Past Funded Projects
| Title | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Family Table |
The Family Table is a free health and nutrition program that teaches 2-3 families a week how to shop for, prepare and enjoy healthy meals together. |
$5,000 |
| Using Data to Support Clinical Outcomes (Keynote) |
The speaker is presenting on electronic health record implementation and the power of well-organized data to improve individual patient level outcomes. |
$1,500 |
| Title | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 18th International Conference on Grey Literature ? Leveraging Diversity in Grey Literature, November 28-29, 2016 |
Scientific information, much of which is published as grey literature, can play a pivotal role in the search for solutions to global problems. |
$1,445 |
| Basics of Health Literacy: A K-12 Community Partnership |
Developing a Replicable Model for Health Literacy to Promote Positive Youth Development is a year-long, school-based, in-class, student-centered, experiential, and technology-driven health promotio |
$15,000 |
| Bringing Rigor and Reproducibility to Research |
Reproducibility is one of the main principles of research. Rigor in the design of the research is another. |
$4,999 |
| Data Visualization for Librarians |
The Data and Visualization Institute for Librarians is a week-long course providing the opportunity for librarians passionate about research and scholarship to immerse themselves in learning about |
$1,500 |
| Developing a Health Literacy Curriculum for Osteopathic Medicine Students (DO/HL) |
The need for healthcare professionals to recognize low health literacy patients and to communicate with them effectively has been well recognized and widely reported. |
$15,000 |
| Harnessing the Power of Public Library and Other Staff to Improve Population Health |
This four-module pilot curriculum provides the necessary tools for library staff to recognize the health and social challenges facing their most vulnerable patrons, engage with those patrons, and s |
$14,995 |
| Health Information on the Go: Reaching Rural Populations by Bookmobile |
The Columbia County Traveling Library is working toward doing more community outreach in partnership with area agencies. |
$15,000 |
| Igniting the Spirit of Inquiry - Innovations in Nursing, sponsored by Holy Spirit - A Geisinger Affiliate and Messiah College |
This nursing education conference is an ideal time to promote the awareness of the Medline Plus, Medline, and NIH resources to these nursing students. |
$1,040 |
| NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region, 2016-2021 |
The goal of the NN/LM is to advance the progress of medicine and improve public health by providing U.S. |
$1,214,665 |
| Oral Health Education for the Medical Professional and Patient |
The Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health (PORH) is funded by the DentaQuest Institute (DQI) to deliver the Medical, Oral Expanded (MORE) Care Collaborative to eight federally-designated Rural Health |
$15,000 |
| Outreach to Consumers to Improve Health Literacy |
Through interactive training workshops, we will assist a diverse group of community members in learning about their health conditions, understanding how to research health information using NLM and |
$14,850 |
| PA Forward Evaluation Technology Clearfield County Public Library |
The technology purchased under this award will be used as this library is a cohort member of the ?PA Forward: Effectively Evaluating Consumer Health Information Programs?. |
$2,634 |
| PA Forward Evaluation Technology North Pocono Public Library |
The technology purchased under this award will be used as this library is a cohort member of the ?PA Forward: Effectively Evaluating Consumer Health Information Programs.? |
$700 |
| PA Forward Evaluation Technology: Carnegie Free Library of Swissvale |
The technology purchased under this award will be used as this library is a cohort member of the ?PA Forward: Effectively Evaluating Consumer Health Information Programs.? |
$866 |
| Pennsylvania Library Association Conference, Indiana Free Library |
Award funds will support a representative from Indiana Free Library to participate as a panel member for ?Engage for Health: A Health Program in a Box @ your Library? |
$1,137 |
| Pennsylvania Library Association Conference, James V. Brown Library |
Award funds will support a representative from James V. Brown Library to participate as a panel member for ?Engage for Health: A Health Program in a Box @ your Library? |
$319 |
| Pennsylvania Library Association Conference, Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library |
Award funds will support a representative from Margaret R Grundy Memorial Library to participate as a panel member for ?Engage for Health: A Health Program in a Box @ your Library? |
$777 |
| Pennsylvania Library Association Conference, North Pocono Public Library |
Award funds will support a representative from North Pocono Public Library to participate as a panel member for ?Engage for Health: A Health Program in a Box @ your Library? |
$900 |