Recent Funded Projects
| Title | Description | Amount | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| NNLM All of Us Community Engagement Network Ambassador Program: Chicago | The All of Us Community Engagement Network Ambassador Program in Chicago, IL will connect the Chicago Public Library (CPL) with expert consumer health librarians from the University of Chicago and qua |
Funding Amount: $99907 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS) Initiative | The goal of this project is to increase the number of public library staff with a Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS) certification and equip them to provide health information to their |
Funding Amount: $36629 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Professional Development Award to attend NNLM Seminar on Consumer Health 6/21/2019 - Cobb | Professional Development Award to attend NNLM Seminar on Consumer Health 6/21/2019 |
Funding Amount: $1620 |
2019 |
| Professional Development Award to attend Meeting June 12-14 University of San Francisco - Dickman | The conference is the 2019 Northern California/Nevada Medical Library Group and the Medical Library Group of Southern California/Arizona Joint Meeting, with a conference theme of “Critical Health Scie |
Funding Amount: $597 |
2019 |
| Professional Development Award to attend NNLM Seminar on Consumer Health 6/21/2019 - Hille | Professional Development Award to attend NNLM Seminar on Consumer Health 6/21/2019 |
Funding Amount: $1951 |
2019 |
| Professional Development Award to attend NNLM Seminar on Consumer Health 6/21/2019 - Robins | Professional Development Award to attend NNLM Seminar on Consumer Health 6/21/2019 |
Funding Amount: $1383 |
2019 |
| Health Sciences Library Partnership Award: OHSU Photo Diversity Repository Project | The OHSU Photo Diversity Repository Project arises from an identified need for teachers of health professions students to help their students visualize pathophysiological conditions in diverse populat |
Funding Amount: $12000 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Multi-year Consortial Award: Knowledge is Health: Interprofessional Partnerships to Promote Health Literacy Y4 | The central objective of this project is the improvement of health literacy in underserved patient populations in Oregon through (a) the education of health professions students, providers, and inte |
Funding Amount: $73571 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Multi-year Consortial Award: Health Professions Outreach in Eastern Washington Y4 | The purpose of this project, as originally proposed, is to advance health literacy capacity and to improve clinical information discovery skills of health professionals in Eastern Washington. |
Funding Amount: $55402 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Supporting a Healthy Community from Head to Toe: Mental Health & Climate Health 2019-2020 | The Charlotte Library & the Carpenter-Carse Library recently finished a very successful series as part of our first “Supporting Healthy Communities from Head to Toe” project. |
Funding Amount: $4950 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Community Engagement in Health: Expanded Access via Technology 2019-2020 | The Arvin A. Brown Library in Richford VT requests funding to upgrade computers and software so as to make information and access available to the broader community. |
Funding Amount: $10000 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Data Navigators 2.0 - Building Foundational Data Analysis Skills Among Future Healthcare Leaders 2019-2020 | An NNLM Community Engagement grant would support the delivery of Data Navigators 2.0, a high-impact data analytics and visualization course contextualized for healthcare careers and applications and |
Funding Amount: $12890 |
2019 to 2020 |
| All of Us Research Program Community Engagement Project: Hancock County, Maine 2019-2020 | Through the proposed project, Healthy Acadia will work across Hancock County, Maine to plan and conduct community engagement activities, centered on increasing access to and awareness of National Li |
Funding Amount: $15000 |
2019 to 2020 |
| All of Us Research Program Community Engagement Project: Washington County, Maine 2019-2020 | Through the proposed project, Healthy Acadia will work across Washington County, Maine, to plan and conduct community engagement activities, centered on increasing access to and awareness of Nationa |
Funding Amount: $15000 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Technology support for Maine's rural libraries to access MedlinePlus - Technology Award 2019-2020 | Rural areas in Maine have limited access to health information. |
Funding Amount: $10000 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Linking Maine's rural library users with MedlinePlus - Community Engagement 2019-2020 | Rural areas in Maine have limited access to health information. |
Funding Amount: $6710 |
2019 to 2020 |
| A Living Person’s Guide to Dying 2019-2020 | Although death is an inevitable reality of life, we often delay conversations about the topic until after the fact--a habit that can create unnecessary stress or confusion about our end-of-life wish |
Funding Amount: $8000 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Reducing Health Disparities among VIPs - Addressing Health, Aging and Vision in North Worcester County | This project will engage the many Visually Impaired People (VIPs) and their caretakers in North Worcester County, specifically those residing in the Fitchburg and Leominster areas. |
Funding Amount: $12030 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Improving Health Literacy of Library Patrons Experiencing Homelessness and Unstable Housing 2019-2020 | This project will build upon a successful 5-year evolving partnership between the New Haven Free Public Library (NHFPL) and Liberty Community Services, Inc. |
Funding Amount: $19000 |
2019 to 2020 |
| Clinical and Public Health Approaches for Health Care Professionals Working in Shale Gas Communities | In an effort to expand health care knowledge resulting in improved health information access and delivery to clients, we propose to work with Robert Morris University, School of Nursing and Health Sci |
Funding Amount: $19962 |
2019 to 2020 |