Past Funded Projects

The Community Health Workshop project seeks to utilize and build on the role of community spaces such as libraries, senior centers, and community centers to facilitate access to knowledge and promote action amongst the underrepresented and underserved in Tarrant County, specifically the Hispanic and African American populations. The proposed project introduces community members to reliable consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine.

I will present at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine on a project I have been participating in for the past year about electronic portals. Electronic portals enable people to engage in personal healthcare choices and manage on-going care. The Patient Engagement Portal PEP, developed by two large rehabilitation hospitals that could not find an off-the-shelf solution to meet their population needs, is an easy to use tool for patients with physical and/or cognitive disabilities.

Zip code 75212 is an economically disadvantaged area of West Dallas. There are numerous organizations in this 11 square mile area that are trying to help residents. We can partner with several of these organizations to provide training on finding free authoritative health information. We have existing established relationships or have communicated with a community organization, a public library, a recreation center, and a church to provide health information services to 75212 residents.

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 94 journal that will publish inter-professional research, case studies, and other scholarly articles focused on health advocacy and education and will serve as a knowledge hub in these areas. The journal will not charge authors or users and all content will be freely available online.

Building on the success of our 2016-17 funded project, 'Outreach to Consumers to Improve Health Literacy,' we will strengthen the capacity of local public librarians to offer consumers direct assistance in researching health topics and preparing for medical appointments.

In the interest of providing greater access to culturally competent and linguistically relevant health services to Minnesota's Latino communities, CLUES requests funding from the NNLM to support developing, planning, and piloting a new Health and Wellbeing workshop series. The workshops will take place in areas of Minnesota where large communities of Latinos live and work, including southern Minnesota in areas such as Mankato, Willmar, and Austin.

Human papillomavirus HPV remains the major cause of oropharyngeal and cervical cancer. Brigham and 92's Hospital BWH and Team Maureen have collaborated to promote educational efforts for dentists and dental hygienists on the connection of HPV and related cancers. Educational materials in the form of a downloadable Toolkit, were developed from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine NLM resources for use by oral health professionals to educate their patients about the connection between HPV and related cancers and to promote HPV vaccination as cancer prevention.

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. The goal of this project is to enhance resilience in these communities in the face of widespread UOGD in recent years. In addition to enhancing resilience, the goals of this project are to decrease community-level stress and to improve mental and physical health.

Award will help public librarian recipient attend MLA Symposium/Health Information for Public Librarians 2018. Description: The symposium, of interest to both public librarians and health sciences librarians, offers programming in the area of health information for the public. It also provides a unique opportunity for public and health sciences librarians to network.

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. The Health Care Education Association HCEA will develop practice recommendations for patient education processes to effectively and efficiently meet the health literacy demands of patients/consumers. To support this endeavor HCEA, is requesting funds for the services of a medical librarian to conduct a literature search.

Develop and host a two-day, modular, interprofessional workshop that: a. brings health literacy-invested groups and individuals within the Kansas City community together to learn and share knowledge of health literacy; and b. provides specialized training to targeted CM participants to improve the provision of bedside health information to patients and caregivers with awareness of cultural, language, numeracy and digital inclusion factors. Learning Objectives: 1. Describe how different professionals can contribute to improving health literacy awareness 2.

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. In general, the UPSTATE HSL team delivers a minimum of 1 outreach activity per month. As we have grown our community-based programming, we have learned that many of our community partners are not able to provide a computer and/or Internet access in support of our workshops.

Over twelve months, Multnomah County Library will pilot the use of health information kiosks in select branches. Kiosks will allow access to the online health portal products used by local health clinics that serve the local homeless population, those transitioning out of homelessness and people with very low income.

Award will help public librarian recipient attend MLA Symposium/Health Information for Public Librarians 2018. Description: The symposium, of interest to both public librarians and health sciences librarians, offers programming in the area of health information for the public. It also provides a unique opportunity for public and health sciences librarians to network.

This project would be an intervention both to improve 86's health and reduce inappropriate emergency room visits by providing parents or caregivers with a reference resource for understanding both common childhood ailments and their non-emergency care at home. A nurse navigator will use the book as an educational guide and tool for parents/caregivers who are enrolled in the program. In addition, it will encourage the use of a reputable online health resource for additional information MedlinePlus.

Data sharing is essential for expedited translation of research results into knowledge, products and procedures to improve human health.1 The Health Sciences and Human Services Library at the University of Maryland, Baltimore UMB will implement a data catalog to facilitate the discovery of data sets created by UMB 133s. The project will provide an outreach opportunity to increase awareness on campus of the importance of data management, data sharing, and provide 133s with a venue for showcasing their work.

According to a 2015 Pew Research Study, 73% of people who visit public libraries in America go looking for answers about their health. Furthermore, a recent study by the Institute of Museum and Library Services showed that over a 12-month period, an estimated 28 million people in the United States used library computers or sought assistance from librarians for health and wellness issues, including learning about medical conditions, finding 126s, and assessing health insurance options.

In Phase I of this project, University of North Dakota UND Health Sciences Library administered an information needs survey to unaffiliated North Dakota ND health care professionals in early 2017. The results provided useful information, and several individuals volunteered to provide additional information in follow-up interviews.

Staff members at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center's Robert M.

The OU-Tulsa Schusterman Library will partner with the Tulsa City County Library in a pilot program designed to address the health education needs of Tulsa citizens. An OU-Tulsa medical librarian with specialization in consumer health education will be assigned to work for TCCL one-quarter of her time. Her work will include outreach and education programs, continuing education for TCCL librarians and staff, and developing a speakers series highlighting health needs in Tulsa.

The Health and Human Services Librarian at the University of New Hampshire will conduct a questionnaire to identify cost-effective information resources and needed training to assist a target group of Strafford County's healthcare and mental health providers with the assessment and development of opioid addiction treatments and prevention programs.

The Oregon Health & Science University OHSU Data Science Institute will bring together 133s, librarians and information specialists from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska and northern California for a formal training on key topics in data science. The program organizers will work with subject-matter experts to provide face-to-face, interactive instruction over a three-day workshop.

Exhibit at South Carolina Early Childhood Association Annual Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC January 25-28

The main focus of this program, to be held on December 5, 2017, is health and mental health literacy in diverse communities. There will be presentations from various library representatives including at least one from the National Library of Medicine-Mid Atlantic Region. The specific agenda thus far includes the following: - Keynote Speaker: Cynthia Baur, Ph.D., Director of the Horowitz Center for Health Literacy at the University of Maryland, School of Public Health. Her keynote will address the importance of clear messaging to diverse audiences.

Exhibit at South Carolina Health Science 12s Conference, November 30-Dec. 2, 2017, Myrtle Beach, SC

Exhibit at Remote Area Medical RAM Volunteer Corps November 3-5, 2017 at the Gray Fairgrounds in Gray, TN

Exhibit at: North Carolina Veterinary Conference, November 3-5, 2017, Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, NC http://ncveterinaryconference.com/

This eight-week course is designed as an introduction for medical librarians to the practice of evidence-based medicine EBM. EBM means combining clinical expertise, the preferences and values of the patient and the best available evidence to make good patient care decisions. This course will focus on understanding the skills clinicians need to practice EBM, such as how to formulate relevant questions, efficiently search medical literature and evaluate the evidence for validity and applicability to the patient.

The Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital ZSFG and Trauma Center Library, a health sciences library affiliated with the University of California at San Francisco, will promote health information resources at two events: Summerfest June 2017 and National Medical Librarians Month October 2017. The library will host a table in the hospital cafeteria, and staff will use a spinnable wheel and video monitor to teach patrons about ZSFG Library services, including NLM databases.

This project will consist of a spectrum of outreach activities that MSU Librarians will implement to educate Montana constituencies about National Library of Medicine resources and services.