Past Funded Projects

Decatur Public Library has partnered with local fitness and nutrition experts to develop our Healthy Heroes Summer Program 2019. Healthy Heroes combines the power of summer reading with the value of a healthy lifestyle. Rather than focus solely on reading this summer, our Healthy Heroes program will incorporate a fitness challenge and a healthy food choices challenge as well as our typical reading challenge.

In the Show Low, AZ, region there are barriers in receiving relevant, factual information that relates to overall health and wellness. Those barriers primarily exist due to a lack of internet connectivity, access to computers or mobile devices or lack of knowledge on where to find relevant health information.

In public libraries, Black Girls with Green Thumbs @blackgirlswithgreenthumbs will host a series of community workshops centered on gardening, nutrition, and plant-based cooking. The adaptation of their typical programming for public library audiences in 98 and 97 neighborhoods in Philadelphia and Delaware Counties will be largely influenced by timing. Rather than starting the workshop series with the development of a garden, they will end the programs with the development of a Spring/Summer garden.

This project builds upon the recent successful collaboration between the Albany Medical Colleges Schaffer Library of Health Sciences SLHS, the Division of Community Outreach and Medical Education DivCOME and local public libraries and community based organizations. SLHS and DivCOME will jointly create and promote educational videos focused on the collection and evaluation of health information and patient-provider communication.

The Dementia & Research Awareness project embodies the NNLM Public Library Partnership Award mission in two vital ways. One, by focusing on one group of underserved individuals that libraries are just beginning to serve those living with dementia and their care partners the project promotes the use of public libraries to support community health information needs through the use of National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources.

Engagement of diverse populations in clinical research studies is crucial for ensuring that the needs of these groups are represented in scientific outcomes. Members of minority groups participate in research studies at much lower rates than white individuals Colon-Otero, 2008. These disparities in research participation can exacerbate already existing racial/ethnic differences in health outcomes Smedley, 2002.

The Healthy Communities in Fulton County, Illinois HCFCI project is a collaboration between the University of Illinois at Chicagos Library of the Health Sciences in Peoria UIC LHSP, the Western Illinois Universitys School of Nursing WIU SON, and public libraries in Fulton County. In this project, librarians, nursing professors, and nursing students will work with public libraries to provide health fairs for the public.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill UNC Health Sciences Library HSL, part of the University Libraries, will implement a training program for library staff, students, and the public using and adapting the NNLM Engage for Health curriculum, and the Middle Atlantic Region of NNLMs class, entitled, Patient Empowerment: Using Health Information Resources to Improve Health Communication.

Exhibit at the 2020 South Carolina Human Service Providers Annual Conference. This conference is expected to attract Department of Disability and Special Needs Administrators, professionals, teachers, direct care professionals, advocates, and individuals with disabilities and their families. Projected attendance is 400-450.

Exhibit at the The National Conference on Allied Health Education hosted by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools ABHES in Houston, TX

Congratulations to Kristen DeSanto who received an award to attend Diagnostic Error in Medicine 12th Annual 94 Conference.

Congratulations to Darlene Kilpatrick! She received a professional development award to attend Library Marketing & Communications Conference.

Congratulations to the American Fork Public Library for receiving a Public Library Programming Award! The goal of this project is to provide community members with tools and resources to manage their own mental and emotional health, as well as recognize the signs of mental and emotional health problems in loved ones.

The FIU Library has a typical weekly gate count of 35,644 visitors https://library.fiu.edu/about/statistics, with the display located at the entrance, all visitors will view both exhibits and gain access to handouts and other NLM materials. FIU is situated in a large metropolitan area with a diverse student body: 61% Hispanic, 15% White non-Hispanic, 13% Black, 4% 110 or Pacific Islander, and 7% other minority group https://www.fiu.edu/about/index.html.