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
Professional Development - ALA Midwinter and NNLM Preconference

I will attend the sessions "The Role of Libraries in Addressing Homelessness and Poverty" and "Libraries and Open Enrollment." The conference will also provide opportunities to learn and share best practices, network, and increase my knowledge of trends in library and social services. My branch South Philadelphia Library has a health focus so I will certainly benefit from the preconference which will deepen my understanding of issues surrounding health literacy and equity.

November 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Let's Talk Health: Visual Images for Healthy Living

TCPH's Health Equity and Community Engagement HECE division proposes the development of the Let's Talk Health: Visual Images for Healthy Living LTH VIHL project to improve health literacy in community-based health settings with a combined strategy of training direct care staff and educating clients in the clinic waiting room. The materials to be used will come from both existing and newly developed resources by the HECE staff per the health literacy resource guidelines. The materials and training will be in multiple languages, English, Spanish, and Vietnamese.

August 17, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Lawrence Public Library and a Community Partnership promotes health literacy in Lawrence through training and education

This project will expand the Lawrence Public Library's ability to promote health literacy and access to reliable, authenticated health information. would allow library staff and partners to strengthen their knowledge and capacity in bringing NLM, AoU, and other reliable health information to library patrons using interactive flat screens and health kiosks.

October 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Interactive Health Information Kiosks in Richland County Libraries

The Interactive Health Information Kiosks in Richland County Libraries project will consist of four phases in order to establish and sustain the installment of interactive health information kiosks at Richland Countys local libraries, as well as educating the public on identifying relevant, accurate, and appropriate health research. The first phase of this project will be to obtain and install health information education kiosks at all 9 Richland County libraries.

June 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Building Health Literacy Capacity in Staten Island's Health Coalitions

Despite having the highest median income and literacy rates in New York City, nearly one third of Staten Island residents are Medicaid beneficiaries or uninsured. Health disparities are common, with at-risk communities experiencing higher rates of infant mortality, childhood asthma and obesity, diabetes and substance use disorder. Five major health coalitions with more than 120 partner organization have been formed to address these issues but limited health literacy remains a barrier to health information and services.

November 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Outreach 194 - The Wash & Learn Initiative for Health Literacy in Greater Washington, D.C.

Health literacy is a critical pathway to better health outcomes. Yet for countless low-income families, health resources like those on MedlinePlus are simply out of reach. Some are unaware of its existence while others lack the digital skills that enable access to the materials. By meeting people where they arewhile waiting at the laundromatLibraries Without Borders LWB strives to empower low-income families with the information they seek in a manner that suits their everyday schedule.

May 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Training and Coaching for Creating Easy-to-Read Health Materials for New Mexico Populations

The purpose of this project is to begin developing the health literacy skills necessary for incorporating guidelines into existing or newly developed materials, including by not limited to written publications. Through self-selection, health care professionals, community health 12s, and others who work directly with informational delivery to diverse audiences will be afforded the opportunity to participate in an introductory workshop on health literacy and developing easy-to-read text-based health information.

May 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Health Literacy of Refugee Populations

Margaret S. Zimmerman, an Assistant Professor with the University of Iowas UI School of Library and Information Science SLIS requests a grant for a pilot program to develop and implement a health literacy training for refugee women living in Johnson and Linn counties in Iowa. Building upon the PIs current body of research into the health information needs of refugee women and using National Library of Medicine resources, trainings will be developed in collaboration with scholars from the UIs Language, Literacy, and Culture program and from UIs School of Public Health.

December 10, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Wash and Learn: Health Literacy in Laundromats

Health literacy is a critical pathway to better health outcomes. Yet for countless low-income families, health resources like those on MedlinePlus are simply out of reach. Some are unaware of its existence while others simply lack the digital skills to find what they're looking for. By meeting people where they are-while waiting at the laundromat-Libraries Without Borders LWB strives to empower low-income families with the information they seek in a manner that conforms to their everyday schedule.

July 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Technology 174 - Action Behind Education

Chronic Illness and Disease Awareness CIDA is the only organization in our community that seeks to educate the Tri-Cities community about chronic illnesses. Research studies show that increasing numbers of community members have been diagnosed with chronic illnesses, exponentially growing the health illiteracy rate in our community. Recognizing this, the purpose of this project is titled Action Behind Educationaction that will require a two-fold project.

May 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Health Information Hub at the Chicago Public Library

The project proposed is a health information hub inside a regional Chicago Public Library currently undergoing extensive renovations in a disadvantaged community that suffers from a spate of health conditions. The library, one of only two regional libraries in the city is frequented by 25,000 patrons each month and the goal is to improve both community awareness and health literacy by making information more accessible and culturally relevant to a predominantly African-American community.

May 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Narrowing the Health Gap in Cincinnati

Despite improvements in medical care and efforts to make healthcare more affordable for all Americans, many still experience significant heath disparities that result in poor health outcomes. Racial and ethnic minorities, those in 95 and/or 98 areas, and those living in medically underserved areas have a high risk for experiencing health related disparities. Access to authoritative health information is vital to ensuring that individuals make appropriate health decisions and reduce their risk of experiencing poor health outcomes.

May 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Outreach: Health Online: Finding Information You Can Trust

Health Online: Finding Information You Can Trust' will help persons from underrepresented populations better access, identify and use reliable health information on the internet. With today's focus on obtaining information online or going mobile, there has become a digital divide for individuals with low health literacy, many of whom are represented among vulnerable populations, using online and other digital tools for health Pew, 2015.

May 10, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Wash and Learn: Health Literacy in Laundromats

Health literacy is a critical pathway to better health outcomes. Yet for countless low-income families, health resources like those on MedlinePlus are simply out of reach. Some are unaware of its existence while others simply lack the digital skills to find what they're looking for. By meeting people where they arewhile waiting at the laundromatLibraries Without Borders LWB strives to empower low-income families with the information they seek in a manner that conforms to their everyday schedule.

July 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Multi-year Consortial Award: Knowledge is Health: Interprofessional Partnerships to Promote Health Literacy Y3

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 interprofessional faculty and b the integration of appropriate information resources and communication practices into patient care. The underlying assumptions of this objective are that positive patient health outcomes will result from improved health literacywhich will result from improved provider competencies.

May 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Improving Health Literacy in Lawrence through Technology

This project would expand the Lawrence Public Library's ability to promote health literacy and access to reliable, authenticated health information, specifically from the National Library of Medicine and the Research Program. This funding would allow the purchase of two 2 interactive flat screens that will improve the delivery of health programming in a group setting and eight 8 Health kiosks installed in various library sections to provide residents personal access to high-quality NLM health resources.

October 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Research Program Community Engagement Project: Washington County, Maine 2018-2019

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 National Library of Medicine NLM resources, with a particular emphasis on research/clinical trials, the project, and the role of the community in advancing medicine.

October 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Outreach 160 - Collaborative for Health Literacy: East End Consumer Health Outreach and Computer Access

At 12% proficiency, U.S. health literacy sets the population at disadvantage for consumer health outcomes and overall healthcare costs NCES, 2006; DHHS, 2017. While efforts exist for improvement via rewriting and training in plain language, these strategies are found to be limited pieces of a process that must be placed in a larger community context NNLM, 2018. Witnessed in this context is variance in access to health resources multiplied by effects of social determinants such as aging, low socio-economic and minority status.

May 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
AoU Community Engagement 261 - Project HEAL Health Empowerment and Literacy

Project HEAL will combine health literacy with English language instruction at the Trident Literacy Association TLA in Charleston, SC. TLA has provided comprehensive literacy programs, GED preparation, English as a Second Language ESL, Computer Basics, WorkKeys and Civics and Citizenship programming since 1972. Incorporating health literacy into the existing program provides a unique opportunity for students. TLA uses the South Carolina Adult ESL Handbook and ESL Scope and Sequence South Carolina Adult Education standards.

May 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Upgrade your Health: Using Technology to Master Health and Wellness Management

In our proposed project, Philadelphia FIGHT Community Health Centers will design a six-week program called Upgrade Your Health!, addressing digital health literacy disparities by leveraging online and mobile technology. This course supports learners in managing their health beyond the clinician's office and integrating NLM and NNLM resources into their health management strategies, enabling learners to increase their knowledge and skills around critical health and wellness topics and chronic illnesses common in our patient population.

May 15, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Advancing Consumer Health Information Discovery with the Plymouth Public Library

This project will provide the computers, necessary software support and marketing which will be used in the main Library and the Branch Library and at local community events and health fairs.

October 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
AoU Community Engagement 259 - Empower Parents -Equipping Parent Caregivers With Health Literacy Skills

Empower Parents will equip parent caregivers with much needed health literacy tools and skills. Parents with 86 suffering from disease, illness or disability are often not informed with credible health information placing their 86 at risk. As the caregivers to child patients, parents are tasked with the job of becoming an expert on the health needs of their 86 but yet not given appropriate tools or resources. Often parents face multiple adversities such as low socioeconomic status, low literacy, English as their second language and/or have little knowledge of healthcare in general.

May 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Improving Health Literacy of Library Patrons Experiencing Homelessness and Unstable Housing 2018-2019

This project will build upon a successful 4-year evolving partnership between the New Haven Free Public Library NHFPL and Liberty Community Services, Inc. LCS by integrating resources and references in case management services provided onsite at NHFPL. The services target people experiencing homelessness or unstable housing. Libraries, as default front doors to homeless services, are in a unique position to engage community members in need of information, support services and referrals related to health, housing and potential sources of income.

October 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Networking for Health: A technological approach to a more informed community

The Networking for Health project is about a community gaining access to updated technology and the internet to expand health literacy. Library staff will be able to focus on health through workshops, events, speakers, and guidance on internet access and resources. Through the project, Bent Northrop Memorial Library will work to expand computer and internet access at the library and town events. The result is a healthier and more informed community that impacts individuals far beyond the grant period.

October 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Connect to your Health Wellness Fair

As one of the largest consumers of healthcare, senior 88 are often left behind as new technologies are introduced to support patient engagement. The goal of The Connect to your Health wellness fair project was to provide an interactive educational experience to connect the 89 living in the Town of Southampton to online health-related resources. A collaborative effort between Stony Brook University, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, and the Town of Southampton Senior Centers helped drive this project forward.

May 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Upgrade your Health! Using Technology to Master Health and Wellness Management

"In our proposed project, Philadelphia FIGHT Community Health Centers will design a six-week program called Upgrade Your Health!, addressing digital health literacy disparities by leveraging online and mobile technology. This course supports learners in managing their health beyond the clinician's office and integrating NLM and NNLM resources into their health management strategies, enabling learners to increase their knowledge and skills around critical health and wellness topics and chronic illnesses common in our patient population.

May 15, 2018 - April 30, 2019
AoU Community Engagement 258 - Breaking the Barriers with Healthier Lifestyles: Advocate and Communicate with Low-Income Minority Students and Community Learners

Restored Generation is an outreach organization focused on enriching and educating the underserved population. The outreach program will support minorities from low-income households and provide the learners with the understanding of digital health literacy. For example, the recipients could be African American, Hispanics, or other cultural backgrounds. The events will collaborate and connect with the youth and their families to better understand how to have a healthier, more productive lifestyle.

May 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Bridging Health Information Gaps at the Public Library

Through Health Team training, targeted use of specific online resources, and the efforts of a Health Outreach Specialist, Portland Public Library will improve the health of the Greater Portland community's teen, immigrant/refugee, and homeless populations. This improved access to health information will result in members of these groups reporting an increase in their levels of overall health literacy and their ability to be confident, informed patients as they navigate their healthcare options.

May 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
American Library Association Midwinter Implicit Bias, Health Disparities, and Health Literacy Preconference Professional Development Award

Amanda Landayan from the Kansas City Public Library requested a professional development award up to $1,500 to attend the preconference titled Implicit Bias, Health Disparities, and Health Literacy which was offered at the American Library Association Midwinter Conference held in Seattle, WA in January 2019. The professional development award was available to library staff that work in public service or programming at public libraries.

October 29, 2018 - April 26, 2019
American Library Association Midwinter Implicit Bias, Health Disparities, and Health Literacy Preconference Professional Development Award

Robin Newell from Emporia Public Library requested a professional development award up to $1,500 to attend the preconference titled Implicit Bias, Health Disparities, and Health Literacy which was offered at the American Library Association Midwinter Conference held in Seattle, WA in January 2019. The professional development award was available to library staff that work in public service or programming at public libraries.

October 29, 2018 - March 29, 2019
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