Recent Funded Projects
| Title | Description | Amount | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critical Appraisal Institute for Librarians | The purpose of this project will be to create and establish a symposium to develop high level critical appraisal skills in librarians who work with health care information. |
Funding Amount: $18999 |
2018 to 2019 |
| All of Us NOLA Public Library Individualized Health Information Program 2018-2019 | A health educator will be hired by NOLA to exclusively provide All of Us program support, extend the educational offerings of the All of Us program, promote the All of Us program, provide health infor |
Funding Amount: $80710 |
2018 to 2019 |
| All of Us ABQ Public Library Individualized Health Information Program 2018-2019 | A health educator will be hired by ABQ to exclusively provide All of Us program support, extend the educational offerings of the All of Us program, promote the All of Us program, provide health inform |
Funding Amount: $80710 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Virtual Reality Tour of the Eye and Brain | Goal: Improve professional education of health care providers, and provide information to patients and consumers. Objectives: · Creating an effective teaching tool using VR technology · Use this a |
Funding Amount: $1500 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Healthy Altitudes Skin Cancer Awareness Program | With Utah leading the nation in incidences of skin cancer, Summit County Library will receive funding to raise awareness of skin cancer and provide resources for prevention. |
Funding Amount: $1500 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Healthy Cooking with Kids | Blue Hill Library will receive funding to provide instruction on healthy cooking and nutrition for children and their parents. |
Funding Amount: $1500 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Family Matters: Physical, Mental, and Financial Health | Independence Public Library will provide programming on physical, mental, and financial health to underserved families in the library’s service area. |
Funding Amount: $1500 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Partnerships Making Our Community Stronger | This collaboration with Red Feather Lakes Elementary School provided after-school programming for 50 students and their family members on healthy eating and nutrition, integrating anatomical models (e |
Funding Amount: $2500 |
2018 to 2019 |
| After School Program | In collaboration with Wood River Elementary School, Maltman Memorial Library will provide after-school programming for 100 students. |
Funding Amount: $2500 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Multi-year Consortial Award: Information Resources for Alaska's Healthcare Providers and Public Libraries: Outreach in the Last Frontier | The primary goal of the project is to improve the quality of life and health for citizens of Alaska by providing information outreach services to the healthcare workforce, especially in rural areas, o |
Funding Amount: $38429 Funding Amount: $40433 |
2018 to 2020 |
| Creating interactive online learning modules to advance the research skills of the University of Kansas Medical Center community | The goals and objectives of the project are as follows: Speak to faculty about which topics/subjects to cover in our online interactive learning modules to improve students' research skills Te |
Funding Amount: $1500 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Health Information at Your Fingertips: a Tablet-lending Program for Cancer Patients and Caregivers | McGoogan Library will offer the tablet-lending program through the Resource and Wellness Center at the Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. |
Funding Amount: $1382 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Massachusetts-Based Health Tour 2018-2019 | HAMA will be conducting a Massachusetts-based health education tour. |
Funding Amount: $8450 |
2018 to 2019 |
| 15-40 Connection 3 Steps Detect - Massachusetts Vocational/Technical High Schools: Saving lives through early cancer detection 2018-2019 | 15-40 Connection is teaching audiences in high schools, universities, hospitals and corporations how to use personal health awareness to detect cancer earlier and improve cancer survival rates for eve |
Funding Amount: $10000 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Project Wellness: Taking Action to Evaluate Health Data and Health Resources in Springfield's Mason Square Neighborhood | In recognition of the issues of homelessness, mental health, and poverty-related health disparities that exist for many residents in the Mason Square neighborhood of Springfield and surrounding areas, |
Funding Amount: $3500 |
2018 to 2019 |
| School-Based Alternative Peer Group (APG): An innovative solution to reach disadvantaged students, advance behavioral health equity and reduce stigma in the prevention and recovery of adolescent addiction | The School Based Alternative Peer Group (APG) brings an evidence-based model of recovery support inside the school setting to reach disadvantaged students, advance behavioral health equity and reduce |
Funding Amount: $10000 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Dementia Friendly Nahant: Helping Everyone Live, Age, and Thrive | Dementia Friendly Nahant brings the national Dementia Friendly America model to the local level. |
Funding Amount: $7541 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Improving Access to Health Education: Reducing Textbook Costs with Open Educational Resources 2018-2019 | This project will support Springfield Technical Community College Library's Open Educational Resources (OER) Initiative. |
Funding Amount: $7000 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Girls Inc. of Worcester Healthy Communities Mapping Project | This project will deliver a 9 month Healthy Communities Mapping Project. |
Funding Amount: $9931 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Promoting Science Literacy through New England Science Boot Camp for Librarians | Promoting Science Literacy through New England Science Boot Camp for Librarians will increase accessibility to and provide sustainability for the New England Science Boot Camp for Librarians program, |
Funding Amount: $5000 |
2018 to 2019 |