Past Funded Projects

This project will offer programming and access to quality health information via a series of "Aging Well" programs and the development of a dedicated web page with links to reputable health information resources such as Medlineplus, National Institute on Aging, Medicare, and the local Area Agency on Aging. The NIH initiative would be promoted through a link on the new Healthy Links web page as well as mentioned at the beginning of each Aging Well program.

Micrographia is derived from micro- which means small and -graphia which means writing. Small, cramped writing is a common symptom of Parkinson's disease. A symptom that arrives early on but one that many patients learn about in later years of their disease. The Art Cart has developed an interactive workbook, Let's Combat Micrographia, to help this population learn ways to improve their hand dexterity and handwriting. Our interactive workbook was published in 2016 and since then we created a Let's Combat Micrographia workshop series to work with patients in a group setting.

Mobile Systems Education and Resources for Consumer Health MSEARCH 2018 is an electronic skill building program focused on educating 89 in Harris County on how to navigate National Libraries of Medicine NLM health information resources using mobile device technology. The program will address the information-seeking needs of 89 while providing ready access to NLM online information resources.

The Savitt Medical Library will be a host site for the National Library of Medicines NLM Native Voices Traveling Exhibit. The Library will use funding to work with Native American communities in Northern Nevada to plan events surrounding the exhibit, including an opening reception and a speaker event. The speaker event will be on Food Sovereignty and Native American Nutrition. These events and the exhibit will be promoted to local Native American communities, the University community, and to Northern Nevada clinicians.

In our proposed project, Philadelphia FIGHT Community Health Centers will design a six-week program called Upgrade Your Health!, addressing digital health literacy disparities by leveraging online and mobile technology. This course supports learners in managing their health beyond the clinician's office and integrating NLM and NNLM resources into their health management strategies, enabling learners to increase their knowledge and skills around critical health and wellness topics and chronic illnesses common in our patient population.

This project will establish an Outbreak! Alumni Leadership Club. Outbreak! is a free five day interactive program that offers high school students the opportunity to learn the history and impact of public health, while also introducing students to diverse public health careers. The Outbreak! program will incorporate NLM information and resources. Additionally, this project will expanding community engagement and outreach about public health with the 125.

The project will train approximately 100 caseworkers from three local organizations in Lancaster Country how to access the National Library of Medicine NLM resources for public health information and use materials developed from those NLM resources to improve the quality of the health information for the thousands of underserved families they reach over the course of a year. Lead poisoning will be the main topic covered and a handout for clients will be customized for each organization on this topic.

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.

This project will create a consumer health resources course with nursing continuing education credit paired with an online guide to train nursing and patient 12s to find, evaluate, and use reliable consumer health and genetics resources. The course and online guide will be piloted at the local hospitals including the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences UAMS during the first half of the award period, allowing for updates and revisions. Then the course will be taught to nurse and patient 12s in hospitals and clinics throughout the state.

As a resource library for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine NNLM, the Gibson D. Lewis Health Science Library will establish of a directory of local health organization's programs and events called the H.O.P.E. Directory. The establishment of this directory will help centralize access to reliable and authoritative local information, raise awareness of the role of resource libraries, and generate collaboration between organizations.

Dementia Friendly Nahant brings the national Dementia Friendly America model to the local level. Nahant has an aging population, with an estimated 102 people experiencing some form of dementia and an estimated 168 people often family members caring for them, impacting nearly 8% of Nahant' s population . As the population continues to age, this percentage will continue to rise.

Eight Brooklyn Public Library locations will host eight-week Creative Aging: Active and Moving programs focused specifically on social dancing for older 88 ages 55+. 160 participants will each complete 16 hours of physical activity over the course of the program and perform a final dance for friends and family at a culminating event. Participants will learn about NLM resources and become aware of health information available at the library.

Through the proposed project, Healthy Acadia will work across Washington County, Maine, to plan and conduct community engagement activities, centered on increasing access to and awareness of National Library of Medicine NLM resources, with a particular emphasis on research/clinical trials, the project, and the role of the community in advancing medicine.

Through the proposed project, Healthy Acadia will work across Hancock County, Maine to plan and conduct community engagement activities, centered on increasing access to and awareness of National Library of Medicine NLM resources, with a particular emphasis on research/clinical trials, the project, and the role of the community in advancing medicine.