Recent Funded Projects
| Title | Description | Amount | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Graphic Medicine Catalog: Comics and Graphic Novels Electronically Available for Healthcare | The publication of comic books and graphic novels pertinent to healthcare and medicine has soared over the past decade, yet these instances of what is termed Graphic Medicine (GM) remain too limited |
Funding Amount: $7000 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Graphic Medicine Liaison Program Development | While need for easily accessible entry-points to graphic medicine for all of our stakeholders has long been recognized, work toward the proposed liaison project began in earnest during the 2018 Graphi |
Funding Amount: $8000 |
2020 to 2021 |
| The Southern CT State University-MultiCultural Health Leaders: Educating older adults on improving their health through health literacy and Salsa and Cha-Cha'ing their way to decreasing the risk of dementia | The Southern CT State University- MultiCultural Health Leaders (MCHL), an established university student organization composed of public health and nursing students, requests $10,000 from the National |
Funding Amount: $10000 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Educating Healthcare Professionals and the Sighted Community of Worcester County on the Health Disparities among VIPs 2020-2021 | This project will engage medical professionals in various specialties, improving their health literacy and reducing health disparity for individuals who are blind or who suffer with low vision (VIPs). |
Funding Amount: $10000 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Health and Wellness Information Station | The primary goal of this project is to assist in the delivery of improved and discrete health information to the residents of Martha’s Vineyard. The project will provide funding to purchase a comput |
Funding Amount: $7000 |
2020 to 2021 |
| “Opening Doors To The Outdoors” 2020-2021 | The Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, (BHC) known for its rich history, has opened its borders to visitors previously unable to share in adventures. |
Funding Amount: $9960 |
2020 to 2021 |
| The New England Minority Nursing Collaborative: Promoting Access to Health Information. | Through an established network of seven New England chapters of the National Black Nurses Association, Inc. |
Funding Amount: $10000 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Enhancing Health Information Access After Hours in a Hospital Setting | The aim of this project is to enhance access to health information for users of the Matthews-Fuller Library Health Sciences Library (MFHSL) at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) when the inform |
Funding Amount: $1900 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Reaching Beyond: Expand Outbreak! 2020 to new online audiences | The current global pandemic has pushed the Public Health Museum (PHM) to retool delivery of its successful week-long "Outbreak!" high school summer program into a virtual classroom experienc |
Funding Amount: $10000 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Learning Your Way to a Healthy Brain | The Rhode Island College Foundation is facilitating the collaboration of the James P. |
Funding Amount: $10000 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Virtual Health Education Tour 2020-2021 | HAMA will be conducting its 3rd Health Education Tour from August 2020 – October 2020. |
Funding Amount: $7800 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Supporting a Healthy Community Head to Toe: Food for Health 2020-2021 | To provide a safe and fun environment for children and adults, individuals and families to learn about healthy options for food and cooking. |
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2020 to 2021 |
| Helping Seniors Take Health Decisions into Their Own Hands | Health information can change quickly. In an underfunded public library, this translates into out of date resources that can misinform consumers. |
Funding Amount: $7000 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Food Literacy at the Worcester Public Library through Nutrition Education and Healthy Cooking Classes | The Worcester Public Library (WPL) seeks to educate adult patrons on food choices for healthy living. |
Funding Amount: $5110 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Improving Provider Knowledge of HPV to Reduce Cancer on Nantucket & Martha’s Vineyard | Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the USA. Over 90% of cervical and anal cancers and 75% of oropharyngeal cancer are caused by persistent HPV infection. |
Funding Amount: $9504 |
2020 to 2021 |
| MedLine Integration -3 Steps Detect eLearning Platform Buildout 2020-2021 | 15-40 Connection is saving lives by teaching people how to detect cancer early and be active partners in their healthcare. |
Funding Amount: $7000 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Empowering Youth to Access Reliable Health Information | CT-NAHN aims to improve the capacity of under-served adolescents and teens to locate and integrate reliable health information so they can make informed health decisions. |
Funding Amount: $9877 |
2020 to 2021 |
| Utilizing Open Source Research Data to Combat Neglected Diseases | This award would partially fund Phase I of a Medicinal Chemistry Cheminformatics Concentration Track for students enrolled in a school of pharmacy. |
Funding Amount: $10000 |
2020 to 2021 |
| YWCA Central Massachusetts Women’s Breast and Cervical Health Educational Outreach Program | The proposed program will provide education and outreach using NLM resources regarding breast and cervical health and screenings to a target population of primarily Black/African American and Hispanic |
Funding Amount: $9978 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Improving Access to Health Education: Part II - Creating Professional Development Opportunities to Reduce Textbook Costs 2019-2020 | For the students of Springfield Technical Community College (STCC), the cost of an education continues to be a significant issue. |
Funding Amount: $6000 |
2019 to 2020 |