Recent Funded Projects
| Title | Description | Amount | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exhibit 2: Rural Health Association of Tennessee (RHAT) Annual Conference | This exhibit takes place at Rural Health Association of Tennessee (RHAT) annual conference, November 2020, Music Road Hotel and Inn, Pigeon Forge, TN 37863. |
Funding Amount: $1762 |
2020 |
| Southern Chapter MLA 20 Annual Conference | To enable the Southern Chapter/MLA to support and host two well-known keynote speakers and several continuing education courses during the annual meeting in Montgomery, AL, Oct. 22-24, 2020. |
Funding Amount: $5000 |
2020 |
| Annual Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association | The Professional Development Committee of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association (MAC-MLA) will be coordinating and offering three continuing education courses that will be held a |
Funding Amount: $1500 |
2020 |
| Exhibit 3: Tennessee Public Health Association (TPHA) Conference | This project is an exhibit of informational resources from NLM and other authoritative resources from government, professional associations, and trusted non-profits. |
Funding Amount: $1500 |
2020 |
| Green Thumbs In Your Community | Black Girls with Green Thumbs promotes health literacy in a way that is culturally competent and accessible, meeting community members where they are, online and within their neighborhoods, and inviti |
Funding Amount: $19728 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Health Information Partnerships for Brooklyn | Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) will develop and implement a year-long project of expert-led health information programs targeted to vulnerable populations with identified health challenges. |
Funding Amount: $20000 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Green Thumbs In Your Community | Black Girls with Green Thumbs promotes health literacy in a way that is culturally competent and accessible, meeting community members where they are, online and within their neighborhoods, and inviti |
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2020 to 2021 |
| Dental Health Access for Vulnerable Immigrants | The Health Access Program at Nationalities Service Center assists vulnerable refugee and immigrant clients to gain crucial knowledge for their health and to access needed healthcare services. |
Funding Amount: $17837 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Mental Health and Well-Being Resources in North Country Libraries | The Mental Health and Well-Being Resources project is designed to increase health literacy and mental health awareness in the North Country Library System, a mostly rural geographic area that consists |
Funding Amount: $6647 |
2020 to 2021 |
| BE WELL at NPL: Advancing Health Literacy in Nashville | BE WELL at NPL advances health literacy in the Nashville/Davidson County community by providing access and outreach to free wellness programs and health resources through the trusted space of the Nash |
Funding Amount: $15000 |
2020 to 2021 |
| All of Us In Memphis: Health Outreach with the Connect Crew | Memphis Public Libraries’ six-person outreach team, the Connect Crew, was launched in January 2019. |
Funding Amount: $15000 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Health Information and Career Awareness Program | Southern Alabama Area Health Education Center (SAAHEC) strives to grow the next generation of medical professionals to serve the people of Alabama, train health profession students and provide health |
Funding Amount: $14587 |
2020 to 2021 |
| BGH Minds Matter D.C. | Black Girl Health Foundation’s “Minds Matter D.C.” is a program in partnership with the Washington, D.C. |
Funding Amount: $14979 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Open Educational Resources for Allied Health Professions and Health Sciences | The proposed project is intended to support the sustainable creation, adaptation, and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in allied health professions and health sciences fields at large. |
Funding Amount: $18242 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Valley Mental Health First Aid Responders | This project will provide Shenango Valley residents with the resources and instruction necessary to become mental health first aid responders. |
Funding Amount: $4565 |
2020 to 2021 |
| From Snake Oil to Social Media: Pharmaceutical Advertising and Medication Literacy for Health Care Consumers | Direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) for prescription drugs has been an ongoing, contentious issue in the United States. Despite oversight from the U.S. |
Funding Amount: $17063 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Clearing the Air: Educating the Camden Community about Air Quality and Respiratory Health | The purpose of this project is to provide the people of Camden, New Jersey with environmental health information that will help them understand the links between the air quality in their community and |
Funding Amount: $19999 |
2020 to 2021 |
| BGH Connect | Black Girl Health Foundation’s “BGH Connect” is a digital campaign that includes upgrading the Black Girl Health (BGH) Membership Portal to include new content, and a social media marketing campaign d |
Funding Amount: $19992 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Community Outreach on Respiratory Hazards and Illnesses in Southwestern Pennsylvania | According to the American Lung Association's 2019 "State of the Air" report, Pittsburgh’s air quality was ranked the 7th worst in the country. |
Funding Amount: $19999 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Building FAIR Habits: Pilot FAIR Data Workshop for Data Novices | This is a train-the-trainer project on FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data basics for data novices. |
Funding Amount: $7390 |
2020 to 2021 |