Past Funded Projects
| Title | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Technology Improvement: Whatcom Taking Action and SEAS |
The Arc of Whatcom County serves as the lead agency for Whatcom Taking Action, a collaborative of community leaders, parents, service and care providers working to create a cohesive system of servi |
$5,000 |
| The Family Table |
The Family Table is a free health and nutrition program that teaches 2-3 families a week how to shop for, prepare and enjoy healthy meals together. |
$5,000 |
| University of Pittsburgh Data Catalog |
Major funding agencies have stipulated that data from funded research should be made available for retrieval and secondary analysis. |
$14,872 |
| Using Assistive Technology to Foster Independence |
This technology funding proposal is to obtain assistive technology for use in five Life Skills classrooms at Roosevelt Elementary School in Worcester, MA. |
$5,054 |
| Using Data to Support Clinical Outcomes (Keynote) |
The speaker is presenting on electronic health record implementation and the power of well-organized data to improve individual patient level outcomes. |
$1,500 |
| Using tablet computers to enhance patient education, patient communication, and health awareness |
Managing a primary care panel is an ever-changing experience. Physicians, medical support staff, administrative staff and patients need to be engaged in the circle of care. |
$7,756 |
| Using tablet computers to teach newly-diagnosed diabetes patients about medication administration and diabetes self-care. |
Managing diabetes is a full-time job for patients. |
$6,792 |
| Utilization of a Low Literacy Book to Manage Childhood Illness in a Community Home Visiting Program |
This project would be an intervention both to improve children's health and reduce inappropriate emergency room visits by providing parents or caregivers with a reference resource for understa |
$4,500 |
| VR Studio Discovery Space |
The health sciences campus at the University of Utah is very interested in virtual reality (VR) applications. |
$1,500 |
| What the Health: Free Consumer Health Resources |
Stony Brook University health sciences librarians will train area public librarians in free consumer health resources using a combination of NNLM courses and Stony Brook tutorials. |
$4,722 |
| Youth Health Literacy Challenge |
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. |
$2,901 |
| Title | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 15-40 Connection’s New Cancer Conversation: Saving lives through early cancer detection |
15-40 Connection and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine both work to provide access to vital health information to improve quality of life and the healthcare experience. To close the gap |
$10,000 |
| 18th International Conference on Grey Literature ? Leveraging Diversity in Grey Literature, November 28-29, 2016 |
Scientific information, much of which is published as grey literature, can play a pivotal role in the search for solutions to global problems. |
$1,445 |
| 2016 NAHSL Sponsorship |
Sponsorship for planning the 2016 conference. |
$1,200 |
| Basics of Health Literacy: A K-12 Community Partnership |
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 promotio |
$15,000 |
| Best Practice in Decision-Making |
The goal of this proposed project is to promote evidence-based practice in healthcare management by providing an educational program on evidence-based management {EBMgt) for health administrators i |
$15,000 |
| Bridging Health Information Gaps at the Public Library |
Through Health Team trainings, targeted use of specific online resources, and the efforts of a Health |
$16,364 |
| Bringing Rigor and Reproducibility to Research |
Reproducibility is one of the main principles of research. Rigor in the design of the research is another. |
$4,999 |
| Community Engagement: Elkhart General Hospital/Seed to Feed Learning Garden |
The Medical Library proposes to support an innovative Learning Garden at Elkhart General Hospital by training staff with quality clinical and patient education resources sponsored by the National L |
$4,478 |
| Community Engagement: Health & Wellness Backpack Program |
The Munson Community Health Library will collaborate with the Grand Traverse Commission on Aging Senior Center Network to develop a health and wellness backpack program. |
$4,457 |