In 2016, employees of NJH founded a Diversity and Inclusion Council in order to promote a climate of respect, understanding, and value for members of the NJH community.

Pettaway Pursuit Foundations goal is to empower new mothers with education and support throughout the prenatal and postpartum period, to achieve healthy newborn outcomes through healthier and prolonged pregnancies. Our Doulas, otherwise known as 92 caregivers provide non-medical assistance before, during, and after child birth. A Doula also provides assistance to the expectant mother's partner and family.

Eat, Move & Live in Balance is an extension of Wellness for Everybody initiative. The goal of the program is to address the need for nutritional education and fitness engagement to help decrease the health disparities in the African American community. Specifically, among low income and single-family homes where families could most benefit from developing sustainable healthy eating habits through coaching, creating menus, supermarket tours and healthy cooking demos. In addition, consumers would be introduced to various fitness activities that are low or no cost.

African American nurses are well-positioned to educate themselves and their communities about the importance of African American community engagement in precision medicine research like the National Institute of Health NIH research program.

This project will engage medical professionals in various specialties, improving their health literacy and reducing health disparity for individuals who are blind or who suffer with low vision VIPs. Current medical practice protocols and patient interactions are many times lacking in correct etiquette for the individuals in this population group.

This project will create a four pronged approach to education and support for students and families faced with addiction and recovery. Addiction is a family disease. In order to fully educate and support the adolescent, we know that families must be involved, supported and educated on the specifics of adolescent addiction.

To provide libraries without EFTS $200 in starter funds to initiate a deposit account.

The Cook 86s Family Library and the Occupational Health Clinic will collaborate to increase staff awareness and use of the library with the implementation of Information Prescriptions. These Prescriptions, issued by providers in the Occupational Health Clinic, will identify personal health concerns at health appointments, and direct staff to the Family Library where they can request confidential health information. The library staff will provide information packets electronically, or in hardcopy if needed, to fill the Prescription.

The NNLM SCR is partnering with the South Central Academic Medical Libraries Consortium SCAMeL to offer the Emerging Leaders Award. The purpose of this award is to motivate and prepare a librarian for a position of leadership in an academic health sciences library. The award will pair a librarian with a SCAMeL academic health sciences library director who will serve as his or her mentor. The SCAMeL volunteer mentor will introduce the award recipient to the financial and administrative roles and responsibilities of a health sciences library director.

The NN/LM SCR is partnering with the South Central Academic Medical Libraries Consortium SCAMeL to offer the Emerging Leaders Award. The purpose of this award is to motivate and prepare a junior librarian 2-5 years of experience for a position of leadership in an academic health sciences library. The award will pair a librarian with a SCAMeL academic health sciences library director who will serve as his or her mentor. The SCAMeL volunteer mentor will introduce the award recipient to the financial and administrative roles and responsibilities of a health sciences library director.

The project aims to increase the community's awareness of precision medicine. Over a three-year period, a series of informational programs will be implemented to introduce the fundamentals of precision medicine. The informational programs will discuss the connections between biology, health and lifestyle, the environment as well as, the collection and use of patients' health information on mobile devices.

It is particularly important that innovative learning modalities are utilized to augment our University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine UNECOM medical students' learning about empathy in relation to older adult health care. Currently those age 65 years and older use more than 50% of health care resources. As the older population increases and lives longer, their health care utilization is predicted to increase dramatically, therefore placing an obligation on our 126s to work with older 88 within primary care as well as any medical specialty.

UNE Library Services will collaborate with the College of Osteopathic Medicine COM to compare three virtual reality experiences related to older adult health with first and second year medical students. The technology immerses users into hypothetical situations that provide a first-person perspective on living with aging-related diseases to increase empathy and understanding in 126s and students, imparting knowledge about aging, dignity, and the importance of making meaningful connections in order to thrive.

UNE Library Services will collaborate with the College of Osteopathic Medicine COM to compare four virtual reality VR experiences related to older adult health with 1st and 2nd year medical students, and focus on analyzing the results. In addition, students in physical therapy, physician assistant, nursing, and other health professions programs will participate in the project. Embodied Labs EL technology immerses users into hypothetical situations that provide a first-person perspective on living with aging related diseases to increase understanding and empathy.

Since NN/LM NER Technology Grant #13868 'Empathy Learned Through an Extended Medical Education Virtual Reality Project' and subsequent grant, 'Empathy Learned Through a Physician Assistant Virtual Reality Project,' were such successes at the University of New England UNE, this grant proposal seeks to continue and solidify the project. Specifically, UNE Library Services will collaborate with the College of Osteopathic Medicine COM to compare three virtual reality experiences related to older adult health with first and second year medical students.

This project has been designed by the Community Faces of Utah CFU, a collaborative group established in 2009.

Emporia Public Library will use NNLM MCR Professional Development funding to provide Amigos courses for library staff.

According to Nietzsche, Without music, life would be a mistake. While music is a treasured experience in the education of our youth, learning and performing music presents potential health risks. For example, the World Health Organization currently estimates that 1.1 billion young people are at risk for hearing loss due to unsafe music listening practices. In response, the Texas Education Agency recently updated requirements for public school music education.

Students from Mansfield Senior High School will be guided by 131s and librarians to create original public health research projects over the course of the 2020-2021 school year. They will attend 4 workshops on how to research a local public health topic based on the current issues in the community. Participating students will end the school year by presenting a poster and oral presentation to community stakeholders including the Health Commissioner, County Commissioners, Directors of various local health and social service agencies, local business owners and community organizers.

CT-NAHN aims to improve the capacity of under-served adolescents and 87 to locate and integrate reliable health information so they can make informed health decisions. The overall goal of the proposed project is to work with youth in Fairfield, New Haven and Hartford counties in CT. and enhance their access to local and national health information resources. We also want to improve the capacity of their teachers to incorporate health information resources and health literacy best practices into their classrooms.

Reach Up, Inc. will host its 5th annual health fair in partnership with the Carnegie Free Library of Swissvale on June 22, 2019. Organizations from the local community who provide health information and services will be invited to participate as the goal of the health fair is to involve the entire community. Attendees will have an opportunity to learn about MedlinePlus and NIH Environmental Health Sciences from the National Library of Medicine through informational sessions held during the health fair.

No dying person should have to endure more suffering than he or she is willing to bear. However, many people die protracted deaths often in ways inconsistent with their wishes. Too many people also receive levels of care and treatment at the end of their lives that they do not want or would not want if they were fully informed of their treatment options. Patients often have bad deaths because they were not provided with palliative care or informed about hospice. Additionally, demographic differences play a role in end of life care and there are pronounced health disparities.

Lindenwood University will bring a mental health speaker to campus to challenge the mental health stigma and supply students with information and resources that are available to them. The Project will hold a hybrid speaker event in person and/or Zoom; hold four educational objective programs to promote mental health resources and the continuing discussion of mental health; create a mental health resource center in Lindenwood University's library.

The library will develop and present virtual health programming to the community consisting of a monthly health lecture by a local doctor or professional, and weekly movement-based and mental wellness programming. This project will improve the access of the public to health information and aid them in making informed health decisions by providing easy virtual access to trained health professionals and health-based programming

This project seeks to make accessible for students health and citizen science curriculum by creating a robust educational learning experience across grade levels. These will be in the areas of health and nutrition, Human Anatomy, ecology, and data collection. Learning will incorporate resources from the National Library of Medicine and the Research Program. Programming will be done in conjunction with the Shrewsbury, MA Public Library

Since 2009, the Health 12s from the Northeast and Eastcentral PA AHECs have been involved in the development and implementation of a curriculum designed to train Community Health Workers CHWs. CHWs contribute to improved health outcomes and quality of life by acting as liaisons or 'connectors' to needed healthcare and other community-based services and resources. To date, AHEC has trained nearly 170 individuals to work in settings such as hospitals, clinics and other community-based organizations.