Past Funded Projects

Mobile Connections for Health MCH is a health information outreach and training project aimed at increasing 131s - specifically Community Health Workers CHWs and Health 12s, access and use ofNational Library of Medicine's NLM online health information resources. The goal of the project is to improve the availability and quality of health information services delivered by 131s through outreach, education, and support.

1. Organize existing donor, volunteer, and constituent data so that it may be used to support the effectiveness of the program and allow for increased funding to serve clients now and in the future. 2. Outreach to current MNB members, over 14,000 nationwide, to provide services, direction and support regarding treatment and recovery options and assistance, and specifically in Southeastern Massachusetts determine what services are provided efficiently and/or lacking via a survey of supporters of a person with a SUD and those seeking these services.

This health information outreach funding proposal is to obtain stateoftheart technology in both the library and health classroom at the Page Hilltop Elementary School in Ayer, MA. Page Hilltop, one of two elementary schools in the Ayer Shirley Regional School District ASRSD, serves students prek through fifth grade, totalling approximately 560 students. This proposal is requesting two interactive projectors and laptops for use in both the health classroom and library. Interactive projectors transform existing dry erase whiteboards or plain walls into interactive workspaces.

Interactive elements within exhibits and classes enhance the engagement and learning of the participants. This proposed technology enhancement award will increase the interactive capability of the University of Oklahoma OU-Tulsa Schusterman Library's digital gallery by adding two digital touchscreens for use in exhibit displays and teaching.

GA-PCOM opened in 2005 with only one program Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine [DO], 75 students, and eight faculty. The Information Commons, which houses the library, computer labs, and study space, had two employees, a library manager and a library assistant. Eleven years later, the number of programs has increased to four DO, Doctor of Pharmacy [PharmD], Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences [MS], and Physician Assistant Program [PA]; a Physical Therapy PT program is planned to begin in approximately two years.

It's a Girl Thing is a cardiovascular education workshop geared toward junior and cadet girl scouts 9-14 years old. The workshop promotes heart health lessons/topics to the girls and their chaperones through individual workshops. With the increasing awareness of obesity and diabetes in the world today, 86 need to be taught this information starting at a young age. To accomplish this we plan on providing workshops that focus on eating healthy, exercising, and self esteem.

This initiative involves high school 89 interviewing 89 at retirement homes. What legacy do the elders hope to leave behind? What stories do they fondly remember? What foods became their favorites? What connections in these stories are there to our ancestors and early inhabitants of the Cape? How does medicine today compare to the medicines of old that perhaps grew in the fields and marshes along the Cape?

Residents of Coconino County, because it is the second largest county by area in the United States with many 95 populations that lack access to easily attainable medical care, face many challenges regarding health and wellness and resources for information about health and wellness. Some communities are more than 100 miles from a library and/or a health care facility. The Public Health Services District for Coconino County sees significant rates of injury, death from injury, diabetes, communicable diseases, poor oral hygiene, tobacco use, and poor nutrition.

Exhibiting and outreach throughout Illinois via University of Illinois at Chicago library sites. *Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture NLM Traveling Exhibit Peoria is an excellent venue for this exhibit since the 101 community has Peoria-based support and/or service groups serving the 15 counties in Region 2 as defined by Illinois HIV Care Connect, funded by the Illinois Department of Public Health IDPH.

Team Maureen has been educating a wide variety of audiences about the connection between HPV and cancer since our inception. Although our primary focus has always been cervical cancer, we have broadened our efforts over recent years to include head and neck cancers, as they are all tied to the HPV virus. Our educational programming has simpler components geared to the lay person or high school student, or can be more medically specific, as would be appropriate for dental professionals.

The Family Table is a free health and nutrition program that teaches 2-3 families a week how to shop for, prepare and enjoy healthy meals together. Meeting four nights a week, the 88 in the program receive health and nutrition information while learning to cook four different meals. Meanwhile the 86 participate in health education activities during the free child care down the hall. At the end of each session, the whole family comes together to eat the meal together and talk about their day.

Wayne Memorial Hospital WMH conducts monthly community health education outreach programs called 'LIVE WELL.' Examples of topics include: breast cancer awareness, 87 and sports injuries, lower back pain, and breastfeeding and postnatal pediatric care. The purpose of this application is for the hospital library to secure audiovisual equipment that will allow the hospital to improve monthly community education outreach programs.

To support community health nurses across the State of Nevada by providing instruction and promotion of freely available health information with a focus on National Library of Medicine NLM resources. Provide instruction and support for evidence-based public health practice through in-person and online instruction. This project will promote access to quality information and provide greater support for 95 care providers in Nevada. Providing health services in remote areas is always a challenge.

In cooperation with the Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home in Augusta, Georgia, the 'Assessing the Health Information Seeking Behaviors and Needs of Nurses in Skilled Nursing Facilities' project will assess the information seeking practices as well as information and educational needs of nurses working in the long-term care environment with frail elderly patients. Assessments will be performed utilizing both questionnaires and observations of the nurses on the floor in the care facility across all three shifts.