Past Funded Projects
| Title | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| A Better You |
Shaping Elizabeth, a city-wide coalition tasked with improving community health, has mobilized many organizations in Elizabeth to work together in building a culture of health in New Jersey's |
$5,000 |
| Collaborate and Educate: A School-Based Prescription Opioids Awareness Program |
The prescription opioid awareness pilot program will enable high school students to access biomedical and health information, learn about the prevalence of this epidemic in their communities the he |
$11,037 |
| Health Information and Emergency Preparedness Trainings in Libraries of Vulnerable Neighborhoods |
This pilot training program will contribute to community resilience-building efforts in Philadelphia to counteract the effects of weather-related emergencies including extreme heat events, hurrican |
$11,178 |
| HotSpot & Computer to support Health Information Awareness Programming in our Community |
The UPSTATE Health Sciences Library team collaborates with a variety of community organizations to identify their health information needs and then to develop programming to meet those needs. |
$2,584 |
| Levy Library Press and International Journal of Health Advocacy and Education |
The Levy Library at the Icahn School of Medicine is seeking funding to support the establishment of a Levy Library Press that will host a new open access international journal that will publish int |
$14,740 |
| P.I.L.L.A.R. (Providing Information at Local Libraries to Assist Recovery) |
Cambria County ranks third in the State of Pennsylvania for drug-related deaths per 100,000 persons. |
$14,990 |
| Sensory Storytime |
Sensory Storytime is an initiative of the Adams County Library System (ACLS) to provide meaningful early literacy experiences for children who may have sensory processing or autism spectrum disorde |
$15,000 |
| The Clinic Waiting Room: an opportunity for medicine safety education using MedlinePlus resources |
The provision of health education in clinic and physician office waiting rooms is not new; however, it is usually done by use of printed materials and/or passive video presentations. |
$5,000 |
| What the Health: Free Consumer Health Resources |
Stony Brook University librarians will provide instruction for public librarians on consumer health resources, including MedlinePlus, Consumer Genetic Health Resources, TOXNET (select databases) an |
$4,722 |
| Word Wise: Health Literacy Skills and Resources for the Healthcare Professional |
Crouse Health library, in partnership with Crouse Medical Practice (CMP),will engage in a skills and resource awareness campaign to promote the principles of health literacy in all patient interact |
$92,278 |
| Youth Advocacy for Health Literacy in Steel Valley |
The Pitt-Bridge Health Science Clubs seeks support for underserved students in middle and high school of Steel Valley School District. |
$15,000 |
| Title | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Awareness for Credible Online Health Information and Healthcare Utilization for Adult Managed Care Enrollees |
The volume of information available online makes it difficult to navigate and validate. |
$15,000 |
| Connections4Health: Improving Patient Health through Addressing Social Determinants of Health |
Connections4Health (C4H) is an innovative program of placing a social service help desk in the waiting area of underserved medical centers to assist patients in their unmet needs during, and as par |
$14,994 |
| Data Management for Librarians |
In an effort to expand professional knowledge resulting in improved health information access and delivery, we propose to present a program introducing data science and management to hospital, heal |
$600 |
| Development of Patient Education Professional Practice Guidelines to Promote Health Literacy |
The purpose of this project is to begin the process of developing concise patient education practice guidelines for health professionals which emphasize health literacy strategies. |
$15,000 |
| Enhancing Access to Biomedical Resources through the TEACH Academy |
Over the past fourteen years, the TEACH Academy (Teachers Exploring and Advocating Careers in Health) has provided teachers, guidance counselors and health professionals with resources to educate s |
$4,538 |
| Evidence-Based Medicine for the Medical Librarian Fall 2017 |
This eight-week course is designed as an introduction for medical librarians to the practice of evidence-based medicine (EBM). |
$450 |
| Facilitating the Development of Research Data Management Services at Health Sciences Libraries |
The proposed Research Data Management program is designed to provide training, tools and strategies for medical libraries seeking to develop research data management services. |
$24,713 |
| Health Information Outreach in Shale Gas Communities |
EHP is requesting a grant award in the amount of $5,000.00 to disseminate health information throughout counties in Southwest Pennsylvania experiencing unconventional oil and gas development (UOGD) |
$5,000 |
| Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds |
The Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds project will enable Torrance State Hospital patients to learn how to access reliable health information to implement a healthy lifestyle, one that leads to lower r |
$3,619 |