Recent Funded Projects
| Title | Description | Amount | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| LILRC Hospital Library Services Program Fifth Annual Conference: Graphic Medicine: Bridging Communication, Empathy, and Creativity in Health Sciences Librarianship | Graphic medicine, or the overlap of comics and healthcare, has emerged over the past decade from a once small, sporadically discussed idea to a burgeoning field of study and subgenre in its own right. |
Funding Amount: $1800 |
2020 |
| Body and Soul: Overcoming Barriers to Health and Nutrition | The intention of the Body and Soul programming is to discuss topics that are frequent causes of stress and poor health, and how to manage and approach these topics in a way that acknowledges barriers |
Funding Amount: $7412 |
2020 |
| Crossing the Brooklyn Bridge | The Myra Mahon Patient Resource Center (PRC) at Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) is devoted to providing consumer health information and health literacy services to patients, caregivers, faculty, students |
Funding Amount: $18924 |
2020 |
| Northern New Jersey Autism and Special Needs Fair (NNJASNF) | The Morris County Area Public Libraries are hosting the first annual Northern New Jersey Autism and Special Needs Fair, open to the public and targeting families with special needs with an emphasis on |
Funding Amount: $2373 |
2020 |
| NNLM’s “Clinical Conversations” in Action | The organization will pilot test Clinical Conversations, an education program for clinical staff on health literacy and associated concepts. |
Funding Amount: $11950 |
2020 |
| Piloting brief, module-based continuing education in an FQHC setting | The organization will pilot test Clinical Conversations, an education program for clinical staff on health literacy and associated concepts. |
Funding Amount: $2781 |
2020 |
| Social Determinants of Health, Health Literacy, & the Geriatric Population | The organization will pilot test Clinical Conversations, an education program for clinical staff on health literacy and associated concepts. |
Funding Amount: $4092 |
2020 |
| Clinical Conversations - Irongate Family Practice | The organization will pilot test Clinical Conversations, an education program for clinical staff on health literacy and associated concepts. |
Funding Amount: $2200 |
2020 |
| Clinical Conversations - The Wright Center for Community Health | The organization will pilot test Clinical Conversations, an education program for clinical staff on health literacy and associated concepts. |
Funding Amount: $14071 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Practicing Within the Bigger Picture | The organization will pilot test Clinical Conversations, an education program for clinical staff on health literacy and associated concepts. |
Funding Amount: $10100 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Methodist Services Purse | The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) Student-Run Clinic (SRC) prides itself on being more than a “pop-up” clinic for the medically-underserved of Philadelphia. |
Funding Amount: $5592 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Partners in Engaging Diverse Populations in Research | Engagement of diverse populations in clinical research studies is crucial for ensuring that the needs of these groups are represented in scientific outcomes. |
Funding Amount: $19500 |
2019 to 2020 |
| The fourth annual Health Fair at Pittston Memorial Library | NNLM contribution to Pittston Memorial Library Annual Health Fair. |
Funding Amount: $3000 |
2019 |
| Clinical Conversations - Multicultural Health Evaluation Delivery Systems | The organization will pilot test Clinical Conversations, an education program for clinical staff on health literacy and associated concepts. |
Funding Amount: $11908 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Clinical Conversations - Clinton County Health Department | The organization will pilot test Clinical Conversations, an education program for clinical staff on health literacy and associated concepts. |
Funding Amount: $10020 |
2019 to 2020 |
| American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo | Describe how public libraries serve as novel venues for opioid overdose reversal trainings. |
Funding Amount: $345 |
2019 |
| Improving Health through Collaboration: Libraries and Public Health | This session will highlight the importance of libraries as partners in public health initiatives and programs. |
Funding Amount: $432 |
2019 |
| American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo | At the APHA annual meeting, Alison Wessel will be presenting a session titled "Improving Health through Collaboration: Libraries and Public Health" with Erin Seger of NNLM Mar as well as oth |
Funding Amount: $1417 |
2019 |
| 2019 APHA Annual Meeting Conference | This presentation will highlight four public health preparedness collaboration projects completed by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health in partnership with the Free Library of Philadelphia b |
Funding Amount: $546 |
2019 |
| Green Thumbs in your Library | In public libraries, Black Girls with Green Thumbs (@blackgirlswithgreenthumbs) will host a series of community workshops centered on gardening, nutrition, and plant-based cooking. |
Funding Amount: $17652 |
2019 to 2020 |