Past Funded Projects

EHP is requesting a grant award in the amount of $5,000.00 to disseminate health information throughout counties in Southwest Pennsylvania experiencing unconventional oil and gas development UOGD. The goal of this project is to enhance resilience in these communities in the face of widespread UOGD in recent years. In addition to enhancing resilience, the goals of this project are to decrease community-level stress and to improve mental and physical health.

In the interest of providing greater access to culturally competent and linguistically relevant health services to Minnesota's Latino communities, CLUES requests funding from the NNLM to support developing, planning, and piloting a new Health and Wellbeing workshop series. The workshops will take place in areas of Minnesota where large communities of Latinos live and work, including southern Minnesota in areas such as Mankato, Willmar, and Austin.

Background Based on the data collected through the key informant interviews conducted during Q1 and Q2 the need for teen education in the area of sexual health, specifically for HPV and other sexually transmitted diseases was identified. The data also suggested an need for education about how to evaluate online health information for accuracy. The following proposal outlines a plan to implement a focused outreach event to train Boston area leaders who work with 87 to learn about HPV and other STDs and how to evaluate online health information for accuracy.

The overall goal of the proposed project is to strengthen and enhance access to local and national health information resources for the Washoe County, NV, community of 89 and senior caregivers, and to improve the capacity of regional caregivers to incorporate health information resources and health literacy best practices into patient care discharge planning and care management.

Award will help public librarian recipient attend MLA Symposium/Health Information for Public Librarians 2018. Description: The symposium, of interest to both public librarians and health sciences librarians, offers programming in the area of health information for the public. It also provides a unique opportunity for public and health sciences librarians to network.

The Levy Library at the Icahn School of Medicine is seeking funding to support the establishment of a Levy Library Press that will host a new open access 94 journal that will publish inter-professional research, case studies, and other scholarly articles focused on health advocacy and education and will serve as a knowledge hub in these areas. The journal will not charge authors or users and all content will be freely available online.

The purpose of this project is to begin the process of developing concise patient education practice guidelines for health professionals which emphasize health literacy strategies. The Health Care Education Association HCEA will develop practice recommendations for patient education processes to effectively and efficiently meet the health literacy demands of patients/consumers. To support this endeavor HCEA, is requesting funds for the services of a medical librarian to conduct a literature search.

The proposed Research Data Management program is designed to provide training, tools and strategies for medical libraries seeking to develop research data management services. This program provides a holistic approach to developing data services that focuses on building the required knowledge base, understanding and connecting with 133s, promoting effective outreach strategies, and integrating with the broader institutional data community.

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

Cambria County ranks third in the State of Pennsylvania for drug-related deaths per 100,000 persons. While numerous county agencies are focused on controlling the drug-traffic and use within the county, there is limited focus on the families impacted by the death of a family member. To provide support for families who are struggling with understanding their situation, this project will use the network of 14 public libraries and four academic libraries in the county to create centers for information on drug and alcohol abuse and dealing with loss.

The project that we want to do will be teaching Participants how to use the Internet/Computer to find reliable health information online using the MedlinePlus.gov and NN/LM SE/A websites. We plan to continue our project we started pairing Senior Citizens with 87 so that the 87 could teach the Senior Citizens how to use the Amazon Fire 8 HD Tablet to find online reliable health information on the internet using MedlinePlus.gov.

Washington State has the third highest rate of death from Alzheimer's disease of any state in the nation. This is expected to increase 40% in next 10 years and 181% over the next 30 years. In many practices in Washington State, there are no guidelines to increase quality of care for screening, diagnosis, or treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. This is costly to the health care system and highly burdensome to patients, caregivers, and the community.

15-40 Connection and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine both work to provide access to vital health information to improve quality of life and the healthcare experience. To close the gap in delayed diagnosis of cancer and provide the lifesaving advantage of early cancer detection, individuals need to be empowered through an integrated approach to health education that drives behavior change.

Memphis Library Foundation MLF will work with a local consultant who specializes in public health to shape the program over the course of the three year term. Along with the consultant, we will define the scope of work, create a timeline, and identify qualified candidates to interview for a part-time program coordinator position. Once the program coordinator is hired, we will train and prepare them for the work, including providing equipment and materials, as well education and instruction about the project.