Past Funded Projects

The Virtual Nutrition and Food Literacy Program will address the health information needs of the communities serviced by the Miami-Dade Public Library System by offering two portable kitchen carts that will be used for creating culturally relevant virtual cooking and culinary demonstration events. The acquisition of the kitchen carts will also allow for in-person events post-Covid, expanding the library's repertoire of programming to include more food and nutrition literacy that addresses the communitys health and wellness.

CT-NAHN aims to improve the capacity of under-served adolescents and 87 to locate and integrate reliable health information so they can make informed health decisions. The overall goal of the proposed project is to work with youth in Fairfield, New Haven and Hartford counties in CT. and enhance their access to local and national health information resources. We also want to improve the capacity of their teachers to incorporate health information resources and health literacy best practices into their classrooms.

MHC is a health advocacy organization founded one hundred years ago in response to the deadly tuberculosis epidemic. Since 1920, MHC has advocated for and educated Massachusetts residents on all matters of prevention, including the critical role vaccinations play in ensuring public health. The COVID-19 global pandemic of 2020 has caused over a half million deaths and billions of dollars in lost economic activity. The disease impacts poor communities and communities of color disproportionately as this population is more likely to work in essential roles, and unable to stay safe at home.

The Massachusetts Health Council MHC is launching a statewide vaccine education and equity program to inform communities of color about the history, safety, and efficacy of vaccines. MHC is a health advocacy organization founded one hundred years ago in response to the deadly tuberculosis epidemic. Since 1920, MHC has advocated for and educated Massachusetts residents on all matters of prevention, including the critical role vaccinations play in ensuring public health.

The goal of the " Healthcare & APEX Partners Care HAP Care: Improving Access to Health Information for Minority Citizens who Lack Access to Library and Digital Services" program is to improve public health in the Sweet Auburn District by increasing community members' access to information, aimed at enabling them to make more informed decisions about their health, especially where it relates to pandemics and chronic illnesses that plague minority and economically disadvantaged citizens.

The Orlando Health Literacy Ambassador will include: Train-the-Trainer projects using NLM resources that enhance the skills of public library/organization staff and other consumer health information intermediaries to train a target population on locating and evaluating health information within Orlando and surrounding communities.

The University of Washington UW Health Sciences Library will partner with the UW Center for One Health Research to provide COVID-19 health information outreach to marginalized communities focused on caring for pets and companion animals during the global pandemic. Outreach initiatives will focus on two underserved populations: homeless and non-English speaking communities. Research has shown that pets in households of COVID patients may become infected with SARS CoV2.

Brooklyn Public Library BPL will develop and implement a year-long project of expert-led health information programs targeted to vulnerable populations with identified health challenges. Addressing known social determinants of health specific to Brooklyns varied communities, the programs will address the topic areas of: 88tal Health, 102, Health Insurance and Access to Care Navigation, Nutrition, and Positive Aging.

Unidos en Nuestra Salud is an initiative that aims to provide health education, health literacy and health information skills to the Spanish speaking community including but not limited to health information intermediaries, librarians, community health workers, 131s and community members that speak Spanish and are medically underserved populations.

Amish settlements can be found in 31 states in the US, and Ohio is home to two of the worlds largest communities. Many communities follow a collectivistic lifestyle where faith and community are prioritized over self, and technology is often limited due to its intrusion on family life and values. Outbreaks of COVID-19 have been observed in locations where Amish communities reside, and results of a current survey of Amish community members noted a lack of access to health information and misinformation about the COVID-19 / SARS-CoV-2 global pandemic.

MUSC Libraries will coordinate and host the first Health Literacy Summit in the SouthEast Region. The project will also enhance and expand the health literacy course to include an inter-professional collaborative seminar each semester.

The Fraser Resource Center and Health Sciences Library project plan is to use mobile technology to bring health literacy awareness to the community of Hall County. The goal of this project is to promote health literacy resources and Research Program with the aid of mobile tablets. This proposal is requesting funds to purchase mobile devices tablets enabling medical librarians to further engage with the Northeast Georgia Health System NGHS community through specific outreach initiatives with the Hall County Public Library System.

Project Summary: This is a collaborative project between the University of Memphis Community of 133s, and the Memphis Public Libraries. The purpose of this project is to provide access to COVID-19 related information to an underserved population, in the Memphis Area. The proposal goal is to implement a virtual education program. Aligned with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine SEA Region mission, this project aims to: Increase awareness and use of COVID-19 and other health information resources. Provide training in the use of health sciences information resources.

The Archives and Special Collections Archives department of the University of California, San Francisco UCSF Library, seeks a support from the NNLM to digitize approximately 43,000-45,000 pages from 15 archival collections related to the early days of the AIDS epidemic in the San Francisco Bay Area and make them widely accessible to the public on the Internet. This new digital collection will address the gaps that exist in relation to materials chronicling the experience and struggles of communities of color and marginalized communities in the early days of the AIDS epidemic.