Past Funded Projects

The purpose of this project is to increase access, knowledge, skills, and use of library resources that can help support the health of immigrant Micronesian families. The Hawaiian State Public Library System HSPLS will work with the Kapiolani Pediatric Clinic to create a simple new library card program that starts at the clinic, and also includes easy to understand resources about the services and programs that are available.

University of North Dakota UND Health Sciences Library librarians will develop or select appropriate information needs assessment tools and methods to assess the information needs of unaffiliated North Dakota 95 health professionals. After Institutional Review Board approval is received, 95 health professionals will be invited to share their perspectives regarding their information needs. The project team will assess the data received and complete a final report summarizing the data analysis process and findings.

This project proposes the use of funds to cover the costs associated with hiring a trained website designer to enhance the design and navigation of a publically available website that provides access to free and open access resources for unaffiliated public health and primary care providers. The 'Common Wealth of Public Health and Primary Care Information' website has been actively maintained by VCU Libraries since 2010. Minimal website design changes have occurred to the website since a 2011 platform migration to LibGuides 2.0.

The National Center for Farmworker Health proposes to develop a one stop health education website and training guide designed to increase the awareness and utilization of Spanish language Medline Plus, NCFH health education tools, and other patient education health resources by targeted staff at Community/Migrant Health Centers. These health centers play a critical role in providing primary healthcare services to the migrant and seasonal agricultural worker population, one of the most disenfranchised and vulnerable populations in the United States.

The use of institutional repositories is becoming more common in health care universities. The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine PCOM Library has an institutional repository IR, the DigitalCommons@PCOM. The PCOM Library must ensure that 133s, faculty, and students want to use open access resources and submit articles, posters, and other materials to the DigitalCommons@PCOM by educating them about publication policies, author rights, and open access.

In this two part project, faculty from the Georgia State University GSU Library and the School of Public Health will repurpose elements from the CDC's David J. Sencer Museum's exhibition 'Health Is a Human Right: Race and Place in America'. The exhibit has been secured as a permanent gift from the CDC museum to GSU and is in storage in a large classroom at the School of Public Health.

From its infancy in 2013, the Robert M. Bird Health Sciences Library's Health Information Specialists Program has grown substantially. The current proposal, as the title suggests, focuses on extending the early efforts of the Health Information Specialists Program, moving toward the creation of a sustained and thriving community of practice. With this purpose in mind, the current proposal reflects further expansion of the program, targeting individuals working public libraries, tribal libraries, and literacy initiatives.

Restored Generation, Inc. will provide classes to a targeted youth minority primareily African-American population in 95 and low-income communities to train them on how to access and use quality health information to make better health decisions for healthier lifestyles.

This project will primarily target pregnant and breastfeeding African American 92 who participate in the Durham's Central City Baby Caf, including the staff. The secondary target population is partners and relatives of the participating mothers. The 92 and their supporters attend the Baby Caf primarily to learn about breastfeeding. The project will include an interactive activity to educate participants about MedlinePlus and LactMed.

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center TTUHSC Libraries propose to increase awareness of reliable consumer health information in English and Spanish from the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health among caregivers in Midland County and Hispanic Americans in Reeves County in West Texas by partnering with the Area Agency on Aging of the Permian Basin, Midland College and Reeves County Hospital District.

88 Understanding Blood Pressure and Stress Reduction Lifestyle Techniques of Exercise and Physical Activities provides health and wellness promotion to underserved populations of men and 92 living in Pittsburgh's Northside, Clairton and Monessen areas. Information on the nature of blood pressure, how blood pressure is measured and the importance of blood pressure numbers, screenings for blood pressure, present lifestyle measures, exercise and physical activity, computer education and NLM resources will be the focus of this award.

Dahlgren Memorial Library DML, the Graduate Health & Life Sciences Research Library at Georgetown University Medical Center provides library and information services to faculty, staff and students at the the Georgetown University School of Medicine SOM as well as the clinicians and staff at the MedStar Georgetown University Medical Center MGUH. DML has partnered with Mary's Center http://www.maryscenter.org/, a community health clinic in the Washington, DC area.

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