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 |
| 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 |
| Eat, Move & Live in Balance | Eat, Move & Live in Balance is an extension of Wellness for Everybody initiative. |
Funding Amount: $19500 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Living with Diabetes | Rural populations face unique challenges in meeting health and wellness goals including a lack of proximity to healthcare facilities, high chronic disease burden, and poverty. |
Funding Amount: $9941 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Health Careers Awareness Workshops | Health Careers Awareness Workshops developed by the Southcentral Pennsylvania Area Health Education Center (SC PA AHEC) will be open to the public, targeting high school students who have an interest |
Funding Amount: $18200 |
2019 to 2020 |