LCS and VCU Libraries will collaborate to empower CHWs and other community leaders with resources and information from the National Library of Medicine NLM and other curated resources specific to Hispanic health concerns. CHEC has been providing high-quality health information to patients, their families, and the general Richmond community since 2002. CHEC is a library for patients, their family members, and the community where visitors can find reliable consumer-level health information. In addition, CHEC also conducts health literacy workshops in the community.

In 2018 the South Carolina State Library began a statewide food literacy initiative called SC Read Eat Grow. This project was inspired by the Culinary Literacy Center of the Free Library of Philadelphia and their work with food programs of all types. As a state we struggle with high rates of heart disease and obesity, while at the same time we have a large number of 86 experiencing food insecurity.

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.

The BRECS Project teaches minority residents, public library, and community center staff in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area the benefits of participating in biomedical research and how to access online health information from the National Library of Medicine via the following mechanisms: 1 learning sessions offered at partnering community organizations and/or churches, 2 hands-on training at community centers and public libraries, and 3 webinars.

By partnering on a Little Free Libraries LFL initiative with Floridas Okeechobee County Library OCL, this project aims to improve 95 residents health literacy and understanding of precision medicine, through facilitating awareness of and access to NLMs consumer health resources and NIHs Research Program. This project supports NNLMs mission to improve public health by empowering underserved groups to make effective use of information for health decision-making. Little Free Library is an 94 nonprofit that fosters neighborhood book exchanges through outdoor book-sharing boxes.

Restored Generation is an outreach organization focused on enriching and educating the underserved population. The outreach program will support minorities from low-income households and provide the learners with the understanding of digital health literacy. For example, the recipients could be African American, Hispanics, or other cultural backgrounds. The events will collaborate and connect with the youth and their families to better understand how to have a healthier, more productive lifestyle.

Empower Parents will equip parent caregivers with much needed health literacy tools and skills. Parents with 86 suffering from disease, illness or disability are often not informed with credible health information placing their 86 at risk. As the caregivers to child patients, parents are tasked with the job of becoming an expert on the health needs of their 86 but yet not given appropriate tools or resources. Often parents face multiple adversities such as low socioeconomic status, low literacy, English as their second language and/or have little knowledge of healthcare in general.

Drake LRC wants older African Americans and students to make healthy choices and avoid risky healthcare behaviors. However, the potential pitfalls for senior 88 and students are great. Drake LRC proposes to make available through workshops and health fairs the content from the NLM databases to combat alcohol abuse, hypertension, eye care, diabetes, and other health topics that can promote good preventive healthcare.

Project HEAL will combine health literacy with English language instruction at the Trident Literacy Association TLA in Charleston, SC. TLA has provided comprehensive literacy programs, GED preparation, English as a Second Language ESL, Computer Basics, WorkKeys and Civics and Citizenship programming since 1972. Incorporating health literacy into the existing program provides a unique opportunity for students. TLA uses the South Carolina Adult ESL Handbook and ESL Scope and Sequence South Carolina Adult Education standards.

Public libraries are known for being community centered institutions providing equitable access to information and resources. Seen as trusted members of the community and the go-to for information, public librarians play an important role in improving individuals access to health information and overall well-being. Through this project we will assess the information needs of pubic librarians within Memphis to better inform our efforts to meet NNLMs goal of improving access to information enabling community members to make more informed health decisions.

As one of the only medical schools in the nation founded by a grassroots effort from the local community, Eastern Virginia Medical School EVMS is committed to addressing our communitys most pressing health needs through our educational, research, and clinical programs. The Edward E. Brickell Medical Sciences Library EVMS Library shares in this commitment and believes that an Community Engagement Project award aligns with our vision.

The Library Outreach Tricycle Initiative LOTI will provide a novel means of outreach service for the Miami-Dade Public Library System. The Allapattah Branch Library henceforth, the library serves the Village of Allapattah in the City of Miami and Miami-Dade County, Florida. With grant support, The library will procure outreach equipment in the form of a cargo tricycle with a library box, an accompanying tricycle, tablet and internet technology for exhibiting and accessing health resources, and a small collection of books and materials to be housed on the book tricycle.

This award supports an additional travel day on trips scheduled for Assistant Professor Sigrid Brudie of the Alaska Medical Library for public library training sessions. The desired outcome is that residents will be able to identify reliable and appropriate health information sources to meet their needs, and know that their local library and librarians are an access point for these resources.

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.

The library would like to purchase an Infinity - iPad + Monitor Kiosk that features a monitor mount, a universal tablet holder, and two literature holders to use at the health fair to promote and train individuals to utilize the MedLinePlus as their primary health resource. The library staff will talk one on one to participants to listen to their concerns and demonstrate the many features of this health resource using the IPad and TV monitor. Staff members will also distribute NLM brochures concerning health issues depending upon availability.

This years theme is We are Local Connect, Create, Contribute. This will be quite appropriate as I work closely with the University of South Alabama hospitals and elderly communities promoting and creating an awareness of the rich and freely available resources from NLM contributing to better health among our community. The exhibit will consist of two tables in a corner booth that maximizes visibility. Resources will be displayed in acrylic displays to enhance the visual presence of the materials on the tables.

Exhibit at Veterans and Military Families Day in Ward, SC

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

Exhibit at Remote Area Medical RAM Clinic, Wise, VA

Exhibit at the Georgia Libraries Conference October 9-11, 2019

The library will be exhibiting at and supporting ETSU student and faculty led health fair and CME events throughout April 2020. - Corazon Latino Festival April 2020, Johnson City, TN - Student-Led Community Health Fairs held in East TN and Southwest VA every 2 to 3 months through April 2020 - Louis A. Cancellaro Primary Care Conference March 2020

This project seeks to establish a multi-disciplinary effort dedicated to the practice of Dental Informatics through the training and development of new health delivery concepts and tools. This aligns itself with NNLMs efforts to advance the highest quality of health information to the greatest benefit of society. Dentistry is an information-intensive activity, and health informatics by its very nature supports such activities well.

This award is intended to help public libraries support the health information needs of their communities by providing funding for health-related program kits. Program kits should be comprised of health information and can be used for circulation purposes or in direct support of health programs.

The NNLM CEC is requesting $103,417 to pilot the Precision Medicine & the Future of Health Care: an NNLM Traveling Exhibit & Speaker Program herein known as the NNLM Precision Medicine Exhibit. The purpose of this project is to make an exhibit kit available to participating NNLM Community Engagement Network CEN Partner Library Organizations and to engage public libraries in a National Institutes of Health NIH Research Program 71 regional campaign location.

This project focuses on key health priorities couched in the framework of social determinants of health that contribute to health disparities in Arizona communities. Outreach activities will connect with the following partners: healthcare providers and 131s embedded in underserved communities; promotoras de salud community health workers; 12s and school associates; Hispanic, Spanish-speaking, and border-region populations; Native American and tribal communities; public librarians; and health agency and community health organization collaborators.

Pioneer Library System offers summer programming experiences across its tri-county service area to engage 86 in learning during their break from school. During June and July, Pioneers public libraries located in Blanchard, Noble, and Tecumseh plan to host health and safety education programs for young 86 multiple times a week at each location.

Pioneer Library System offers summer programming experiences across its tri-county service area to engage 86 in learning during their break from school. During June and July, Pioneer's public libraries located in Blanchard, Noble, and Tecumseh plan to host health and safety education programs for young 86 multiple times a week at each location.

Thats My Medicine: Empowering 89 to Identify and Utilize Personalized Health Information Online supports NLMs missions to promote 89 health literacy and knowledge of personalized medicine. As the 125 becomes increasingly comfortable and dependent on online resources, it is necessary to ensure that pursuing online health information resources is both accurate and timely. 89 are particularly vulnerable to polypharmacy, the use of multiple medications.

The Medical Education department of Maine Medical Center strives to grow the next generation of medical professionals to serve the people of the state of Maine. We seek to engage students in underrepresented populations and in areas of high need. Our pilot program will target refugee and economically disadvantaged high school students in York and Cumberland Counties in fall 2018 and expand to the 95 Knox and Waldo Counties of the midcoast region in 2019.

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.