Past Funded Projects

Technology with the Times will allow more access to technology improving the knowledge of staff, patients, and parents/caregivers at a large occupational therapy practice. This will improve the treatment of patients, the sharing of information, and facilitate increased collaboration and education of staff, patients, and families. Through a home program development, work with families, and staff training information from the National Library of Medicine will be more efficiently and effectively shared.

The objective of "Health in the Hi-Line" event is to expose the Hill County community and students to different fields in Healthcare. The keynote speaker will address how healthcare degrees and experience can be applied in community related work and community related-positions. A panel with representatives of non-traditional health occupations specific to Hill county and surrounding communities will participate to promote resources and increase knowledge of care available in the community across the hi-line and the Rocky Boy Reservation.

Participate and attend ALA Midwinter session Implicit Bias, Health Disparities and Health Literacy: Intersections in Health Equity

Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Medical Library 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.

Exhibit at Remote Area Medical RAM Volunteer Corps in Wise, VA July 2018

This project will create a training manual and materials, in partnership with NNLM NER and incorporating NLM resources, that can be used with providers and other stakeholders who potentially may interact with victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking.

This proposal will interview community agencies within Dallas County to survey their understanding of opioid use, access to services, access to healthcare information, and unmet needs of the populations they serve. The community assessment will also include a survey of healthcare services provided in the identified communities and determine their knowledge and use of NLM information.

This project will raise awareness of the NIH AoU program, to promote using and promote MEDLINEplus.gov particularly among the limited literacy population. It will provide health professional trainings PubMed at North Country Healthcare locations in Lancaster, Berlin, and Colebrook, and provide educational sessions and distribute information about MEDLINEplus and Research Program at public libraries.

A health 12 will be hired by ABQ to exclusively provide program support, extend the educational offerings of the program, promote the program, provide health information in-service training for library staff, and offer health information education to the Albuquerque Public Library community. The health 12 will be physically located within the ABQ Public Library and receive program assignments from the NNLM SCR Community Engagement Coordinator. Projects will be assigned by the NNLM SCR Community Engagement Coordinator with discrete timelines and deliverables denoted for each task.

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.

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.

A health 12 will be hired by NOLA to exclusively provide program support, extend the educational offerings of the program, promote the program, provide health information in-service training for library staff, and offer health information education to the New Orleans Public Library community. The health 12 will be physically located within the NOLA Public Library and receive program assignments from the NNLM SCR Community Engagement Coordinator. Projects will be assigned by the NNLM SCR Community Engagement Coordinator with discrete timelines and deliverables denoted for each task.

Exhibit at the Remote Area Medical RAM Volunteer Corps at Gray, TN Nov 2-4, 2018

The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center- Robert M. Bird Health Sciences Library will provide program support and training to SCR partners IHIP Partners and ABQ & NOLA Health 12s and public library staff. Services offered will include training SCR partners on health information courses designed for public library staff and patrons, promoting the CHIS certification program, collaborating with SCR partners on health program ideas, and assisting SCR partners with public library meetings/ in-service training.