Past Funded Projects

Congratulations to St. Louis County Library for receiving a Public Library Programming Award! The goals of this project are to provide patrons with an overall assessment of their current state of health, and to raise their awareness of authoritative health and wellness information resources. The library will host a community health screening event where participants will have their blood pressure, cholesterol, height, weight, body mass index, tobacco use, and exercise history checked.

Congratulations to Jefferson County Library - Norhwest Branch for receiving a Public Library Programming Award. This project will focus on community members experiencing, or interested in learning about, a general decrease in energy or suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder SAD during periods of limited or low-level daylight. In addition to offering educational programming on mental health, the library will make available light therapy lamps for in-library use and for check out.

The goals of this project are to promote data science literacy by providing resources, software, and Librarian assistance to Allied Health students and faculty at the Oregon Institute of Technology OIT campuses. These goals will be supported through collection development in data science subjects, subscriptions to data science tools, "train the trainer" education in data science to support library services surrounding data science, and a partnership with an outside expert to teach a data science workshop.

Support for Molly Montgomery of Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine to attend ALA Midwinter 2019.

The HSCL will host five events and three ongoing activities associated with this exhibit. One external speaker a 127 of nursing will be brought to campus to speak on the history of the nursing profession its role in society. Two events will feature panels of UF faculty and local practitioners: one focused on the nursing in wartime/military nursing, and one focused on popular depictions of nursing in media.

The goal of this funding would be in two parts - the first is training a certified instructor for CPR/First Aid and the purchase of a defibrillator for the library to increase the health of an individual needing immediate emergency care. The second part is to increase the health literacy of the patrons and community members visiting the library through print and digital information in easier to understand materials on current health topics.

This project will expand library services for people with Alzheimers and Dementia through the Missoula Public Library Memory Caf. The goals of the Memory Caf is to create a safe, welcoming and supportive space for individuals experiencing memory loss and their caregivers and family members.

Exhibit at the 95 Health Association of Tennessee RHAT, Annual Conference, November 20-22, 2019

Exhibit at the Remote Area Medical RAM Clinic, Gray, TN November 2019

NNLM contribution to Pittston Memorial Library Annual Health Fair. A community based event featuring many health partners including Early Intervention, Area Agency on Aging, PA Department of Health, Cawley Physical Therapy, Geisinger Hospital, CONCERN for Kids, Comfort Keepers, Gift of Life, Griswold Home Care, Pathway to Recovery, Live Well Luzerne, Family Service Association of NEPA, Northeast Highway Safety Program, Caregivers America, Bayada Home Health Care, Victims Resource Center, and many others. MedlinePlus and Research Program informational materials were distributed.

This session will highlight the importance of libraries as partners in public health initiatives and programs. Presenters will discuss public health projects they have implemented in partnership with libraries and the positive effect these programs had on their respective communities. The audience will also learn how these projects incorporated free, trustworthy resources from the National Library of Medicine and how they can use these resources alongside their own public health initiatives.

This presentation will highlight four public health preparedness collaboration projects completed by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health in partnership with the Free Library of Philadelphia between 2014 and 2019. Project initiatives included the recruitment of Medical Reserve Corps Volunteers, training of Free Library staff and the 125 in emergency preparedness, development of library emergency response roles, development and dissemination of public health bookmarks, and incorporation of National Library of Medicine online resources.

Describe how public libraries serve as novel venues for opioid overdose reversal trainings. Demonstrate the effect of a library-based opioid overdose reversal training on self-efficacy for responding to opioid overdose.

At the APHA annual meeting, Alison Wessel will be presenting a session titled "Improving Health through Collaboration: Libraries and Public Health" with Erin Seger of NNLM Mar as well as other regional members. Alison will be sharing how the Delaware Health and Social Services library conducted a health information needs assessment of Delaware public libraries and applied NLM resources to help meet those needs.