Past Funded Projects

The creation of an online exhibit based on Stony Brook University Libraries' Dental Instruments: Past and Present will make important resources for research and teaching in the fields of dental history, material cultural studies, advertisement studies, and the medical humanities more widely available.

The Indiana Prevention Resource Center, part of the Department of Applied Health Science, School of Public Health, Indiana University-Bloomington, proposes to develop an e-resources database devoted solely to the topic of the current opioid epidemic, with a particular focus on Indiana, that will feature as subthemes from the homepage educational materials on how to judge the quality of health information resources and links to highlighted NLM materials.

The 'Quality Service' training offered by the Disney Institute will help me better understand the needs of the patients and families/caregivers I serve by putting the right guidelines and service standards into place. I will gain insight into how better to reach and relate with the population I serve as the Consumer Health Librarian for Orlando Health. After experiencing and learning in this customer service based training, I will leave with tools and ways in which to connect and share valuable health related information.

This project proposes the creation of a bioinformatics and health informatics portal to primarily serve students, professors, 133s, clinicians and 125 at the Medical Science Campus, University of Puerto Rico MSC-UPR and eventually to all medical community in the island. Currently, there is not up-to-date source of information on these subjects in Puerto Rico. Then, there is a need of a portal with access to bioinformatics and health informatics information and tools oriented to medical sciences institutions, as well as the medical and general community.

The Alternative Peer Group APG is a comprehensive adolescent recovery support model that integrates recovering peers and prosocial activities into evidence-based clinical practice.They are a critical piece of the care continuum that support adolescents outside of school.

Orlando Health Literacy will be the title of an ongoing health literacy campaign for the patients and families/caregivers of all Orlando Health hospitals and satellite facilities. There will be multiple areas covered within this project such as a library outreach where the consumer health librarian goes out on the treatment floors and within the satellite facilities to meet the patients and serve them in a one-on-one reference interaction assisting them in locating credible and timely health information.

Perform outreach on behalf of the GMR as a partner outreach library.

Goal: 1 . Increase resources and knowledge of library patrons on health related issues. 2. Make healthy eating fun, tasty, and not intimidating. Objective: 1. Contract 3 health professionals and/or chefs knowledgeable on healthy eating to offer at least 2 classes to 88 and 1 to kids. 2. Each class will introduce and explain how to use the NLM databases to explore different health options. 3. Each health professional will bring their own supplies for their classes.

Mississippi has one of the highest rates of low birth weight and premature babies in the U.S. and the University of Mississippi Medical Center's newborn division is actively promoting breastfeeding among new mothers to benefit these babies. The CDC's 'Healthy People 2020' breastfeeding objective is for 81.9% of infants to be breastfed for any length of time, or 'ever breastfed.' The national average for infants being 'ever breastfed' is 81.1%, and Mississippi is currently ranked last at 52%.

This interactive program will introduce 88 to healthy cooking techniques and free online health information resources. Targeting people with obesity, diabetes and other weight-management concerns, a series of three, two-hour sessions will begin with a demonstration of how to prepare at least two recipes for healthy weight loss. A certified chef will show how to use nutritious ingredients and low-fat, low-sodium cooking techniques.

PT Plus is a 6-week program of 90-minute weekly sessions for families with 3-5 year old 86 that introduces literature and nutritional practices through activities that promote family-centered foundational skills in early nutrition, healthy lifestyles, and literacy. PT Plus's balanced and holistic approach to achieving school readiness promotes healthy eating, reading behaviors, and critical thinking through the discussion of engaging books and simple high-yield nutritional practices.

The American Library Association ALA is leading a large response and recovery effort for libraries damaged by Hurricane Maria and Irma in the Caribbean, specifically in the Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands. Many libraries have been damaged beyond repair and need assistance to recover. ALA will work with the local library leaders in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to provide computers and other resources needed to restore access to communities in dire need of information on health and a multitude of other topics as they rebuild their lives.

The OU-Tulsa Schusterman Library will partner with the Tulsa City County Library in a pilot program designed to address the health education needs of Tulsa citizens. An OU-Tulsa medical librarian with specialization in consumer health education will be assigned to work for TCCL one-quarter of her time. Her work will include outreach and education programs, continuing education for TCCL librarians and staff, and developing a speakers series highlighting health needs in Tulsa.

Connections4Health C4H is an innovative program of placing a 'social service help desk' in the waiting area of underserved medical centers to assist patients in their unmet needs during, and as part of, their medical visit. Volunteer college students are trained as 'Community Health Fellows' to work with patients while they are attending a medical appointment. These volunteers engage patients one-on-one to understand their unmet social service needs and create individualized action plans with referrals to relevant social service agencies.