Past Funded Projects

Our goal is to inform the community of available access to health resources and information. We will increase community awareness of health information access, issues, and available resources by holding a Health Fair at the Washington County Library, St. George Branch. The objective of the fair is to promote information for healthy living, help expose our community to health resources such as the NNLM, and partner with local health professionals to create an understanding of the community health network.

Low health literacy affects people of any age, income, race or background, and it puts an estimated 90 million Americans at risk. Whether it is interpreting instructions on a prescription bottle, deciphering pages of discharge instructions, completing a health history, or navigating the healthcare system, low health literacy predisposes patients to poor health outcomes and higher rates of preventable hospital admissions. At first glance, health literacy appears to be a problem that lies with the patient and is incumbent upon them to acquire the necessary skills.

Exhibit at 95 Health providers in the state of Tennessee. This includes clinicians, nurses, 12s, and 133s relevant to 95 health in Tennessee. The estimated meeting attendance is 300-450.

The Health and Human Services Librarian at the University of New Hampshire will conduct a questionnaire to identify cost-effective information resources and needed training to assist a target group of Strafford County's healthcare and mental health providers with the assessment and development of opioid addiction treatments and prevention programs.

We would like to extend the Program's reach to more of New England, all while streamlining the Program to teach people to appropriately cover their cough. We'd like to make the program available to more schools by providing a digitized curriculum, and streamline the Program by enhancing the effectiveness of the Program while constraining costs so we only mail posters and tattoos. We would like to partner with the Rhode Island Department of Health to reach people of all ages to expand the awareness of the importance of proper coughing and sneezing etiquette.

Libraries Without Borders BSF has developed a program that expands opportunities for the poorest individuals and families. BSF will partner with the Brainerd Public Library BPL to install e-libraries and build libraries at laundromats in low-income and underserved communities.

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 UVA Claude Moore Health Sciences Library and University of Virginia Library Research Data Services + Sciences will collaborate to build a data catalog that facilitates access to open health data and an educational program that promotes data literacy, encompassing the FAIR Data Principles Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Re-usable. The NYU Data Catalog will be deployed and populated with records promoting access to open health data. The data catalog will be available to 133s at the University of Virginia and citizen scientist in the community.

Shaping Elizabeth, a city-wide coalition tasked with improving community health, has mobilized many organizations in Elizabeth to work together in building a culture of health in New Jersey's 4th largest city. As the Free Public Library of the City of Elizabeth, we consider it our duty to be involved in this endeavor: to share health literacy resources and help make Elizabeth a healthier place. As of November, we have become actively involved with the Shaping Elizabeth coalition as founding members of a subcommittee called the Library Coalition.

To enable Southern Chapter/MLA to support and host multiple CE courses and offerings during the annual meeting in Knoxville, TN, Oct. 19-22,2017, for the benefit of members that register for the courses. The funding will help defray the expense of bringing in CE instructors and thus allow SC/MLA to lower the CE registration costs for attendees.These courses will also have MLA approved CE points offered for members to count toward AHIP certification.

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

The goal of NEC-Zero is to eliminate necrotizing enterocolitis NEC to 'zero cases' by increasing access to evidence-based information to promote risk awareness and prevention. NEC, a devastating intestinal complication that involves death of tissue that can spread to the entire body, affects mostly pre-term infants. Gaps in implementation of prevention evidence and parent engagement strategies may explain variation in NEC occurrence across Neonatal Intensive Care Units NICUs.

Pettaway Pursuit Foundation's continuing goal is to empower all expecting Medicaid mothers we service with education and support throughout their prenatal and postpartum period in a concerted effort to achieve and maximize healthy newborn outcomes through healthier and prolonged pregnancies. Our Doulas provide one on one non-judgmental in home practical support, such as childbirth education, parenting skills, meal preparation, household organization, breastfeeding support and emotional support to ensure improved maternal and birth outcomes.

Serving as a partner outreach library for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine's Greater Midwest Region office. Work includes instruction and promotion of National Library of Medicine resources on behalf of the office.