Past Funded Projects

This page includes awards made during the previous NNLM award period (May 1, 2016 - April 30, 2021).

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Title Summary Project Period
Collection Development: Robert Rowe Public Library District

The NNLM Consumer Health Collection Award supports the mission of the NNLM Community Engagement Network to help public libraries support the health information needs in their communities by providing National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources to enable individuals to make informed decisions about their health.

May 1, 2019 - April 30, 2020
Collection Development: Victor Public Library

The NNLM Consumer Health Collection Award supports the mission of the NNLM Community Engagement Network to help public libraries support the health information needs in their communities by providing National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources to enable individuals to make informed decisions about their health.

May 1, 2019 - April 30, 2020
Collection Development: Washington Free Public Library

The NNLM Consumer Health Collection Award supports the mission of the NNLM Community Engagement Network to help public libraries support the health information needs in their communities by providing National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources to enable individuals to make informed decisions about their health.

May 1, 2019 - April 30, 2020
Community Engagement Award: Be Well Nampa

The Nampa Public Library serves as a cornerstone for our community providing diverse gathering spaces, opportunities to learn, access to vital resources and programs for the enrichment of all. The Library continually evaluates ways to accommodate emerging community needs and to engage the public outside of the library to strengthen community relationships. With funding from this grant, the Library plans to launch a eight-month Be Well Nampa project for the primary objective of improving the quality of life in our community.

May 1, 2019 - September 30, 2020
Community Engagement Award: Fit & Lit: Health Literacy for 87 and Librarians

Fit & Lit: Health Literacy for 87 and Librarians, will teach 87 living in poverty and experiencing homelessness at Dishman Hills High School healthier lifestyle choices and stronger health literacy skills. Upon completion, students will demonstrate new proficiencies to improve their personal well-being and complete high quality biomedical and healthy living related research. Newly trained library staff will increase their abilities to provide a higher-quality service to library customers in need of health-related resources.

June 21, 2019 - September 30, 2020
Community Engagement Award: Meridian Moves

Meridian Library District will collaborate with community partners to create a city-wide initiative called Meridian Moves which will encourage citizens to practice healthy lifestyle choices like regular exercise and quality nutrition. As part of Meridian Moves, we will create a webpage that highlights all of Meridian Library Districts existing movement-based programs, as well as the new grant-funded health and wellness programs that we plan to offer these include both weekly health and wellness classes as well as a quarterly health literacy presentation.

June 1, 2019 - September 30, 2020
Community Engagement Network Strategic Projects Development Plan

The NNLM Community Engagement Center CEC will develop strategic, replicable projects that can be pushed out to NNLM members based on outreach projects that have been funded in the past and deemed successful. Strategic, replicable projects that demonstrate how NNLM sets a standard in health information outreach among libraries and stands apart from similar institutions, will be chosen.

October 1, 2019 - April 30, 2020
Community Health Outreach Award: Promoting Healthy Communities: Health Equity Promotion to Public Librarians

The Public Library Association PLA will educate PLA members and other public library staff about implicit bias's connection to health equity and foster a deeper understanding of health literacy as a tool to address health equity within vulnerable communities. We will do this through multiple continuing education and promotional activities, including an Institute at the ALA 2019 Midwinter Meeting, a webinar, a Public Libraries journal article or other publication such as Quick Reads and podcast, and more.

November 1, 2018 - September 30, 2019
Community Outreach on Respiratory Hazards and Illnesses in Southwestern Pennsylvania

According to the American Lung Association's 2019 "State of the Air" report, Pittsburghs air quality was ranked the 7th worst in the country. Poor air quality threatens the health of Southwestern Pennsylvanians, especially vulnerable populations, such as older 88 and those living with infectious lung diseases. This project proposes to give residents of Southwestern Pennsylvania accurate, timely, and useful information and guidance on how they can protect themselves and their families.

June 9, 2020 - April 30, 2021
Durham Community Engagement 2018-2019

Durham County Library DCL will collaborate with the Durham County Public Health Department and Duke University Medical Center Library to shape and implement the program over the course of the two year term. The project will create additional and expand on a current series of Self -Management Programs that relate to the focus areas of the project. Duke Medical Center Library staff will serve as a resource for training to increase health information literacy among DCL staff.

May 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Durham Community Engagement 2019-2020

Durham County Library DCL will collaborate with the Durham County Public Health Department and Duke University Medical Center Library to shape and implement the program over the course of the two year term. The project will create additional and expand on a current series of Self -Management Programs that relate to the focus areas of the project. Duke Medical Center Library staff will serve as a resource for training to increase health information literacy among DCL staff.

May 1, 2019 - April 30, 2020
From the Public to Professionals: Health Information as a Bridge to Wellness

Building Bridges to Wellness spans gaps between the community and health information. The Trenton Public Library TPL, The College of New Jersey TCNJ and the Greater Mercer Public Health Partnership GMPHP collaborate to reach community, hospital and government organizations to improve community identified health concerns. We propose multiple forums for disseminating health information to meet the needs of community members and health professionals.

May 1, 2019 - April 30, 2020
Game of Health Digitalization

The South Central Region SCR of the Network of the National Library of Medicine will partner with the Training and Education Center TEC to develop and pilot the digital format of the Game of Health. The South Central Region created the Game of Health to provide public libraries with a fun interactive game to introduce patrons to trusted health information resources. The Game of Health is currently only available in a physical format.

October 1, 2020 - April 30, 2021
GHAHEC Individualized Health Information Program 2020-2021

The Greater Houston Area Health Education Center, Inc. will offer classes/trainings at public library facilities and library multi-service centers in their designated counties to extend the educational offerings of the program, promote the National Library of Medicine resources, provide health information in-service training for health professionals, and raise awareness of the program. NNLM SCR Community Engagement Coordinator will provide program support and coordination. Services offered will include developing and offering health information and education outreach sessions.

May 1, 2020 - April 30, 2021
GHAHEC Individualized Health Information Program Partner 2018-2019

The Greater Houston Area Health Education Center, Inc. will offer classes/trainings at public library facilities and library multi-service centers in their designated counties to extend the educational offerings of the program, promote the National Library of Medicine resources, provide health information in-service training for health professionals, and raise awareness of the program. NNLM SCR Community Engagement Coordinator will provide program support and coordination. Services offered will include developing and offering health information and education outreach sessions.

November 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
GHAHEC Individualized Health Information Program Partner 2019-2020

The Greater Houston Area Health Education Center, Inc. will offer classes/trainings at public library facilities and library multi-service centers in their designated counties to extend the educational offerings of the program, promote the National Library of Medicine resources, provide health information in-service training for health professionals, and raise awareness of the program. NNLM SCR Community Engagement Coordinator will provide program support and coordination. Services offered will include developing and offering health information and education outreach sessions.

May 1, 2019 - April 30, 2020
Greater Fairfield 2019-2020

As an agent of intra-community cooperation and collaboration, the C.H. Booth Library proposes to geographically expand its successful Newtown program to neighboring communities. This will include outreach and public education to communities in greater Fairfield County concerning the Research Program AoU and health information literacy using resources available from the NIH via the mobile kiosk funded by the 2018-2019 AoU program.

May 1, 2019 - April 30, 2020
Health Literacy Outreach Award: Access Health at East Adams

The East Adams Library District is a small, 95 library in Eastern Washington State that serves multiple small communities in the eastern part of Adams County. Over the years, our communities have steadily lost access to social and health services while seeing a severe decline in annual income per capita all while experiencing an increase in mental and physical health related issues. Our library has decided to confront this issue head on with the creation of Access Health at East Adams. Access Health at East Adams will address our patrons needs in three ways.

June 18, 2019 - August 31, 2020
Health Literacy Outreach Award: Healthy Aging for a Healthy Alaska

The goals of the project are to strengthen community engagement, increase awareness of NLM services and the Research Program 71, and highlight the library as a primary source of reliable information. Programming will include the Memory Caf, a free, two-hour library program for older 88 who are experiencing early onset Alzheimer's or dementia and their care partners, family, and friends. For learning and engagement, Juneau Public Libraries JPL will design Memory Kits, in partnership with the Alzheimers Resource of Alaska.

October 1, 2019 - September 30, 2020
Health Literacy Outreach Award: Healthy Pathways: programs, resources, and education for Multnomah Countys Vietnamese, Cantonese, and Mandarin communities

Over twelve months, Multnomah County Library MCL will plan, pilot, and evaluate six healthy lifestyle workshop series for 110 families in Multnomah County with a specific focus on Vietnamese, Mandarin, and Cantonese speaking populations. Our project will support these communities' health literacy needs by offering health lifestyle programs on nutrition and healthy cooking, fitness, which may include tai chi, qi gong, zumba, yoga, martial arts, and meditation and culturally relevant stress relief programs like karaoke and ping pong in their own language.

June 21, 2019 - September 30, 2020
Health Literacy Outreach Award: Pop-Up Library: Wellness Edition

The goal of the project is to is to reach 87 and their families with educational resources about health information literacy, and raise awareness of the Research Program joinallofus.org/nlm. The Pop-up Library: Wellness Edition will be offered to 95 communities with small towns in Northern Idaho that lack the resources and infrastructure to expose 87 and families to wellness resources, and skills to use them.

October 1, 2019 - September 30, 2020
Improving Health through Collaboration: Libraries and Public Health

This session will highlight the importance of libraries as partners in public health initiatives and programs. Presenters will discuss public health projects they have implemented in partnership with libraries and the positive effect these programs had on their respective communities. The audience will also learn how these projects incorporated free, trustworthy resources from the National Library of Medicine and how they can use these resources alongside their own public health initiatives.

November 2, 2019 - November 6, 2019
in Memphis

Memphis Library Foundation MLF will work with a local consultant who specializes in public health to shape the program over the course of the three year term. Along with the consultant, we will define the scope of work, create a timeline, and identify qualified candidates to interview for a part-time program coordinator position. Once the program coordinator is hired, we will train and prepare them for the work, including providing equipment and materials, as well education and instruction about the project.

March 12, 2018 - April 30, 2018
In Memphis: Health Outreach with the Connect Crew

Memphis Public Libraries six-person outreach team, the Connect Crew, was launched in January 2019. This team travels throughout Memphis and Shelby County to host a robust variety of programming for all ages and learning levels, including some limited health and wellness programs. Our partner agencies, including local schools, community centers, parks, and service providers, have requested additional programming around health literacy and wellness.

June 12, 2020 - April 30, 2021
in Nashville

1. To provide Nashville residents, especially those in low-income neighborhoods, with broader access to health and wellness programs and resources provided by a trusted community institution - the Nashville Public Library - and partnering organizations. 2. To expand access to free physical activity, mental wellness, nutrition education, and smoking cessation opportunities in community settings, particularly for individuals of lower socio-economic status, resulting in better health decisions and enhanced quality of life.

June 19, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Life Interrupted: Virtual Film Screening & Panel Discussion Series

The Network of the National Library of Medicine NNLM will partner with Paula Mozen, Director of Life Interrupted https://lifeinterruptedfilm.com/ a documentary film featuring empowering stories of breast cancer survivors told from the survivors perspective to offer a series of virtual film screenings and panel discussions that increase awareness and understanding of the broad impact of breast cancer on communities who are underrepresented in biomedical research UBR, connect precision medicine and medical research with finding cures and treatmen

December 1, 2020 - April 30, 2021
LSUHSC NO Library Individualized Health Information Program Partner 2018-2019

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Library- New Orleans will partner with the public libraries in their designated counties to extend the educational offerings of the program, promote the National Library of Medicine resources, provide health information in-service training for library staff, and raise awareness of the program. NNLM SCR Community Engagement Coordinator will provide program support and coordination.

November 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
LSUHSC NO Library Individualized Health Information Program Partner 2019-2020

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Library- New Orleans will partner with the public libraries in their designated counties to extend the educational offerings of the program, promote the National Library of Medicine resources, provide health information in-service training for library staff, and raise awareness of the program. NNLM SCR Community Engagement Coordinator will provide program support and coordination.

May 1, 2019 - April 30, 2020
LSUHSC Shreveport Exhibit Award 2019-2020

LSU Health Shreveport has a unique way of reaching the people attending this conference and engaging them because of our Amazing Captain Fit. This is a fantastic opportunity to hand out materials to a diverse population.

August 16, 2019 - August 18, 2019
LSUHSC Shreveport Library Individualized Health Information Program Partner 2018-2019

The Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center- Shreveport Libraries will partner with the public libraries in their designated counties to extend the educational offerings of the program, promote the National Library of Medicine resources, provide health information in-service training for library staff, and raise awareness of the program. NNLM SCR Community Engagement Coordinator will provide program support and coordination.

November 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
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