Past Funded Projects

Pa ForwardR was founded in 2012 on the fundamental belief that health literacy among four other literacies is critical for parents, caregivers, 86, 87, 88 and 89 to participate in a twenty first century society. Many parents do not know how to find reliable information to help them to navigate a healthcare system or when to become concerned about their 86's health.

Our plan is to use the funds to acquire books on Covid-19, which we will use in a display in order to educate the public on the topic. We also plan using up to ten Kindle Paperwhites to loan out to our patrons so as to better advertise our e-book services.

The Wayne State University, Vera P. Shiffman Medical Library Shiffman recognizes a significant opportunity in partnering with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine NNLM and the NIH Research Program to provide increased and improved access to health-related information and services to residents of the Detroit Metro area primarily engaging communities identified as Underrepresented in Biomedical Research UBR by NIH. In order to maximize that opportunity, Shiffman will use grant funding to 1 utilize a 50% FTE library assistant, a.k.a.

Direct-to-consumer advertising DTCA for prescription drugs has been an ongoing, contentious issue in the United States. Despite oversight from the U.S.

504HN seeks this opportunity to partner with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine-SCR to impact health literacy in the Greater New Orleans Region. The mission of this partnership would be to promote health literacy and improve the communitys ability to access to information that enables them to make informed decisions about their health. Currently, 504HN has a special focus on the New Orleans Hospitality Workers.

The mission of Jackson County Library Services is to connect everyone to information, ideas, and each other. To support our mission and that of NNLM, JCLS will present two health literacy programs; one in English for general audiences, and one in Spanish for the 7.9% of Jackson County households who speak Spanish. A panel of bilingual health care and library professionals will speak on the topics of COVID-19, locating quality health information online, talking to your doctor, and understanding your prescription.

Serve as a partner outreach library, offering training and promotion of NLM/NNLM resources and services on behalf of the GMR.

Serve as a partner outreach library, offering training and promotion of NLM/NNLM resources and services on behalf of the GMR.

Serve as a partner outreach library, offering training and promotion of NLM/NNLM resources on behalf of the GMR.

The Archives and Special Collections Archives department of the University of California, San Francisco UCSF Library, seeks a support from the NNLM to digitize approximately 43,000-45,000 pages from 15 archival collections related to the early days of the AIDS epidemic in the San Francisco Bay Area and make them widely accessible to the public on the Internet. This new digital collection will address the gaps that exist in relation to materials chronicling the experience and struggles of communities of color and marginalized communities in the early days of the AIDS epidemic.

Serve as a partner outreach library, offering training and promotion of NLM/NNLM services and resources on behalf of the GMR.

Serve as a partner outreach library, offering training and promotion of NLM/NNLM resources and services on behalf of the GMR.

Black Girl Health Foundations Minds Matter Harrisburg is a program in partnership with The Dauphin County Library System that is designed to reach out to 92 of color in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area and educate them about mental health and mental health resources. Black Girl Health Foundation BGHF has already hosted a very successful in-person iteration of Minds Matter in Harrrisburg, PA with the support of the Dauphin County Library System, and we have Minds Matter - NOLA scheduled to take place October 10th, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Serve as a partner outreach library, offering training and promotion of NLM/NNLM resources and services on behalf of the GMR.